You can never underestimate what you can do with some plywood, foam, and a dream.  Fred Keller and Judy Foster were at a car show when they saw a hot rod rigged up to look like a bright red Radio Flyer wagon.  The pair were instantly inspired.  Here’s the end result– a human-sized big red Radio Flyer.  It’s a thing of beauty, no?

“We said, ‘We could use the Mazda for that,'” said Foster, meaning a 1976 Mazda B1600 pickup truck that hadn’t been driven in years.  “We came home from our Portland trip, and about a day after, he was tearing the Mazda apart.  No changing my mind.”  Keller, a retired telephone worker who builds home aircraft (!!) had all the parts needed for the conversion from pickup to wagon.  “The basic structure of the wagon is marine plywood, foam, fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin.  It’s a very strong structure.”

The two have kept their Radio Flyer as authentic as possible, even in the face of Alaska’s brutal winters.  “We recognize it is a convertible, and to get its true meaning and everything, you really need to keep it such and try to keep it from looking as much like a car as possible,” said Keller.  “We’re going to be having a blast with it,” come spring, he said. “The one thing we both enjoy about the car is just the smiles it puts on people’s faces.”

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