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Krazy Kar
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2003-2005
This memory was added on: September 19, 2008
Someone with the contacts (and money) needs to manufacture the Krazy Kar, but this time with a greater weight limit. My son just turned 12 and I was telling him about when I was his age my brother got a Krazy Kar for Christmas. Even at my mature age I all but stole his toy from him. It was awesome. We had a blast. We would get going really fast and then crank one of the wheel handles backward and spin out! If a new and improved version was made I would buy two, one for my son and one for me. Anyone know any toy manufacturers?
Kamkids
This memory was added on: August 12, 2008
The Krazy Kar was easily the most enjoyable toy that me and my brother
had as children. I forget which one of us it actually belonged to, but
we both made heavy use of it in the early 70s. It was in our basement
and we had the whole breadth of the house to race around and spin in it.
As I recall, we wore one out and had to get another. I rode it even when
I was too old for it. Only when I was physically too large to fit in it,
did I give it up. Sad day.
Steven
This memory was added on: August 2, 2008
I still remember the size of the box wrapped up on Christmas morning. It was the largest present under the tree. I knew that it was mine. See, about 3.00am. every Christmas morning, my older brother and I would go on a recon mission with flash lights to peek at our gifts.We would then send information back to our sisters. This was 1970. My Krazy Kar had a blue base with red wheels. I had a great time with it. In 2000, when my daughter injured her foot, I tried to find one for her. I knew that marx still manufactured this toy but I could not find one in my area.
John
1962
This memory was added on: May 18, 2008
OH MY GOSH! I am sooo excited to finally find a good picture of this! I loved it so much that my dad and I have wanted to build an adult version for many years. I couldn't remember the name of the toy and none of our pictures showed the inside and how it fit together. Now I see and I WILL ride again! :)
Jeri
1972
This memory was added on: February 14, 2008
I'm 45 now ive been talking for a long time about my favorite toy as a kid and had a hard time remembering the name, then i found this
site and oh my god there it is... it was the coolest toy ever.. as a kid that toy would take me anywhere i wanted to go... god i loved
that whole spin out thing... thx for the memory
glen steinberg
1962
This memory was added on: February 1, 2008
My brother got a Krazy Kar for Christmas around 1967 and although it was intended for him, I road in it as much as he did. We would pretend we were unable to walk and it was our super-deduper wheel chair. Or we would take our cat and put him on our legs and take him for a spin. He seemed to like it.... That toy was one of the best toys ever invented and I never knew why it was not still sold when my children were young as I certainly would have tried to get them one. Thanks for this site to jog some of the best memories of my life.
Laurie Foreman
1960
This memory was added on: December 18, 2007
Ahh! I had the pleasure of getting two of these when I was little boy. My all time favorite ride on!!! The first one I wore out the wheels. But, unfortunately, I had accidentally left it out by the road and the trash man took it thinking it was junk. I was heartbroken. Then, one day, after going shopping with the family at the local K-Mart I noticed one was stashed in the back seat are of our station wagon. When I noticed it my mom told me that it was a birthday gift for my cousin. So I got bummed again. But lo and behold it was given to me at Christmas!
Later on in life I got married and when my wife was pregnant we wanted to find out the sex of the child. When we found out it was a boy. I immediately went on-line and found that you could still buy them! So now it is in the basement and my boy never rides it like I did! I guess there are too many toys to choose from! Oh well, if it could just support 175 pounds I would ride it!
Keith Moser
- circa 1964
This memory was added on: December 1, 2007
Actually found this site on a mad hunt for one of these things for my son. Found the bloody thing online. If there was one
thing from my childhood I remember well, it was spinning the daylights out of myself in one of these. I rode from one end of the
neighborhood to another with it. One time I rode so far, my mom had the neighborhood searching for me. There is no other toy
that stands out in my memory as much as this one.
We had the only one I knew of. I always called it the big wheel, but then everyone said the big wheel was the tricycle like riding
toy. Makes no sense to me, this thing has the biggest wheels of any of the other similar toys. Oh well.
We rode that that thing till it literally fell apart. Eventually the wheels started cracking. We still rode it. The wheels
actually cracked so much they started splitting. We still rode it. Finally the wheels were so broken up that the thing barely moved,
and by then we were already a bit too big for it, so we never got another. I am 100% in agreement with all the previous posters who
said that they should make an adult version of this thing. I'd snatch it up in an instant.
