[2] Confined to a neck brace, poor little rich boy Dickie would like to play with the neighborhood kids, but his overprotective mother will not let him.

Purchasing a ride on the donkey-driven "taxicab" piloted by Breezy Brisbane, the boys, along with hitchhikers Spanky and Jacquie Lyn, experience enough thrills and excitement to last a lifetime when the taxi begins rolling down a steep hill minus brakes.

[3] Free Wheeling was edited by a few minutes on the syndicated Little Rascals television packages in 1971 due to its racism toward African Americans.

Some of the "free wheeling" downhill scenes involving the runaway car were filmed on Outpost Drive in Hollywood, California.

[4] The final scene where the taxi runs into the haystack was filmed on the site at present-day 3300 Overland Avenue.