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I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT ROUGHLY HOW MANY RUPP GRAND PRIX KARTS WERE MADE, I HAVE #875. ALSO IF ANYONE KNOWS WHEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE?
THANKS FOR ANY INFO GUYS.

Jon-

I have no idea how many survive, but Rupp karts were made in the thousands, I remember reading an article and it had production figures for Rupp karts in the hundreds of thousands- which really surprised me. But what the percentages were amongst the different models, I have no idea.

Regardless, my guess is that there were more A-bones built than Grand Prix, but the Grand Prix was far from being a lo-number handbuilt specialty kart.

Great kart though- the A-bones, Grand Prix and the Chaparrals all handle really well.

Enjoy!
Dean

Oops! The Grand Prix was made from 1964 through 66, as far as I know. If someone knows different, I'm sure they'll post. But I'm pretty sure 1966 was the only year that the Chaparral and the Gran Prix were both in production. By '67 the GP had been phased out because of the success of the Chaparral, and they must have been getting ready to debut the Model J karts the next year.

Dean

63 was first. One piece frame only year with serial numbers on tag I think....Ron

MY KART IS A TWO PEICE FRAME, WITH THE SERIAL # ON THE TAG
DONT KNOW IF THAT CHANGES ANYTHING. AND YES, THESE KARTS DO HANDLE REALLY WELL, VERY SUPRISING.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP GUYS.