Michael
This memory was added on: June 4, 2007
I had the Big Wheel, and the kid across the street had the Krazy-Kar. We used to trade off and go crazy riding them all day!! They had different names depending on who made them: Krazy-Kar, Crazy Wheel, Turn-N-Go. I was working at an older customers home, and I saw one in her basement, and said "Remember Those", she told me she put it out for trash, but the garbage men didn't take it. I assured her that I had a dumpster at work, and would take it with me and throw it out, as I type this in 2007, my kids are outside fighting over whose turn it is to ride it!!! And yes, I rode it too, just for old-time sakes!!! There The Best!!
Ed
1966
This memory was added on: May 29,2007
our spoiled neighbor girl, Joey Meyer had one. She would never let any ride in it. She took great pleasure in wheeling circles around us. "Bet you wish you had one!" By the time I got hold of one I was 14 and too big to fit in it. So I moved on to four-way window pane.
Lisa Hammer
1961
lisa.hammer@mchsi.com
This memory was added on: May 25,2007
I loved this toy! A lot of my friends had Big Wheels, but this was so much better, you could go backward, forward and spin like crazy in circles. Don't know why they didn't keep making them.
cj
1964
This memory was added on: May 11,2007
It was the last day of school in 1972. Me and some friends were playing on top of the roof tops in Hollywood. I was eight years old and sure enough, I fell off a two story house and broke my heel. My crazy wheel saved my summer. It got me to the park and to all my friends houses. Thank you crazy wheel. You were my best buddy during the summer of 72.
Eric Bordagaray
1964
coacheric@verizon.net
This memory was added on: April 18,2007
My younger sister had one. We called it a “Turn-N-Go” and it was the first Christmas present given to my sister that the rest of us were jealous of. The three of us would quietly wait until her bed time. Until then the youngest one guarded her toy with the zeal of a Lioness. We watched outside the door while mom tucked her in. When the first page of her story book was turned and mom began with “Once Upon a Time” the three of ran downstairs and fought over who had the first turn on Tricia’s “Turn-N-Go”. One particular night the oldest of the three of us had a brilliant idea and us two remaining siblings enthusiastically agreed. We quickly set up moving the dining room table to the far end of the room, grabbing all the sofa cushions off the couch it had been my job to place them at the right distance from the bottom of the two steps that lead from the living room into the dining room. It was John’s job to get up enough steam so that the piloted “Turn-N-Go” would clear the two steps and land on the pillows. It was Pat’s job to steer the airborne “Turn-N-Go”. We calculated, checked and double checked. We made sure dad was in his office and mom was still reading the youngest one her night time story. When all elements were in place, Pat got in, John got set and I waved the flag from the far end of the dining room. The “Turn-N-Go” gathered steam. As it approached the steps dividing the living room from the dining room John put all his muscle into it. As it hit the top step it became airborne. I had the best seat in the house and yet I could not have seen what would happen. Pat and the “Turn-N-Go” hit the floor. They became airborne again. And it was on that second landing that it happened, the end to fun as we knew it. Splitting right up the middle, it was all over. Not Pat, the “Turn-N-Go” split right up the middle along with our hearts. It makes me wish there was an adult size “Turn-N-Go” and although none of us lives in an split level home, make we can safely become airborne again.
Jacqui
1963
This memory was added on: April 17,2007
I too remember it as Krazy Wheels.....best freaking ride ever......loved spinning it around....my brothers used to put me and my sister in them and push us really fast off the step and we'd go flying.....loved it until one day it cracked right down the middle....I would also love to ride this thing again....they need to make them adult sized for all of us who had them when we were kids.....great memories and deffinately better than the big wheel
Trish
1967
meowmixi@aol.com
This memory was added on: March 31,2007
The BEST TOY EVER!!! I loved my Kracy Kar! In the early 70's my friends and I would ride around the block for hours. What great memories. I wish they made adult size one's. :)
Christina Bege
1965
This memory was added on: March 27,2007
this also came in the color of red? I remember riding one of these things for days on end till I was so dizzy...I had to stop riding it...fun none the less...we need to see kids today playing with these crazy rides...rock on...Walter
walter
1966
mopedster05@comcast.net
This memory was added on: March 14,2007
This was my favorite toy when I was a kid. I would just spin around 'til I wanted to get sick. I'm so excited that I finally found one for my son. I'm not sure who will be more excited when he opens this for his birthday.
