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Me and my dad used a Rupp for a model (from photos), and had one fabricated from scratch. Rupps were common in the East, and Tacos were unknown to us. He worked for Occidental and a welder friend bent the tubes and welded up the frame and forks, etc. We got the moving parts, wheels, sprockets, halfshaft, etc from a cart shop in town. No brakes. Had a Briggs engine. We had a blast with that thing! I was 12 at the time. I later traded it on an AlaKart Slingshot cart we used to race ('til my brother burned the head with some methanol mixture he was experimenting with).
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