A ten-foot tall, driveable shopping cart has wowed spectators by going on display at an exotic car show.Pimped out with a V8 engine, the 'Shopper Chopper' can hold six passengers or 146 shopping bags.It claims to be the world's only street-legal driving shopping cart, and was filmed reverse-parking at a shopping mall in Paramus, New Jersey. The huge vehicle is owned by Cal VanSant, who hires it out for promotional events and parades in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.VanSant built the colossal cart himself in 2012 to help promote his son-in-law's chain of Pennsylvania grocery stores, Musser's Markets.'He owns a grocery business and asked me to help him build something crazy to promote his stores,' he told Barcroft TV.'It took about two years start to finish. Pimped out with a V8 engine, the 'Shopper Chopper', which can hold six passengers or 146 shopping bags, was filmed reverse-parking at a shopping mall in Paramus, New Jersey RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Costco cuts short China debut after thousands of shoppers... Supermarket workers teach 'moron' driver a lesson by... Share this article Share 'There's a fair number of times we get pulled over, usually it's because the policeman wants a photograph. We've never actually been asked for a licence and registration.'And standing at 9 feet tall and 12 feet long, the cart would be far too big to get inside the average grocery store anyway.The monster cart has also been part of several television and online commercial campaigns, including Jay Leno's Garage and for Paramount Home Video.The Shopper Chopper can also reach 50 mph on the open road, but due to insurance you're unlikely to be able to drive it yourself. The Shopper Chopper's V8 engine can reach speeds of up to 50mph on the open road, but due to insurance you're unlikely to be able to drive it yourself
'Shopper Chopper' supersized store cart parks up in New Jersey mall
A ten-foot tall, driveable shopping cart has wowed spectators by going on display at an exotic car show.Pimped out with a V8 engine, the 'Shopper Chopper' can hold six passengers or 146 shopping bags.It claims to be the world's only street-legal driving shopping cart, and was filmed reverse-parking at a shopping mall in Paramus, New Jersey. The huge vehicle is owned by Cal VanSant, who hires it out for promotional events and parades in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.VanSant built the colossal cart himself in 2012 to help promote his son-in-law's chain of Pennsylvania grocery stores, Musser's Markets.'He owns a grocery business and asked me to help him build something crazy to promote his stores,' he told Barcroft TV.'It took about two years start to finish. Pimped out with a V8 engine, the 'Shopper Chopper', which can hold six passengers or 146 shopping bags, was filmed reverse-parking at a shopping mall in Paramus, New Jersey RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Costco cuts short China debut after thousands of shoppers... Supermarket workers teach 'moron' driver a lesson by... Share this article Share 'There's a fair number of times we get pulled over, usually it's because the policeman wants a photograph. We've never actually been asked for a licence and registration.'And standing at 9 feet tall and 12 feet long, the cart would be far too big to get inside the average grocery store anyway.The monster cart has also been part of several television and online commercial campaigns, including Jay Leno's Garage and for Paramount Home Video.The Shopper Chopper can also reach 50 mph on the open road, but due to insurance you're unlikely to be able to drive it yourself. The Shopper Chopper's V8 engine can reach speeds of up to 50mph on the open road, but due to insurance you're unlikely to be able to drive it yourself
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