Missy
1970
This memory was added on: February 28,2007
Oh the Whiz Wheel (thats what we use to call it)!! My sister and I would ride around the driveway for hours. Our friends would come over and only want to play with that one toy! One day there was a big party for my dad and one the older kids sat in it and broke it- we were devastated by it. I can't wait till my daughter is old enough for one!!!
Samantha Gilhuly
1974
samanthagilhuly@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: February 24,2007
I remember getting a Krazy Kar for Christmas around 1968. I loved the idea of turning around on a dime. I also loved how it contained you, especially your legs and feet. My brother and I would get some pretty good speed on those things using our arms. I thought the wheels looked cool when you saw them moving with the red and white design on them. I remember when I was starting to get too tall to ride it anymore. I often thought how cool it would be if they made one for adults. Sounds silly, but it was a lot of fun, and I'm sure it still would be a blast even today.
Bob Sebring
1960
BobSebring@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: February 16,2007
It's funny how certain things now can bring me back to such a happy time in life. I got talking to some friends somehow about the Sit and Spin, when bamm, the memory of my Krazy Kar hit me. One friend, much younger than I had no clue what I was talking about, and another my own age instantly connected to the Krazy Kar memory and all its glory. The memory for me was such a happy one,spending hours spinning and turning those two huge wheels in whatever direction I wanted to go. Man those where good times. Long Live our childhood memories. Thanks Krazy Kar.
Jena
1964
pleasantjb@aol.com
This memory was added on: February 16,2007
I got mine when I was 12. Very old for a kids toy. I rode it down the cellar. I would love to counter spin the wheels and go round and round. That was when toys were toys, not the stuff that is made overseas that doesn't last. What a great toy!!
Dave
10/07/57
This memory was added on: February 16,2007
awesome toy! I had one back in the 70's and rode it all over the house. Then when I developed my "skills" I could ride it down the driveway and turn it sideways and slide!
Dawn
1958
dbeirnes@comcast.net
This memory was added on: January 28,2007
I never had a crazy wheel but a freind down the street did. Hahahah. I still feel dizzy. I grew up in a great neighborhood. All these toys were at one kids place or another.
Tony
1964
mrberstein@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 26,2007
I had one of these when I was about 5, but I'm pretty sure it was called a Whiz Wheel. I loved this thing. I would ride it everywhere, spinning until I was almost sick. I have video of me riding it- what a great way to capture those memories. I was so excited to find this; I am buying my youngest son one for his birthday in April.
Katy Enriquez
1972
kaelston@nmsu.edu
This memory was added on: January 19,2007
I loved this thing it was like being a kid but having a car, and it took some skill to learn how to work it to . I went everywhere with this thing up to the store to get milk and cigarettes for my mom , to the play ground, to my friends. and nobody else could work the darn thing so I felt so talented .
Linda Smith
1960
ericnickpebbles@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 14,2007
Krazy Kar-Wow-this was the best Christmas gift ever! My sister and I were only one year apart and we always got matching gifts. One year our parents brought us down into our big, open cellar after we had opened a few gifts and there, sitting in the center with big, red bows on them, were two Krazy Kars. We rode those things all day and night and into the spring. We had them until some of the bigger kids tried to ride them and they broke (I think they had a 60 or 90lb limit?). Our parents were so cool for giving us great gifts like Schwinn bikes when we know that they couldn't really afford it but Krazy Kar was the best gift ever!
Jane
1962
janecharles11@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: January 14,2007
I REMEMBER SPINNING IN CIRCLES IN OUR BASEMENT IN OUR PJS.
This memory was added on: December 20,2006
Wow, wow, wow --- what I wouldn't give for one of these now, but adult-sized! I loved my Crazy Wheels - it was better than a bike!
