Where Do Old Bumper Cars Go?

Where Do Old Bumper Cars Go? 
  
The ones in Westview Park or Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh or many other amusement parks from around the country in the 50's & 60's ran on electric, they had a pole on the back going to a metal electrical charged overhead cage. 

They were so much fun! Well, now what do you do with old Bumper Cars?

Believe it or not, these little beauties are street legal.

They run on either Kawasaki or Honda motorcycle engines and co-opt vintage bumper car bodies into the most awesome form of mini-car we've seen in too long.  There are seven of these little monsters floating around California and they're all the creation of one man, Tom Wright, a builder in 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 two cylinder Harley Davidson Motorcycle engines but they rattled like heck because of the two cylinder vibration, so Tom replaces them with four cylinder Honda or Kawasaki 750's. A couple have even been measured as capable of 160 MPH, which is terrifyingly fast in machines with such a short wheelbase. 

By the way, they are almost indestructible in accidents!

Check out the video above for a live look! 

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