Sports Car Club of Vermont

I forget who I was talking to about pedal cars at the meeting. I had mentioned speedway motors as a source. They also have a ton of race stuff.
Here is the link to the pedal cars.
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Pedal-Cars-and-Parts.html

It was me. The pedal car that we had was very different. We were sitting inside the car (open cockpit, but the body was all the way around us like an old race car), long hood, we were sitting with legs outstretched within the hood area to pedal. Of course, there is a chance that my memory isn't serving that there were actually pedals...

That's right, I thought it might have been you.
I'm pretty sure what you describe is what they are selling, minus the vice-grips steering wheel.

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Pedal-Car-Kit,3576.html