Joy
1960
riograce@mindspring.com
This memory was added on: December 16,2006
God! I loved it! I was on it every single day until I wore the wheels down. And still I tried to ride it. When my Mom threw it out I was so sad. She told me she'd get me another one, but she could never find one again. The photo above looks like the original one and it was called a crazy wheel, I'm almost positive! I think I remember the red one coming out after, but it just wasn't built like that heavy duty yellow one and it seemed smaller.(maybe because I got bigger?) But, it just didn't seem the same.
Janet
1967
tabbyj@sbcglobal.net
This memory was added on: December 15,2006
The best ride-on car. I remember riding in the street and going really fast and then turning each handle in oposite directions to do a spin-out. I kind of wish I could still ride one.
Diane
1966
diane939704@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 10,2006
I remenber rolling down my driveway and cranking on one side and spinning as fast as i could.I played with it so much and bashed it around that the plastic front was broken in little sections
mark
1967
mstclair7@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 10,2006
Oh my god! Flash from the past. My brothers and I had so much fun spinning and spinning. We use to see who could spin faster and then actually walk. Never mind walk we could not stand straight.
I just ordered 2 for my kids.......
Tina
1965
cecee16@aol.com
This memory was added on: November 28,2006
The bestest toy ever. . . back when the best toys involved a little danger. I assume they stopped making these because little brats might ride them down the stairs. I know I did.
I searched for this on the Web a couple years back and found. . . nothing. So nice to see it here.
Pretty sure mine was called a Crazy Wheel. . . and it had a spiral design on the wheel. Rad!
Milk
1967
This memory was added on: November 23,2006
The year was 1971. My sister was 5 years old. We shared our Krazy Kar. We had many happy memories of playing with the Krazy Kar riding up and down the driveway of our 1960's rambling ranch style home with the Avocado appliances. Then there was the day that my sister said...."see if you can run over me and knock me down".....I did and she did...get knocked down....I got my ass beat but we're laughing about it still!
K
1962
This memory was added on: November 19,2006
Add me to the list of people who recall this toy being called Crazy Wheels, not Krazy Kar. Nevertheless, the one in the picture looks exactly the same as mine did - same spiral and everything. I had this and the Big Wheel, but I preferred this one much more because of how maneuverable it was. I once took my Crazy Wheels out onto a freshly paved asphalt road and managed to dig two deep ruts with it. Amazing I never got in trouble. Great to see it again!
Tim
1966
This memory was added on: November 16,2006
all the other kids had big wheels and would be out in the street playing demolition derby. i was the youngest boy (i was 4 and everyone else was 6 or 7 years old). i guess my mom was afraid i would get hurt playing demolition derby with the older kids, so, she got me a krazy kar. i was the only kid with the krazy kar and since it was different, i was embarressed to ride it, as i wanted a big wheel, like the other boys had. Anyways, when i took my krazy car in our demolition derby, i found out that i would "mow" the other kids over. i would actually knock kids who weighed 20 or 30 pounds heavier than me off their big wheels. i was indestructable in that kar!!!!! it was so very cool!!!!!!!!
joe
1965
aprylandjoe@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: October 27,2006
The crazy car wow i havent thought of that in oh 35 years i remember mastering that thing and finilly getting it to go stright, i use to ride it up and down the block, and spin it till i got sick the kids on the block use to fight over who was going to ride it when they came over, man i have forgotten what a really good childhood i had and what wonderful cool parents i had, love you Mom and dad Thanks
Jackie
1962
earlie_elliott@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: October 26,2006
Krazy Kar was cool, I loved it. I remember getting it for Christmas and because of the snow I would ride it around in the basement until spring finally came!
Lisa
1964
This memory was added on: October 16,2006
I loved Krazy Kar. I got mine in third grade, and I was the only kid on my block who had one. Thanks for posting this!
