FYI Most of those disc's floated on the axle.

"Stacking" mounts and brackets was popular. Darts used to stack axle bearing mounts to stiffen them up by bolting a second one up and welding around the bracket to help the back end.

Dominic did you find all your karts in Alaska or Canada or?

Where are you located?

I was at work & we were putting gaskets on. The parts were heavy so a guy was helping me. We needed some silicone as usual happens the end of the tube was dry. So instead of digging it out he took the edge of a screwdriver & put a small slit into the tube where it was soft. We used what we needed & ...

Starting around Christmas the forum has been coming and going away. Sorry, we are working on it.

Article said it was aluminum and was NOT bolted in place....... Tanks are available & should bolt right up. DO NOT overtighten the bottom petcock. Use a sleeve around the outside to keep it from expanding. https://www.ebay.com/itm/266420179682?hash=item3e07e152e2:g:pMAAAOSwbPhlC3OG&amdata=enc%3AAQAI...

Karting World April 1963 they did a kart test. It all looks right. They had a center mounted West Bend 610. It used a plastic seat back tank. Lemans wheels like a Fox, 4" fronts & 5" rears. Petals, steering wheel and upholstery all look right. Even the 4" expanding Comet brake is correct. Nice find!

Yea they had 2 hands!

Notice the huge smiles on those kids faces. They learned something & had fun doing it.