Barn find vintage kart.... it is ON!

[manbridge 74]

Now that I'm vintage myself I've been looking for a competition kart from days of yore. Anyone seen one of these?




And yes the Briggs and Scrapiron shall be tossed

[Geoz1]

pretty cool

[Bill Douglas]

That fooks like FUN!!!

Lots of fun

[Jim Bremner]

You'll learn TONS on the Flathead B&S run the crap out of it prior to trying a 2 stroke.

[Bill Douglas]

Maybe an engine (and gearbox ) out of a honda 125.

[gtc]

shoot, you could unbolt that seat and sell it as the next ultimate r-group thing for something like a bajillion dollars.

[dewolf]

Put a two stroke rotary or reed valve engine in it and be prepared to scare the sh$t out of yourself. The old girl pictured was an absolute handfull. The motor had a bit of work as was putting out around 26HP.

[s_morrison57]

I have a single cyl. twin carb McCulloug engine, 50cc ??? about 12 hp?? PM me if your interested
Finn

[manbridge 74]

Thanks for the replies. Eventually I will need a period correct 2 cycle engine to be eligible for vintage class, but I'm not sure which one. Currently searching through 5 outbuildings for the original engine.

I went for a short 'no brakes' drive and it was fairly impressive. The M/C and caliper are on the bench getting rebuilt.

Rear right rim has a wallowed out keyway, so I'll have to find an inner rim.

[bfunke]

Briggs raptors are cool but getting expensive to maintain in this day and age of Chinese clone motors.

I was at a race recently where they had a bunch of Wankel motor karts. Good German design and lots of power and noise. On of the guys told me his motor was about 5K. Expensive fun!

[azasadny]

Very cool! Have fun!!

[Zeke]

What sets vintage off from vintage is having a steel seat frame and the motor behind, not along side. I'm going to guess that kart is from the 70's, not 50's or 60's. It's still old!

[Damian in NJ]

Will the kart have more hp than the MG?

[manbridge 74]

Originally Posted by Zeke

What sets vintage off from vintage is having a steel seat frame and the motor behind, not along side. I'm going to guess that kart is from the 70's, not 50's or 60's. It's still old!

Good to know.

I think the Vintage Karting Assoc. might let everything from 75 back IIRC. The pictures on their site show a few like this one, so I hope I'm in the window.

Zeke, I know you have 40 years of knowlege on karts. So is this a junior kart or adult and how does one tell.

Thanks, Jeff

[Zeke]

Seat looks like full size to me. Go to the Vintage Kart forum for info and discussion.

Vintage Karts Forums

Here is an '81 Margay:



And here is an '80 Yamaha Kart:

[EarlyPorsche]

I have an 80cc or so McCullough chainsaw that has a cracked handle mount. I bought it to install on something and I think you just inspired me!

[Zeke]

After a little research, I think you might have a circa '73 Meyers Lancer. If so, very collectible in the world of vintage karting. Made by a guy named Walt Meyers when he had a shop in Bellflower CA.

If it's not a Meyers, it may very well be a "bucket bug" from Bug Manufacturing in Azusa CA. I think they have some archival pics on their site.

[manbridge 74]

[QUOTE=Zeke;6781729]Seat looks like full size to me. Go to the Vintage Kart forum for info and discussion.

I already have a thread going there.

But as I'm excited about this find, I can't stand waiting for info and wanted your take, so thanks mucho for info.

And I just found the original engine so I'm even more into this kart.

[mikeesik]

jealous-not envious.

[romad]

don't put anything but a 5hp briggs on that thing