Lori Lockman
1963
llockman@bellsouth.net
This memory was added on: October 8,2006
I too have spent many moments wondering what the name of this most awesome toy was. As a child growing up I was use to not getting a lot for Christmas because my parents couldn't afford it, but this particular year my brother got a Big Wheel and I got a Krazy Kar and that has always been my most treasured childhood toy. I've told my husband many times about that Christmas and now I have a picture to show him. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane:)
Lynn
1964
This memory was added on: September 2,2006
wow i just cant believe that krazy kar on top of page is like the one i had when i was a kid...way cool...... i spun i slid sideways i hammerdown on this kar when i was a kid .played with my dune buggie willies (still got 4 of them) and all my toys...yea look what they got today..
art
1963
prairie1@ptd.net
This memory was added on: August 27,2006
I remember whipping around my basement, crashing into the steel support poles and bouncing off at impossible angles...spinning around and around until I was soooooooo dizzy. I've got to get one of these things for my kids! Wooooooo Hoooooooo ;)
Steve Cara
1965
stevecara@telus.net
This memory was added on: August 15,2006
I loved every moment on my Krazy Kar, besides this on Rockem Sockem Robots bought me hours and hours of fun, as a kid I was quite the geek, never pushing the envelope, but in my Krazy Kar I was a daredevil and I spun everywhere,we would have races up the street and I always won...and then we would make ourselves dizzy and sick as we spun around and around...I miss that darn Kar!!!
Frank
1965
Frank.M.Valenzuela@bankofamerica.com
This memory was added on: August 13,2006
I too remember it as Crazy Wheels. Mine was the exact duplicate of the one in the photo. Our apartment had wooden floors and I can still remember that "rev" sound the wheels made as it rumbled across those floors. I just about killed my younger brother when he lost the little pin that connected the small black wheel at the bottom!
Dave Artman
1960
Carthaginian60@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: August 6,2006
My mother just gave me a dvd she made from our old 8mm movies from when we were kids and on it is one Christmas morning back in 1970 where I just opened up my brand new Krazy Kar. Omg!! what a time warp back in time ;) There I am just whipping around all of age "6" and then my older sister tries it and not very well I have to say and then my mother, we won't go there lol. What a hoot to have it on dvd.
Rebecca
1964
rebeccaj42@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: August 1,2006
Oh WOW! LOVED the Krazy Kar!!! My sis and me both had one...we'd use em as bumper cars and play tag in em....you know...I'm really surprised they haven't came back out with these...
marie
1966
mariescreed66@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 27,2006
We had a huge big house in Indiana with all hard wood floors. I would tear around the house in my Krazy Kar, turn down the long hallway and lock it up and spin just before hitting the wall. My Mom went nuts cleaning skid marks on the floors and walls. Great memories. Awesome toy!
Brent
1963
bdenbo@insightbb.com
This memory was added on: July 13,2006
I remember the krazy kar!! When I was 6yrs old,there was a house being built accross the street,and another kid who moved in up the street had one. I STOLE IT,briefly,gave it back,and the kid I stole it from came down to my house the next day,and we not only hade a blast,but became friends for over ten years. As we grew,we ended up racing Aurora AFX cars. That kid was Tom.I still see him once in a while. I have to tell him about this site!!
jim lodeski
11-24-1964
lode@webtv.net
This memory was added on: July 8,2006
My daughters 5th bithday is coming up and I wanted to get her something different. I thought of the thing that I had the most fun on when I was a child, but could not remember what the name was. Krazy kar, crazy-wheels, twirl-o-whirl, whatever it was called, that's what I want to get her. I hope she will have as much fun on it as I did.
Sue Davis
1965
scallsmom@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: July 8,2006
Just like everybody else, times on this toy were some of my most vivid memories, but I couldn't remember the name! I was the only person in the world that had one. Mine was bright orange with black wheels. My husband, my friends....nobody had ever heard of it and thought I was crazy. I was beginning to wonder myself....had I fabricated a childhood memory??? Why was the name of this awesome toy so hard to remember?
I'm definitely getting my kid one! So what's the weight limit on these things?!? 'Cause Mama will have to test it out and show the kid how the thing works!!!
Thanks for the stroll...and for the evidence I needed to prove to my husband that I am not crazy!
Donna
1975
This memory was added on: June 4,2006
The best toy ever,ever built! Thank you "Santa" X-Mas 1971.I still have the picture of me sitting in it in front of the X-mas tree when I was 6. Will always fondly remember having to sit straight up or be beaten senseless with the handles. Going down hill was fun too, just not in the woods,trees dont move out of the way I learned! Big Wheel was small potatoes in comparison to "Twirl-o-Whirl"s speed. Beat them big wheel kids every time. I figure its a 3.5 to 1 ratio +/-. But although their legs were falling off from pedaling, my arms were doing the same. Can you say rotator cuff injury? Mom & Dad oops, "Santa" knew what it took to get us kids to fall asleep soundly right after suppertime. I have 5 girls & my 1st boy is due in Oct. He will have one so I may live over perhaps the funnest part of my childhood vicariously through him. Krazy Kar by far a kid magnet like no other.
