They look a bit like Volkswagen Beetle’s baby brother.
Creator Brent Walter started building his VW-inspired, motorized minibikes out of old fenders — not so much for a utilitarian purpose as out of a sense of fun.
The 47-year-old inventor from Huntingdon, Indiana, stumbled on the idea after spotting inventions online, which were made from car fenders. He was also inspired by metal artist Randy Grubb, who built custom scooters called “Decopods.”
The novel results of Walter’s brainchild are adorably amusing.
“I just make them for fun,” Walter told The Epoch Times of his Beetle-themed creation. “I had four fenders left over from a project and started cutting and welding them in February of 2019.”…