Having this much fun in a Lusse Auto Scooter should be illegal! But it’s not.
Here’s a street legal bumper car doing laps on NASCAR track in Charlotte, N.C.
We Love Lucy! She’s a 1953 Lusse Auto Scooter, customized into a trailer, and travels in tow behind “Chantilly” a 1934 Plymouth Town Car, up and down the east coast.
Our thanks to the owners, for photos of this great traveling pair, based in Northampton, MA.
1984 Dodge Colt Turbo “bumper car”
Gets a lot of looks!
TOTALLY COOL!
Totally “street legal” & very expensive (about $150,000 each) conversion
Sold some bumper cars to this really cool guy. He had the knack to retrofit these with 750 cc Kawasaki motors and make them street legal!
We took a ride while visiting, and they're a kick in the ass!
1936 Lusse Restoration
This project started with rough original (left), progressed through body and paint work (right)
The beautiful, restored result (left, below)
Note: The owner’s wife’s parents went to high school with one of the Lusse brothers’ daughters!