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Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:14 pm
by Halgar
Here's a cool idea - repurposed bumper cars. I know I want one!
See them all here:
http://www.rockinghammemories.net/bdbumpercarsrecycled.html
Re: Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:19 pm
by RedScampi
Can you imagine the looks you'd get during the morning commute?
Re: Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:19 pm
by Halgar
I found more and better pics here:
http://jalopnik.com/5344771/street-legal-bumper-cars-prove-world-is-a-beautiful-place/gallery/
If you click the little picture to the right of the main image at the top, it rotates the images through the viewer, rather than having to click the individual images.
Still looking for more pics and more info.
Re: Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:31 pm
by Halgar
Group shots and a little more info:
http://www.coolthings.com/tom-wrights-street-legal-bumper-cars/
The only other thing I found was a crappy slide show on YouTube. I'm curious what that orange coupe is behind the background.
[youtube]u13wYI3Qx8s[/youtube]
Re: Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:46 pm
by Halgar
Found more on Flicker.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr38/256990476/
This was posted along with it:
February 15, 2010: Just learned that DMVhas revoked the registations for these bumper cars.
"It was a mistake by the field office staff, said Jan Mendoza, a DMV spokeswoman."
"Our registration division was sent these same photos some years back, and have since corrected their registration," she said. These cars no longer have California plates, she said."
Re: Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:54 pm
by soniccj5
Could you actually register and insure these for public roads?
Maybe for the winter you could throw the body on a snowmobile instead of a quad
Ok answered my own question by looking at the pictures.
Edit: reason Doh!
Re: Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:38 am
by Charlie don't surf
Isn't that coupe a Willys?
Re: Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:38 am
by 59burst
they are awesome. but too small for a01butal
Re: Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:04 am
by Halgar
soniccj5 wrote:Could you actually register and insure these for public roads?
Maybe for the winter you could throw the body on a snowmobile instead of a quad
Ok answered my own question by looking at the pictures.
Edit: reason Doh!
The info I found on the Flicker page says that the licenses were a DMV mistake and were revoked. That sucks, because I'd rather see these things cruising around than a lot of the motorized scooters and other POS you see out there.
Charlie don't surf wrote:Isn't that coupe a Willys?
Yes, but it's not one of the bumper cars, which has me wondering what it is, quarter scale? Go cart??
Re: Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:18 am
by Lowgear
It might be full size and just a matter of perception.
Re: Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:47 am
by badhoopty
Lowgear wrote:It might be full size and just a matter of perception.
pretty sure its full size.
Re: Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:00 pm
by Halgar
badhoopty wrote:Lowgear wrote:It might be full size and just a matter of perception.
pretty sure its full size.
I doubt it because when the camera pans around to the yellow bumper car with flames, the orange car isn't that far away. I'm thinking it's either a 1/4 scale or a go cart type of thing.
Re: Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:10 pm
by civilguy
I was thinking of the Legends series racers when I saw it.
My guess is that it's a one-off that someone labored on for years.
Definitely not full-sized though...
That's what she said.