Road legal bumper cars

A guy in San Diego has built seven street legal cars from old bumper cars from an abandoned amusement park. They're street legal (in California), and pretty cool.

They run on modified motorcyle engines… and one is reputed to have a top speed of 160mph… which just sounds silly to me. 60mph would be scary in one of these!

Although I do like quirky, and I do like small cars, I think on balance, I'd rather have a Morgan Threewheeler… or, ideally, if it gets into production, a Smite.

From DalesDesigns via my twitter pal Purple Karan

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Defusable alarm clock.

I don't know why these appeal to me so much. Maybe it's because when I was about six or seven, I used to make 'bombs' out of biscuit tins, old batteries and wires I had collected. Probably watching too much Mission Impossible*, DangerMan or The Persuaders. Or maybe it's because the IRA were always on the news.

Luckily, these never left the house, and were quickly dismantled and defused by my parents. They probably weren't quite as convincing as these alarm clocks. 

When they start to go off, you have to 'defuse' them. I think the novelty of that could wear off pretty quickly, I don't know if 

One word of warning, I wouldn't want to take one of these on a plane. Or the tube. Even posting them is problematic… Actually, if you have the slightest worry that your house may be raided by the old bill, probably best not to get one of these. Maybe stick to the Stephen Fry "Jeeves" alarm. 

Originally on Paranoias.org via DesignYouTrust.

 

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