a month from now is the Edelbrock "Revved up for Kids" car show!

our gang pedal car

timely, topical, and tasteful - Fireball Tim has a BIG BOOK of Wacky Rides for kids. It's cool!

Tim, he's great guy, and read a bit about him at the end of this post to be truly amazed at how diverse his talents are, is also a kids book author. Sharing his humor and enjoyment of concept car designs with kids, he's made up 36 hot rod rides/ goofy fun car ideas that you've heard of perhaps, but not seen on paper.

You've heard of a snot rocket, and a gumballer... but not like the above!

In categories that range from Big Boomers, ElecTricks, HugeSters, Tiny Racers, Teeny Rockets, World Travelers and Yum Sters... these concepts are fun and entertaining... even topical to the "Green" "Solar" and "Electric" movements

Kids and adults like me will get a kick out of this book, but of course teens are going through a phase where they probably can't admit the book has cute stuff in it. Oh well. It's available at Amazon   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933492813/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1933492813&linkCode=as2&tag=starwarscust-20 (Check out the reviews here, all positive!)

and Barnes and Noble
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fireball-tims-big-book-of-wacky-rides-fireball-tim/1112860273?ean=9781933492810

and a portion of the proceeds goes to help the rescue and care of discarded puppy mill breeding dogs http://milldogrescue.org/

Meet the Author

Fireball Tim is Hollywood's go-to guy for wild and wacky rides. His creative thought and design, TV shows and toys populate kids' rooms around the world, spurring fun and zany ideas among many. From Hot Rods to Custom Cars, Movie Cars to Muscle Cars, Fireball Tim has done them all with youthful enthusiasm and inspiration.

 Fireball Tim has built an extensive and unique career in the film industry having designed vehicles, weaponry, props, costumes and environments for hundreds of major features, TV and commercials.

 Among Fireball's 350 credits include stints as a designer for Walt Disney Imagineering from 1991-93 and Universal Studios Theme Park to movies like "Priest," "Gone in 60 Seconds," "Batman," "Monster Garage," "Jurassic Park," "GI Joe," "Knight Rider" and "The Avengers."

Though Fireball Tim is constantly in demand as an Automotive Design Expert, AutoBlogger and Journalist, he is most sought now as an Automotive TV Host with many appearances on the Discovery Network and Speed Channel including "World's Most Expensive Rides," "Extreme Rides" and "Street Tuner Challenge."

His company, Fireball Tim Worldwide, is the world's only Hollywood Automotive Lifestyle Brand, encompassing design and entertainment to which he hosts, designs and travels extensively for shows, plus raising awareness for sustainable products like Lifetime Oil Filter.

He is an icon in the Automotive Social Network scene, attending a couple dozen events a year like SEMA in Las Vegas (saw him there last year!) .  His endeavors also include Design and Children's Books and Toys. Under his previous company, Toystore Films, Fireball became an accomplished award winning actor/director for independent films and commercials.

Dad's little helper

from my ex's blog, she doesn't post much car stuff anymore. justacargal.blogspot.com

where did the 4 wheeler pedal bikes go? I've only ever seen 3 wheelers, and in the 80's the atv 3 wheelers were soon declared dangerous. Are pedal 3 wheelers dangerous to little kids when cornering?

the 3 wheeler ATV was judged to be unsafe a couple years after hitting the market, and everyone switched to 4 wheelers... right? So did that change anyone's notion about buying their kids pedal 3 wheelers, because I don't think I've ever seen a 4 wheel pedal bike for little kids. Yes, this is off the wall, but here's a photo from the 30's or 40's with a kid on a 4 wheeler. It got me wondering

found on http://fifties50s.blogspot.com

Jay sent me both of these... self powered mowers. Pretty good ad, but funny that the kids figured out a better use

Kids and pedal cars

But have you ever seen a power converted pedal car? That's new to me!

from the great variety of cool stuff among the many posts at http://fifties50s.blogspot.com

trains and things that look like trains, from Fifities50s.blogspot.com

above the 1959 Gatlinburg Tennessee tourist conveyor

Looks a lot like a train engine, but I can see bus dualie tires in the back, and people on the top

The Detroit Zoo train

the Virginian

The GM Aerotrain, more photos in this gallery: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/gm-aerotrain.html

an 1850 boiler explosion left very little of the engine

above, the Mark Twain

Above, the El Capitan

All from various posts on http://fifties50s.blogspot.com

once, a Tucker was just a car, and peoples kids played on them. Now, they are museum pieces. Sorta sad in a way

found on http://fifties50s.blogspot.com

I found a fun photo site the celebrates Americana and the wonder years of the 40's 50's and 60's

How come I've never seen any barber shop with this genius approach to kids haircuts?

was also posted on Fifties50s.blogspot at another post about the cool old collectible stuff at Rosmalend Holland http://fifties50s.blogspot.com/2012/10/rosmalen-rock-around-jukebox-octobre.html where the vendors were charging 2 to 3 times the value of things according to the blogger, and I am pretty sure by the amount of focus on collectibles, he's an expert. Awesome photo gallery coverage of so many collectible events, like Hersheys etc etc

How did this train get into this predicatment?

Rare photo of the Honolulu Clipper out of the water, for other Clipper photos http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/04/hawaii-clipper-1930s-photos-from-wj-he.html

For a lot more, stick around here for my selections of the best their photos, or see them all at http://fifties50s.blogspot.com

most unusual... I think you'll agree. A Rolls Royce woody school bus served in Kenya to bus kids to soccer and cricket mateches, was built for a Maharajah as a regular Silver Ghost, but commandeered by the British Govt and built as an armored car for WW1 ended up used to drive HRH Princess Margaret to an agricultural show . Solidly in first place for "reality is bizarre" trophy

photos and story at http://www.couperus.org/Rolls/index.html

After many more years, it was restored and now lives in South Wales where some of the students that had ridden in it when it was a woody bus were met by the new owner and reunited with it. http://www.couperus.org/Rolls/Rolls2.html

in addition to zebras, rhinos, dogs, and an alligator pulling kids in carts, here are turkeys

I'm wondering what other animals have been photographed pulling carts around? I've posted the ones I mentioned... and ought to get them all together for a gallery

a kid and his pedal car, New York, 1963

The kids area on the 3rd floor at the Petersen Auto Museum, cutest darn thing I've seen at a car museum. I don't think I've seen

I'd like to know which came first, the cool statues, or the kids drawings?

The kids get to climb on and into the Model T... cool!