port charlotte. punta gorda is our county seat, you might remember the weather channel 08/13/04, hurricanne charlie. cat 4, eye of storm 13 miles in width, small but much damage..at night we enjoyed looking at the stars where our roof used to be..we have a stock car track here in charlotte county..k...

ted, been since april. how did you ever come out on your gaskets..just purchased another roll today..i use a scribe for the circle or venturi area..trial and error in which side of the pen mark..a small sharp pair of scissors to trim is helpfull..the pulse and stud holes, i purchased some different ...

john, on this forum, go to page 6, 'replating benders'. it's a start. i'm sure the guys can give you some addl help......butch

grew up in akron ohio, home of the all american soap box derby. mine was a used up soap box derby with a engine from a 'reel' lawnmower. since the derby had limited steering, we would disconnect, connect a rope to the 'front axle' to hold on and steer with our feet.. the engine throttle was a string...

in the past, patty and i had our bank accts listed thru pay pal so when we purchased an item, it came out of our bank. bank accts are no longer listed. in the recent 12months, we have sold some items hence we have a small balance in the paypal acct. when we went to barnesville ga in march, patty eas...

the motor mount area is characteristic(whew) of a bantam. rick chapman(who is a member of this site) raced a bantam in the mid 60's very successfully in the akron ohio area. i believe he just located a bantam this past weekend and to pickup soon. both rick and i grew up approx 1/2 hour from where mi...

showed up agn fri may 8th 10am fla time..seller mi203699..kart does appear to be a chapparel with possible (2) mc90's..no 3rd axle bearing. 1200, so i emailed asking for the model of engines from id plate and shipping arangements to fla. return email was immediate, no comment on engine id but 1200 b...

in my days of racing in ohio, i always cut gaskets and went thru napa but i can't quote part numbers, but curr down here, i go to auto zone or advanced auto parts and so far(incl barnesville-09), no prob. the gray material, quote 'part no. 3157 rubber-fiber 10" x 26" x 1/32" for sealing oil, water, ...

my inflated 2cents, based out of ohio and a teenager on the 60's, 5'10 165lbs---margays seemed to 2wheel occas. i know set up etc, but they won so many races. if you look at old pics, notice elbow and hand location ie the steering wheel was almost in your lap. i was lucky running dart gp's but the c...

mcbob, sorry, had read your thread when you had posted but i am no machinest, i just drove (somewhat questionable at times) these engines mid to late 60's. i was loking in my scrapbook and and old thread dated dec 14 2007 by roger mulkey 1-diagram and port layout of a 'big j' 820 lay out.2-i quote "...