alsancle Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 The blue Gebr Ihle car is back for sale on eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gebr-Ihle-Schottenring-1950-039-s-Gas-Powered-Amusement-Park-Turnpike-Car-Go-Kart-/174959968187 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny V Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 whats it worth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 Not sure. Later car without its original engine. Not as much as an earlier Ihle but I don’t know otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 On 12/3/2015 at 5:42 PM, alsancle said: This popped up on the HAMB: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/is-this-a-willys.995053/ and here it is at Hershey 2021. No for sale sign, maybe it already sold. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 (edited) This is 30 miles from my house. Not sure I've seen this version of the Ihle before. Looks to be repowered. "GEBR IHLE Kinder Sport 1955 Mercedes 300 SL Amusement Park Car. Needs some love but may be a good candidate to restore. Currently doesn't run." https://www.ebay.com/itm/GEBR-IHLE-Kinder-Sport-1955-Mercedes-300-SL-Amusement-Park-Car-/255172916792 I'm wondering if it was originally a tracked car and was modified? Edited October 14, 2021 by alsancle (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 And another one: "Vintage Dogpatch Amusement Park Arrow Model T Car" https://www.ebay.com/itm/194427062720 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 That little girl looks absolutely terrified!! 😯 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny V Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 11 hours ago, alsancle said: This is 30 miles from my house. Not sure I've seen this version of the Ihle before. Looks to be repowered. "GEBR IHLE Kinder Sport 1955 Mercedes 300 SL Amusement Park Car. Needs some love but may be a good candidate to restore. Currently doesn't run." https://www.ebay.com/itm/GEBR-IHLE-Kinder-Sport-1955-Mercedes-300-SL-Amusement-Park-Car-/255172916792 I'm wondering if it was originally a tracked car and was modified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny V Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 this black ihle car is the version before they made it look more like a mercedes. It was still an electric powered track version, but someone gas powered this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Not sure just how one would fit in the black one. Looks like not inside and hot exhaust no matter where one sits. But I would love to own it. Good thing its to far away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 This brings back memories. I had a one man golf kart that was this identical configuration that we swapped in a 3.5 HP Briggs and Stratton for the electric motor. It would really go. This would have been much cooler. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-039-s-SELA-Bumper-Car-Motorcycle-Trike-Coin-Op-Amusement-Park-Custom-Flake-/234342752096 1970's SELA bumper car / trike. Such a cool find! Haven’t really found out Tom much information about this piece. I see that the company is still in operation out of Italy. I am guessing this is from the 70’s era because of the flake paint. THIS ITEM IS SOLD AS IS UNTESTED. The bike rolls fine. Put air in the tires and they seem to hold. This was set up to take coins. There is a kill switch on top of the coin mech box. Bike measures 24” wide X 52” long X 39” to the top of handle bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAH Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Guys & Gals, here are old pix of Amusement Park rides. First an old News Paper showing a RedBug track in Point Defiance Park here in Tacoma Wash. Next an ad for another park and a RedBug with the park steel all around bumper. Next a pic. of My Red Bug just for grins. The munchkins love it when on display. Enjoy! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandiLand Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 5/28/2021 at 9:28 AM, alsancle said: My son and I went to Busch Gardens about 2 summers ago. It was 95 degree day and the park was empty. We rode everything 5 times. I would love one of those little Bearcat replicas. Hi... I was wondering if you ever found one of those Bearcat replicas. I heard they were destroyed upon dismantling of the LeMans Raceway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandiLand Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 5/28/2021 at 8:50 AM, BearsFan315 said: Our local Theme Park (Not Amusement Park) Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA (Next door to where the AACA Annual Meet will be) opened in 1975 and had a LeMans raceway, that i loved as a kid. my grandparents took us there once a year or so and that was my favorite ride. i got to drive a car alongside my grandfather who sat shotgun. granted it was on a track and would tentatively drive itself along hte guide rails. but i got to smash in the gas pedal slam on the brakes and envision myself racing the race. The closed the raceway down back in 2006 to make way for a new Roller Coaster (Griffon). I would love to get one of these old cars, and just cruise around it in, granted it is only 1/4 scale or so, they were fun and cool. i would of course remove the governor limiting it to 7mph. Did you ever find you one of these LeMans 1913 Stutz Bearcat replicas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Old thread but just found it and read through. Brought back some good memories. When Disney World first opened I am pretty sure they had something akin to a Model T for their 'freeway' ride. One of my favorite parts of the trip. When you got off at the end they would give you a drivers license. Close to Hershey, Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster still has an 'old style' car for their ride. At least they did a few years ago. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 1946 Chev or 40's Oldsmobile grille Dodgems 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearsFan315 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 (edited) On 6/21/2022 at 9:31 AM, CandiLand said: Did you ever find you one of these LeMans 1913 Stutz Bearcat replicas? no, my understanding is that they have them in there storage. they keep everything, sometimes transfer from park to park, if not it stays in their ghost warehouse forever :! guess correct term is 'boneyard' Edited June 25, 2022 by BearsFan315 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Not amusement park, but watching Elvis last night, I think it was 'Spinout'. He was a nascar driver. There were a couple of scenes that were a club/diner. The tables were all car bodies, no front ends or roofs. Just a body tub, with a table in the middle. They almost looked like they may have been real cars at one time. Actually kinda cool. If I was one of those guys with a mammoth cave of cars, one would make a nice display. On a side note there were some good clips of the old nascar races. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandiLand Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 6/22/2022 at 11:14 AM, BearsFan315 said: no, my understanding is that they have them in there storage. they keep everything, sometimes transfer from park to park, if not it stays in their ghost warehouse forever :! Not all went to the "ghost warehouse". We have a yellow one...in good condition... kept out of the elements.. everything is original, just like it was when it left Busch Gardens. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearsFan315 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 5 hours ago, CandiLand said: Not all went to the "ghost warehouse". We have a yellow one...in good condition... kept out of the elements.. everything is original, just like it was when it left Busch Gardens. Whoa !!! I want one !! that is exactly what i am looking for rode them as a kid all the way till they removed them !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Cole Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 6/22/2022 at 8:43 AM, TAKerry said: Old thread but just found it and read through. Brought back some good memories. When Disney World first opened I am pretty sure they had something akin to a Model T for their 'freeway' ride. One of my favorite parts of the trip. When you got off at the end they would give you a drivers license. Close to Hershey, Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster still has an 'old style' car for their ride. At least they did a few years ago. Now wait Kerrey, in one thread you say you got your driver's license from Montgomery Ward, and here you say you got it from Disneyland. Which was it? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 He got the fake one from one of them to buy beer and the real one from the other. We may never know for sure which was which. dave s 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 You guys would not believe how I got my CDL!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Mad magazine? dave s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandiLand Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 18 hours ago, BearsFan315 said: Whoa !!! I want one !! that is exactly what i am looking for rode them as a kid all the way till they removed them !! Really??!! So..... exactly HOW bad do you want one...just like this??! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearsFan315 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) 33 minutes ago, CandiLand said: Really??!! So..... exactly HOW bad do you want one...just like this??! I am interested in acquiring one within reason. I am not rich. it is really a nostalgia thing as noted. they are what got me into antique cars many years ago. Went to park with Grandparents, Grandfather always let me drive as much as i wanted. did that till my grandparents passed, Then i had kids and took my kids there did the same thing, then they removed them. Still a season pass holder today !! things have evolved and changed, a lot when Anheuser-Busch sold them off. Clydesdales, Park Benches, etc... removed all traces. for years now i have been doing random searches and inquiries on these trying to get a hold of one or two. want to get it running and mechanically sound, probably keep it aesthetically untouched. so i can put my grandkids around it till they can put me around part of the happy times of my childhood growing up with my grandparents. Edited June 25, 2022 by BearsFan315 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandiLand Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, BearsFan315 said: I am interested in acquiring one within reason. I am not rich. it is really a nostalgia thing as noted. they are what got me into antique cars many years ago. Went to park with Grandparents, Grandfather always let me drive as much as i wanted. did that till my grandparents passed, Then i took my kids there did the same thing, then they removed them. been going to Busch Gardens sine it opened when i was a kid, went once a year or two as a treat still have season passes today for me and my kids, they are grown and have kids of their own now. We are local as well. I remember riding those cars as a kid and was disheartened when they removed them. I was just at Busch this past week and have taken my kids every time we come back for a family visit! We were lucky enough to gain a piece of Busch history and rode this guy up and down the street. My mom and stepdad would putt along on the weekends until he passed 3 years ago. It ran when it was put away at that point, again 3 years ago, and has been shed kept since. You can tell by the pics, it's in pretty good condition. Nothing after market has been done to the car, it's all original. My mom is contemplating to sell it. We want it to go to a great home, where it will be loved as much as she and my stepdad loved it. As you said, Nostalgia. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowesellit Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 10/14/2021 at 5:10 AM, alsancle said: This is 30 miles from my house. Not sure I've seen this version of the Ihle before. Looks to be repowered. "GEBR IHLE Kinder Sport 1955 Mercedes 300 SL Amusement Park Car. Needs some love but may be a good candidate to restore. Currently doesn't run." https://www.ebay.com/itm/GEBR-IHLE-Kinder-Sport-1955-Mercedes-300-SL-Amusement-Park-Car-/255172916792 I'm wondering if it was originally a tracked car and was modified? on that top one talk about being in the hot seat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearsFan315 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, CandiLand said: We are local as well. I remember riding those cars as a kid and was disheartened when they removed them. I was just at Busch this past week and have taken my kids every time we come back for a family visit! We were lucky enough to gain a piece of Busch history and rode this guy up and down the street. My mom and stepdad would putt along on the weekends until he passed 3 years ago. It ran when it was put away at that point, again 3 years ago, and has been shed kept since. You can tell by the pics, it's in pretty good condition. Nothing after market has been done to the car, it's all original. My mom is contemplating to sell it. We want it to go to a great home, where it will be loved as much as she and my stepdad loved it. As you said, Nostalgia. sent you a PM ...click on Envelope in top right of page I am interested when she is ready to let it go I promise I will provide it a really good home and take care of it. Will have a nice climate controlled space to live & rest in. I would drive it so it would NOT be a dust collector. Edited June 25, 2022 by BearsFan315 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearsFan315 Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 read an article this past weekend in regards to the LeMans Raceway cars noted above at Busch Gardens. they talked about a parade they do in France @ Busch Gardens in 2010 for illumiNights, and that they sent one of the Lemans Cars back to manufacturer and had them do a restoration on it, well i call it a refresh paint, seats, had to find tires to fit !! they also converted it completely to electric and added a horn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 A Ihle currently on eBay. Vintage gabrielder amusement car, Originally Ran at Williams Grove amusement park in Pennsylvania, One of the spinners on 1 of the wheels is broken 1 piece of Trim detached that's all of the pieces that I have, All tires hold air, Local pick up only https://www.ebay.com/itm/276436085746 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wayne at WAMdesign Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Hello, I just acquired this project for my kids. I was wondering what I have here, does anyone know? The gentleman I bought it from was told it came from Lake Lansing or Grand Rapids amusement park. I've never seen anything quite like it, it's all steel. It kinda looks like a 55 Bel Air or Tbird. Thanks in advance for any information 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne at WAMdesign Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Hello, I just acquired this project for my kids. I was wondering what I have here, does anyone know? The gentleman I bought it from was told it came from Lake Lansing or Grand Rapids amusement park. I've never seen anything quite like it, it's all steel. It kinda looks like a 55 Bel Air or Tbird. Thanks in advance for any information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 2 hours ago, Wayne at WAMdesign said: Hello, I just acquired this project for my kids. I was wondering what I have here, does anyone know? The gentleman I bought it from was told it came from Lake Lansing or Grand Rapids amusement park. I've never seen anything quite like it, it's all steel. It kinda looks like a 55 Bel Air or Tbird. Thanks in advance for any information Or a better question, How is it powered? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super trooper Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Vinny V where can I get parts for my ihle sport! I have had it since I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 6 hours ago, Super trooper said: Vinny V where can I get parts for my ihle sport! I have had it since I was a kid. No help until you post some pictures of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 I found and restored this old amusement park car. It’s Fiberglass on a heavy steel frame. Very hard to find info on these amusement or merry go round cars. Anyone know anything about them? Plenty of bumper car and pedal car collectors out there but not much on these 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnal Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 midget car topic here is a little English built Rytecar that dates from 1934 , my son is now 47 and i restored it for his 10th birthday , so it has given good service with its little villiers 98 cc two stroke engine now enjoyed by our grandsons ..!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 There is a couple of bumper car bodied golf cars that show up at events around here. Looks like alot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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