[tcb] Fw: OLD BUMPER CARS it's still fri.

From: Winters-Jenkins <rwinters@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Fw: OLD BUMPER CARS
To: "Tonya" <PSafetyGypman@xxxxxxx>, SmallsForD@xxxxxxx, "singlecabboy" <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx>, "shawanda carter" <cartershawanda@xxxxxxxxx>, "richard merrell" <rlkmerrell@xxxxxxx>, "Melody Cowger" <thecowgerfamily@xxxxxxxxx>, lharshman@xxxxxxxxxx, "Lewis Bright" <lewishbright@xxxxxxxxx>, kfschatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Ellen" <txserval@xxxxxxxxx>, "Bruce Winters" <bone_oor8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 8:54 PM

What do you do with old Bumper Cars? Yes, you read that right; these little beasties 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's 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 Harley motors but they rattled like hell and Tom replaces them with Honda or Kawasaki 750's and a couple have been measured as capable of 160 MPH, which is terrifyingly fast in machines with such a short wheelbase. Doesn't mean we would totally rock one should the opportunity present itself.