# Man builds a working Little Tikes Cozy Coupe **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-a-working-little-tikes-cozy-coupe/680070 "2014-01-29T20:49:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-a-working-little-tikes-cozy-coupe/680070/1 "2014-01-29T20:49:48Z")
This guy’s car just makes me smile. My daughters had two Little Tikes Cozy Coupes when they were kids. Pretty cool seeing a working model. He got all the details right. > **[Forget pedal power... this Cozy Coupe does 0-60mph in 17 SECONDS](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2548056/Forget-pedal-power-Cozy-Coupe-does-0-60mph-17-SECONDS.html)** > > John Bitmead, from Oxfordshire, (pictured) spent five months creating a life-size version of the child's toy, and copied every detail from the yellow roof, to glassless windows and over-sized drinks holder. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-a-working-little-tikes-cozy-coupe/680070/2 "2014-01-29T21:18:20Z")
It’s funny, and it’s clever, but obviously it’s not identical. Looking at the photo of the LT original in the foreground and the big-size copy in the background, there’s a LOT that’s different. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-a-working-little-tikes-cozy-coupe/680070/3 "2014-01-29T21:46:17Z")
He could have just bought a Smart Car. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-a-working-little-tikes-cozy-coupe/680070/4 "2014-01-29T21:46:29Z")
It’s also not safe for running at speed. You can’t slice the top off a hardtop car and expect to have any structural integrity left. But cute, so there is that. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-a-working-little-tikes-cozy-coupe/680070/5 "2014-01-30T00:50:20Z")
He took a Euro Daewoo Matiz (Chevrolet Spark) that had a similar body style and modified the top. It’s not a perfect match but easily recognizable as a kid’s cozy coupe if you see it on the road. This would be a great kit car. Remember those kit cars with the fiberglass bodies you could put on a VW chassis? With fiberglass you could get the design even closer to a cozy coupe. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-a-working-little-tikes-cozy-coupe/680070/6 "2014-01-30T02:10:01Z")
[this one is just as cute](http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/desertrato/media/The%20GERBLE/littletikes1_zps6c0cd546.jpg.html) ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-a-working-little-tikes-cozy-coupe/680070/7 "2014-01-30T14:05:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > It’s funny, and it’s clever, but obviously it’s not identical. Looking at the photo of the LT original in the foreground and the big-size copy in the background, there’s a LOT that’s different. There isn’t even any place to put your juice boxes! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-a-working-little-tikes-cozy-coupe/680070/8 "2014-01-30T14:25:33Z")
Yes, a serious oversight, that. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-a-working-little-tikes-cozy-coupe/680070/9 "2014-01-30T15:31:00Z")
Love it! We had one of these when I was a kid. I was pushing my younger sister up our (very steep) driveway and lost my grip. It fell back, hit the ground, and she cracked her head open on the concrete! whoops…