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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12815 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:09 pm Post subject: Anyone else have or seen one of these kiddie rides? |
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I picked this up at a flea market years ago, it still has the motor & sound box but was missing the coin mechanism & base. I welded up a base & the kids enjoyed it.
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12815 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 6:20 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone else have or seen one of these kiddie rides? |
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The only other one I have ever seen was on an episode of monster garage with Jesse James and his midget buddy but that was 10 or so years ago. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
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Typ3nut Samba Member
Joined: October 08, 2002 Posts: 1188 Location: MI, MotorCity ManCave
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone else have or seen one of these kiddie rides? |
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Seen This One at Barnum's Bug Barn in Millington, Michigan.
Painted it up as Herbie The Love Bug and all the little kiddies were getting their picture taken in it. .25 Coin Operated, Still worked good.
I had seen another one about a year ago at a Trade Center, the thing was pretty beat-up.
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Red Fau Veh Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2012 Posts: 3037 Location: Prescott Az.
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 10:19 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone else have or seen one of these kiddie rides? |
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TDCTDI wrote: |
The only other one I have ever seen was on an episode of monster garage with Jesse James and his midget buddy but that was 10 or so years ago. |
oh man, if you watch an old episode of that show the background noise is awful. It's like some digital grinding engine sound. It ruined the episode my buddy was on, can't watch it it's so bad. _________________ 1971 Deluxe Sunroof Bay 1905 stroker, dual idf40's, 74mm Scat forged crank, engle 110 cam. CB 044 heads, AutoCraft rockers, chromoly push rods
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jhicken Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2003 Posts: 9466 Location: Fallbrook, CA
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 7:29 am Post subject: Re: Anyone else have or seen one of these kiddie rides? |
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Hey, I got the same one. A Craigslist find. It was also missiog the coin box so i installed a on and off foot switch. Painted it and had a friend hand paint the Herbie graphics on it. It runs great and has the funky sound box on it that sounds like squealing tires and shifting through the gears.
I went a little nuts, made a seat out of VW seat cover material and a floor mat out of a old VW floor mat.
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WM971252 Samba Member
Joined: September 10, 2004 Posts: 1781 Location: Franklin CT
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 5:13 am Post subject: Re: Anyone else have or seen one of these kiddie rides? |
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Have seen and have had....
The base setup is used on many different rides. The coin box would be on a post. You can weld on a new post and get a coin box if you wanted to "bring" them back. The hardest part is running the wire.
We sell kiddie rides and have done everything on them so if you have questions I should be able to help. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12815 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 5:46 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone else have or seen one of these kiddie rides? |
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Yeah, the soundtrack is pretty horrific, glad to know that it's not just mine. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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Weldkingoc Samba Member
Joined: May 16, 2020 Posts: 1 Location: Elon
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone else have or seen one of these kiddie rides? |
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I just picked one of these up in pieces, anyone have pics of how the lower assembly looks with motor and frame and all? Im curious to see how it was set up as Im sure I am missing some pieces |
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