Car designed after classic kids’ toy turns heads

For sale. Not a station wagon, but a little red wagon that grew into a big red wagon that goes 60 miles an hour. Mileage just over 57,000. Basic interior with two seats and a steering wheel made out of a garden cart wheel. I’ll miss it and I’ll miss the fun of driving. It is just so much fun to take somebody for a ride and seeing people’s reactions to you. Other cars sometimes even follow it. Then we started yelling at our grandma to drive after it. Now owner Judy Foster does. Her husband built the Radio Flyer 14 years ago on the chassis of this 1976 Mazda pickup. When Judy’s husband recently passed away, she decided it was time to pass on the wagon. It’s up for auction at Alaska Premier Auctions. Coowner Nick Klein says why buy an expensive Ferrari and this one will get you more eyeballs than any of those at a fraction of the price they’re guesstimating. 10 to $15,000, eight foot handle included. It’s 4 cylinder Mazda engine runs on regular gas. In the movie Radio Flyer, two brothers turn their wagon into an airplane. In real life, at least a handful of fans have built their own Radio Flyer cars. Just riding in a Radio Flyer wagon makes me feel younger. Judy was even invited to drive her flyer around the Charlotte Motor Speedway. You made that? Yeah, all right. I’ve laughed and said you can’t be in the witness protection program and ride the car. If you’re craving attention, hit your wagon to this star genie most CNN New York.