Old Bumper Cars Turned Into Real Cars

By Queuebot in Auto & Transportation on Nov 13, 2009 at 12:56 pm

Photo: MR38 [Flickr]

Flickr user MR38 has a nifty photoset of bumper cars modded into street legal mini cars (complete with real license plates!) as seen during the annual Cruisin’ Grand festival in Escondido, California.

Does anyone know who made these bumper cars?

Link – via nowthatsnifty

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by ninigoat.

Update 11/13/09 – The creator is Tom Wright. Benchrace has a neat story about the bumper cars: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Article at CoolThings – Thanks marn!

Tags: bumper car, Cruisin Grand, Escondido, Mini Car

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Felipe Venancio
Nov 13th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
man, how cute is that!
SenorMysterioso
Nov 13th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Neat! Id drive this around the city like a scooter
marn
Nov 13th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
http://www.coolthings.com/tom-wrights-street-legal-bumper-cars/
scot
Nov 13th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
That guy is as fat as the car.
Babycakes
Nov 13th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
love the car! It’d be perfect for me (since I’m small and short).
Morz
Nov 13th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Street legal? Are open wheeled vehicles street legal in the US?
pwscott
Nov 13th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
One of the best posts ever. I want one to zoom to Starbucks and back. :p
Seanette
Nov 13th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
I’d worry about how safe that thing is(n’t), since it’s so small other drivers would have a hard time seeing it, even if they’re actually paying attention to their driving (pretty rare where I live).
ted
Nov 14th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Gotta ask:
Why no women driving those?
Bert Gentry
Jan 28th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
This has got to be the coolest thing I’ve seen in years. I am a member of our local car club and I was thinking “How cool would it be to drive up in one of these at the next cruise-in?” Where can I find out more about these cars – drive train(s), bodies, registration (I live in NC)?

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