This is what pulled up at my wife's work yesterday!

[gbdolfans]

Hey guys,my wife took a pic of this that came to her work yesterday!!! It looks funky,and,she said it was really fast around the parking lot!!!

Enjoy!!!

I don't know what engine this has in it.

Edited September 12, 2013 by gbdolfans

[johnbuzzed]

Cool! Only in the Carolinas!

[Jordan White]

Based on the valve covers and rear mount distributor, I'd say big block Chevy. Certainly is the ultimate "grocery getter"!

[PappyD340]

I just saw that same rig about 2 wks ago pass me on the highway, George is that the Biltmore Estate? wouldn't want to have to pay for a buggy full of groceries in that one!!!

[Renegade]

Very cool but some people have way too much time on their hands.

[sjordan2]

The Food City supermarket chain here in Tennessee has one of those which they use for promotional purposes, in shows and at the Food City 250 and 500 races. When I was doing their advertising, I shot a commercial with Dale Earnhardt and Dale Jr. where Dale Jr. was driving it around.

[Harry P.]

Jairus did a magazine how-to on building a model a lot like that once. Can't remember which issue.

[mikemodeler]

Based on the valve covers and rear mount distributor, I'd say big block Chevy. Certainly is the ultimate "grocery getter"!

Yep, having seen this recently, I can say it is a Big Block Chevy. Not too sure I would enjoy driving that, looks a little top heavy.

[slusher]

Do you think it would pull the front wheels off the ground???

[gbdolfans]

I just saw that same rig about 2 wks ago pass me on the highway, George is that the Biltmore Estate? wouldn't want to have to pay for a buggy full of groceries in that one!!!

Yes,it is the Biltmore..It looks like it would be a handful to drive.I would have loved to see and hear it run!!!! She said it was not loud.

[Tom Geiger]

Ken Hamilton sells a 1/25 scale photo etched shopping cart kit. Get that and you could build this in HO scale!

[Dr. Cranky]

Tom, that's a great idea. That would look so cool.

[charlie8575]

Ken Hamilton sells a 1/25 scale photo etched shopping cart kit. Get that and you could build this in HO scale!

If you can't find a 454 in HO, you could always use the flathead in Jordan's 1940 Ford.

Charlie Larkin

[Art Anderson]

Wonder if I'll see this thingie at Goodguys at Indianapolis next weekend?

Art

[Skydime]

Cool. You can tell the times are changing. Ten years ago someone would have mounted this to the trunk lid of a Honda Civic.

[bigphoto]

This might be a start!

http://scale-structures.com/3-engine-kits-ford-flathead-v-8-chevy-small-block-v-8-dodge-flathead-6-cylinder-1/

[crazyjim]

Saw that shopping cart, or something very similar in Melrose Park, IL at least 15 years ago.

[Joe Handley]

Saw that shopping cart, or something very similar in Melrose Park, IL at least 15 years ago.

Wouldn't be surprised if it was the same one, but with a Jewell/OSCO sign on it around the same time at Railroad Days.

[Craig Irwin]

A local race car fabracator built one for our local supermarket chain, which sold out to Kroger a few years later. Maybe this is where it ended up.

[lordairgtar]

Jairus did a magazine how-to on building a model a lot like that once. Can't remember which issue.

It actually was a model of what Unk's varmints from CarToons mag did to a speed shop's cart. That would have required a normal sized cart to make. The store promo cart is a monster.

Edited September 15, 2013 by lordairgtar

[lordairgtar]

A local race car fabracator built one for our local supermarket chain, which sold out to Kroger a few years later. Maybe this is where it ended up.

I saw about ten of these sitting in a parking lot in New Berlin Wisconsin at a company that makes promotional vehicles for companies.

[blunc]

that's the cart I use for shopping at Costco.