It’s easy for a gear-head to be discouraged about the state of the world, especially in times of Carpocalypse and Cash for Clunkers. But occasionally, a bright light of awesomeness renews the spirit. Road-legal bumper cars do just that.
Yes, you read it right; these little beasts are street legal. Either Kawasaki or Honda motorcycle engines are used for power, along with retired vintage bumper car bodies, to transform them into these awesome little mini-cars.
There’s seven of these little monsters floating around California, and they’re all the creation of one man, Tom Wright, a gyro-gear loose builder on the outskirts of San Diego who figured the leftovers of the Long Beach Pike amusement park needed a more dignified end than the trash heap.
They were originally powered by Harley engines, but rattled so bad that Tom replaced them with Honda or Kawasaki 750 engines.
Based on calculations, a couple of them have a theoretical speed of 160 MPH, which is terrifyingly fast for machines with such a short wheelbase.
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