Bob
1965
rhuffman101@verizon.net
This memory was added on: June 1,2006
Holy @$%*! I cannot believe it. The one i had was a "General Lee" from the Dukes of Hazzard. It was my absolute favorite toy. So much that i actually charged other kids to ride it. Seriously...i charged 50 cents for a 60 second ride!
john
1976
larry.dallas@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: May 29,2006
Oh my goodness.... ya'll have brought back such wonderful memories. I LOVED my Krazy Kar. I never had a 'big wheel', but I had my Krazy Kar. What a fabulous toy. I might have to buy one for myself... uh, my daughter....
Lynne213
1966
Lynne213@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: May 24,2006
Loved these toys as a kid, can't decide which I liked better the Green Machine or the Krazy Kar! I found an original for our daughter she loved it! Shes too big now, rides horses instead but loved it while it lasted. We just listed it on ebay to help pay for all the horse shows. If you want one here's your chance. Auction ends Sunday night. Thanks for the memories! Great stuff on this site, neat hearing evryones memories......
timbo
1970
trkoons@adelphia.net
This memory was added on: May 10,2006
Wow, I loved this toy!! My sister and I and all of the neighborhood kids used to ride this for hours. I remember the axle broke on it when one of us went off the edge of the drive way, so my Dad who was a tool and die man fabricated newer, stronger ones for us. Even adults could ride in it! What great memory!
Keri
1965
the_brat_217@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: April 30,2006
I too was the only one in the neighborhood that had one, but it was the best.i do think mine was called crazy wheels. my husband had never heard of it, i used it until the wheels went flat, still rode it but it was just more challenging to get it over the flat spot, and made for a bumpier ride.
Kelly
1967
queenkrae@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: April 27,2006
I too loved the Krazy Kar. I couldn't remember what it was called, whether it was a Big Wheel, or a Green Machine, until I came across it on this site.
I still dream of sitting in one and spinning around.
Maybe I'll find one on Ebay.
Chappy Taylor
1962
batesmansion@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: April 23,2006
I have just spent the last two days going crazy trying to remember what this thing was called. I loved the Krazy Kar. I was sure it was called twirl a whirl or something close to that. Long live the Krazy Kar.
This memory was added on: April 17,2006
I'm the Mom of a Krazy Kar addict.....(He's 40 years old now)....I couldn't get him off it...One day the father of a friend of my son's came to pick up the friend and inadvertantly rolled over my son's KK .....(no one was near the KK)....squashed the KK (I thought)....the KK simply sprang back after what I imagined to be the end of it....to it's original shape and was none the worse for wear......I loved that KK too and want to purchase one for my grandchildren.
Jeanne Hunter
66
braesofthecarse@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: April 16,2006
***Superior to the Big Wheel in my opinion!***
Don't let the simple design fool you! This vehicle offered suberb handling even at accelerated speeds. I recall flying in this saucer down a long sidewalk and turning it(spin!)on a dime -in one continuous motion-to return effortlessly to the starting point of the walk.
Why should an awesome riding toy design like the Krazy Kar lie dormant in the pages of history? Today's kids could certainly use more toys that encourage outdoor activities.
If they made this wonderful speed machine today, I'd be one of the first people in line to buy it! (AND...If it were my size I'd be outside riding the thing until the sun went down.)
T Davidson
1962
solarlinc@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: April 4,2006
Holy cow...who DIDN'T have a Krazy Kar? We'd drive our parents nuts with those contraptions!
Doing 360s in the driveway? Please. 360Xinfinity, man! Just try walking away afterwards...you'd stumble like a drunken sailor.
Congratulate yourself if you remember the Krazy Kar, folks...you have truly lived in a time before our litigous society took over.
Doug
1964
kb7rky@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: March 23,2006
krazy kar was great and tough you could run into everything but when I went to fast the handles on the inside would beat me up.
