"mazda616" (mazda616)
05/01/2018 at 19:38 • Filed to: Mazda, Kidlopnik
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"mazda616" (mazda616)
05/01/2018 at 19:38 • Filed to: Mazda, Kidlopnik | 19
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As some of you may remember, we took a Little Tikes Cozy Coupe and painted it up to match our Mazdas for our pregnancy announcement.
My son is now fourteen-months-old, so I got the car out for him to play with. Only problem: it’s old and passed down to us through multiple family members and somewhere along the way, it lost its steering wheel.
I scoured eBay and Facebook and stumbled upon a Cozy Coupe for sale on Facebook for $10.00. The steering wheels on eBay are $30.00 - just for the wheel.
I texted the owner and they said their dog chewed up the steering wheel (bummer) but I could have the car for free. So, I picked it up on my lunch break (it surprisingly fit in the trunk of my 6) and took it home.
Wrapped the steering wheel in electrical tape to make it smooth and then harvested the floorboard and gas cap.
Voila.
Now, my son has a fully functioning Mazda Cozy Coupe and a parts car. Teach them young.
Chariotoflove
> mazda616
05/01/2018 at 20:00 |
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That’s awesome!
Too bad the interiors don’t match for when the upholstery goes.
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mazda616
> Chariotoflove
05/01/2018 at 20:01 |
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My thoughts exactly!
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> mazda616
05/01/2018 at 20:01 |
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Wait, they had a gas cap? My cozy coupe didn’t have a gas cap, but then again it was also from 1985.
The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
> mazda616
05/01/2018 at 20:55 |
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Hopefully the seats hold up better than yours.
M.T. Blake
> mazda616
05/01/2018 at 21:03 |
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Congrats! You spent some effort making a mini-Mazda. I’ll warn you that this won’t repeat with your second child. If it does, your wife will have put the idea in your head and then a gun against it to get it done. Two kids are 4 if not 10 times the work... hobbies no more!
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mazda616
> The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
05/01/2018 at 21:09 |
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Amen!
shop-teacher
> mazda616
05/01/2018 at 22:29 |
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This is very good Dadlopniking.
smobgirl
> mazda616
05/01/2018 at 23:42 |
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Wait how did I miss the original announcement? That’s one of the cutest things i’ve ever seen!!
(There’s a house on my way home with a FLEET of cozy coupes, all neatly parked by their fence. I really need to stop and get a pic someday)
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mazda616
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
05/02/2018 at 10:14 |
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Mine didn’t either and it was from ‘93 or ‘94 or so. But these new ones have had a few incremental changes. The floorboard from this parts car doesn’t quite fit in my Mazda one but I’m going to find a way to make it work.