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ELYSBURG, Pa. — Bumper cars are kind of my thing. With a season pass in hand, I took a ride on the bumper cars every week last summer. Like Tow Mater from "Cars," I could weave my way around backward and forward with ease. The other bumper cars were no concern for me on the metal floor.
To my deep envy, a retired mechanic in Pennsylvania has kicked bumper cars into a higher gear.
Dan Hryhorcoff made what he calls a "COVID project" at home. Using parts from a Chevy Aveo, Hryhorcoff assembled a large replica of a 1953 Lusse bumper car.
It's a three-wheeled vehicle, measuring 13 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 5½ feet tall, according to a story about his creation in Popular Mechanics. He says it has everything it needs to be a street legal motorcycle-car.
It's not a true-to-life bumper car, though. First of all, the hook in the back isn't functional. And second, it doesn't bump.
"No, you can't bump into other things at all. It will crack," he told ABC.
That's probably for the best.