Greg
1971
This memory was added on: March 21,2006
i remember back around 1971, i was around 6 years old. all my friends had big wheels and i was without a big wheel. my dad bought me a krazy kar (i thought they were called crazy wheels), anyways, i remember we were playing in the street, having a minature demolition derby. well, my friend sammy fell off his big wheel and his arm was resting on the ground, i accidentally ran his fingers over with the wheel of the krazy kar. he screamed and was crying super loud. our parents saw everything and made us all get off our toys and put them away till the following day till we learned to behave and play like little gentlemen. needless to say, the next day we had our demolition derby in the street and some other kid would run home crying cause he'd gotten hurt. a big wheel or inch worm was definetly no match for a krazy kar in a demolition derby match!!!!!
joe
1965
aprylandjoe@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: March 18,2006
Ahhh the Krazy Kar! We lived in a huge farmhouse in northern Iowa. Our downstairs bathroom was almost the size of a roller rink! I swear! 8-) Spin spin spin slide slide slide. And then outside and down the 1/2 mile driveway. Way way WAY too much fun. I had 2 older sisters, and 1 younger, so this thing was NEVER parked !! When it finally broke, we hung it from a large tree and had a heck of a swing. We must have put a million miles on it on the ground, and then countless hours of flight time. What a blast!
Mike
1959
This memory was added on: March 12,2006
the little kid next door had one and my brothers and i who were all too big for the thing couldn't stay off it. i remember the kid's dad yelling at us for breaking it, but secretly i knew i would do it again, the thing was so damn fun. now i'm trying to enlist a metal worker to help me make an indestructible version that we all can mess around on.
jason
bathfamfive
This memory was added on: March 11,2006
I LOVED MY KRAZY KAR when I was a kid! Memories of riding this down our steep driveway, getting to the bottom and spinning like crazy! I have wondered for years if they still even existed so I could get one for my own kids (who are now too big for it--darn it!). But I may still have to find one just for posterity!!!!
Carol
1963
carol42063@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: March 3,2006
Wow, I never owned a Krazy Kar, but my cousins did. We'd go visit them every Christmas and ride around in their unfinished basement. I'm sure this wasn't its intention, but we just spun around in circles until we'd throw up. Good times...good times....
Kip
no
no
This memory was added on: March 2,2006
I pushed my sister down a flight of stairs in our new Krazy Kar. She still has the scar...
Lemo
1963
lrmorris03@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: February 25,2006
My favorite toy of all time. This one makes me wish that I was 6 years old again. My grandmother and grandfather would sit outside for hours and watch me go in circles. I lost my grandfather 5 days ago and somehow this gives me comfort and great memories of "our" favorite toy. Thank You!!
Wendy Nix-Baker
1966
boysmommie1@aol.com
This memory was added on: February 6,2006
Wow, I forgot about this one. I never had a big wheel- My parents err. Santa thought I would like this one better...and he WAS RIGHT!!!
I had a big basement to wizz around on this thing. I remember rowing the wheels in oppositve directions causing it to spin in place. Nothing could make you dizzier!!!
I'll never forget the day my sister's friend Alice broke it. She was too old and heavy to ride, and ended up breaking one of the Wheel axels.
John
1962
This memory was added on: January 26,2006
My wife and i were pulling our hair out trying to remember what the name of this toy was. I asked everybody. We all knew what it was but could not remember the name. When i saw the picture i almost fell off of my chair. What a hoot. This was the best toy ever. Brings back so many memories. I will have to get one for my daughter...
David A Smith
1960
hulabin@comcast.net
This memory was added on: January 22,2006
I had a Krazy Kar that I got as a gift when I was around six. That was the best toy ever! I was really small, and used it for several years. It was still at the house when my Mom passed on. I've been kicking myself for YEARS for not taking it!!!!
Kathie
1963
Kattheclosetstar@aol.com
This memory was added on: January 15,2006
Wow! I could not remember what this toy was called, but I had one just like the picture. It was a great toy, we had a large indoor patio and it hours of fun - spinning around, especially in a water puddle. The hollow wheels eventually wore out. I looked and its no longer available at Amazon - any other sources to buy this?
Ginger
1963
mojah@africa-usa.com
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