How about a vintage Go Cart

[Cranky]

Wow....did some crazy stuff with mine....one being getting caught by a cop riding at 11pm with no lights, no nothing. Well, had clothes on.

Great thread! Brings back good memories but I have no pics.

No pics of mine either or the kid's carts. At one point had access to about 1 acre of land (1/2 was mine, the other was an easement) and made a kidney shaped track with berms. Had a lot of fun on that but the neighbors hated it. Oh well.

 

[65Bel]

1961 Bug Scorpion . . .

 

[65Bel]

Have always loved Go Karts . . .

 

[khryslerkid]

 

[Cranky]

Dang, looks fun but also looks cold lol. Was that you racing?

 

[66chargerpat]

 

[T2R9]

LOL. Now y'all got me searching for a vintage go cart to restore so I can buzz around my neighborhood with it like everyone else does with their golf carts.

 

[threewood]

I built this last year out of an abandoned Weider home gym. Subaru 7hp engine from an old pressure washer. I welded and fabricated every bit except the front spindles. It tops out at 30mph.

 

[64BEL]

Quite a get to have Don Knotts in their video probably at the height of his fame. Would like to see more of that flower girl at the end.

 

[khryslerkid]

Dang, looks fun but also looks cold lol. Was that you racing?

Noooo! Maybe when I was younger I would have tried that. I was waiting for one to catch the berm and flip. Crazy action

 

[gtx6970]

Many many years ago.
I had one much like the one in the op.

Was fun but quickly led to cars and much faster things on 4 wheels.

Guy in my high school class had one he mounted some kind of big V4 motorcycle engine on.
That thing was stupid fast and after nearly taking his head off going under something to low .
He crashed it...got multiple stitches in his forhead and lost a few teeth.

His parents made him pull it apart and sold it off in pieces.

This was late 70s time frame.

The guy was batchit crazy....and i would be surprised if he's even still alive

 

[Cranky]

Noooo! Maybe when I was younger I would have tried that. I was waiting for one to catch the berm and flip. Crazy action

I've flipped two carts. One was an end over end that dumped me into the dirt but didn't hurt me. The other was a bad roll on concrete and that one hurt me. Had bumps of road rash all over and wrenched my back pretty good. Never heard so much banging of steel on concrete so close to my head and I guess me and the cart were rolling side by side. No helmet, seat belt or anything else in the name of safety lol

 

[Triplegreen500]

Cool old karts!

I want one of the "big boy" karts, myself....

 

[65Bel]

Yes indeed, fun for everyone . . .

Steve McQueen

The Beatles, July 1963

Alfred Hitchcock

Prince Charles & Prince Edward, 1969

Elvis Presley

Don Knotts and the Trophy Girl . . . Hey Don, can you stand a little closer . . .

 

[Budnicks]

I had a couple as a kid most notably a Rupp Chaparral, twin Mac 101s
raced it at Sears Point, 1969-ish, soon after the track opened ceremony
I didn't fare well
I think it was a 1966 Model too, with more fiberglass/plastic body panels

it was a hand-me-down from my older cousin Joe, he 'grew out' of it
gave it to me for helping sand/work on his custom 45 Harley trike
my stepdad was helping build 'for him'

like below (not mine)
mine had more fiberglass body upfront & pods/tanks
surrounded by plastic on the sides

the one below
sold for $24,000 in Chicago recently

 

[nate44304]

My brother and I got this Cat Eliminator back in 1970-71. I put a new carb on it. Last year and got it running , now the disc breaks need some help. View attachment 1388191

hey street i tried to message you but you inbox is full could you shoot me your number so i can text you got a ?

 

[nate44304]

My brother and I got this Cat Eliminator back in 1970-71. I put a new carb on it. Last year and got it running , now the disc breaks need some help. View attachment 1388191

or text me at ********** thanks

Sorry....putting phone numbers in posts isn't allowed.

 

[WileE]

You guys were all rich kids. On the streets of Brooklyn, we made our own go-karts. From

I would build something like this

before I was 10 years old.

 

[1967coronet]

Neighbor kid prob about 6 him and his buddy got ahold of one of the pink battery kids cars.
Battery was shot or the motor so they would drag, push the thing up a hill in our back yard and ride down.
Every now and then tip over , crash then back up the hill.

 

[nate44304]

Neighbor kid prob about 6 him and his buddy got ahold of one of the pink battery kids cars.
Battery was shot or the motor so they would drag, push the thing up a hill in our back yard and ride down.
Every now and then tip over , crash then back up the hill.

they make a 12$ dewalt battery adapter that has a power wire and negative wire that you can splice in to the power wheels battery cable wires and then run it off a 20volt dewlt battery and that will fly they will get almost tripple the speed or the hevey expensive junk 12v batterys