Trying to track down a "Mystery Theme Park"

[GrimmGreen]

i'm sure it is in So Cal , i went there when i was maybe 12 or 13 so around 1989 or 1990 , and all i remember is an Autopia style ride , but there was no gas pedal , they just went by themselves , and through a tunnel... i know it's quite a vauge description , but my brother an i have been trying to figure this out for a while now , any help would be radness

[BFJen]

The soap box derby was like that at Knotts' - you actually raced another car on a little coaster type track. Used to be one of my favorites.

[sir clinksalot]

^ It could be Soap Box Racers, but they aren't really like Autopia cars.

GrimmGreen, do you know approximately which area the park was in?

Could it have been at Scandia? http://www.scandiafun.com/indexONT.htm

[tloolgb]

Was Busch Gardens LA closed by then?

[sir clinksalot]

^ Yup. Closed in (I think) 79.

[JesterMn]

i'm sure it is in So Cal , i went there when i was maybe 12 or 13 so around 1989 or 1990 , and all i remember is an Autopia style ride , but there was no gas pedal , they just went by themselves , and through a tunnel... i know it's quite a vauge description , but my brother an i have been trying to figure this out for a while now , any help would be radness

Could use a few more specifics here... was this ride part of a theme park? Or was it by itself? Can you describe other rides near it, to give a better sense of location?

At Castle Park in Riverside, there is a car ride that is somewhat similar to what you describe. They appear somewhat like Model T Fords. It was better known as the Tijuana Taxis at Knott's, and then it was moved to Castle Park, where they still operate today. Just went on them about three weeks ago!

[sir clinksalot]

Castle Park ... Home of the old-school Knott's.

[TacAlert]

AAAAHHHH!!!! The old start a thread and never check back on it.