Dominic, Your restorations are appreciated by everyone and your not alone on how you approach this hobby. There are plenty of folks who enjoy the resurection aspect of a old kart every bit as much as the driving apect. Don't feel bad about putting way too much money in a project or getting a turd pa...

8 Degrees to 8 inches of snow. That "liquid cold fighter" is sounding better all the time.

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It so cold I'm freezing my ass off.

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Rear Engine American Racers would like to wish everyone a Safe and Happy New Year.

We have some plans in the works right now that are also going to make it another Fun Year.

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Stuck in bed all day yesterday fighting the flu but got up this morning and feel 90% better.

On that note hope everyone has a safe and healthy holiday season.

Merry Christmas...Bob Kurkowski

Brian,

Click on the 'members' link at the top of the page and go to page 43. You will find contact for Don thru the site.

This Don Thompson is the same Don Thompson you came down to THE BIG ONE with this year.

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Dominic, You need to contact the track where you hope to run your kart and ask for their specific rules regarding equipment specifications. Your kart may be perfectly legal to run with your local organization. Word of caution from a guy who has run enduro karts and been on track with the plastic bod...

Brian,

Talk to Don Thompson or Joe Decker, its owned by Rick Rietz and they should be able to hook you up.

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So the consensus is that these are retouched photos ? The Grand Prix wheel was based off of Pontiacs Gran Prix wheels which also debuted for their 62 model year so that might explain why they were not available early in the model year. Heard the 'J' model line of karts was also named after a Pontiac...

A few days ago I stopped down at fellow historical karter John Berkys shop to review a project were working on and while there John gave me a early Christmas present in the form of a nice color copy poster of a 1962 Rupp Dart Kart ad that was featured on the pages of Karting World magazine. As John ...