Vintage Gokart ID help.. Dad's old kart..
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 12:21 pm
Hey guys, I
(skip past the txt if you arent interested in the story behind how i got this kart. If your interestd, read on. Thanks for help with the ID.)
I need help with Identification of a vintage gokart that my father has had,
squirreled away since he was 16 ( 41 years ).
He never said much about it, and we werent allowed near it as kids. So in the
back corner of his panelshop it stayed, and eventually it was forgotten
I recently asked him about this gokart.. After an hour of him telling me how fast
it was, how he used to ride it around the streets, and get chased by police.. He
told me he brought it off a relative who used to race it in the late 60's early
70's, and that it had won more than afew trophys.. besides that, all he knew was
it was a "Mcculloch racing kart..."
I left his house that evening not thinking much about it, thinking he may have
gotten rid of it when he had retired and closed down his panel shop,.. The very
next day, I get a message from my dad to come to his house straight away..
It turns out really loves this thing, the cheeky old bastard stayed up until 3am to
find every single peice of that gokart.. ( including getting the frame out from
behind a massive pile of vintage car goodies by himself. )
Ive done abit of google, so many vintage karts look-a-like.
Im honestly confused now..
All we know about this kart besides the above is :
It was a light blue colour, has second engine mount bracket...
The engine is a Mc91b/1. (We believe the engine was upgraded to this during his
racing days, as the frame is definately 60's and the 91b/1 were from '70 on i
believe..)
Also please note, that rear bumper on the kart is not stock. it seems to be a homemade job. ( its slid into the frame and has a screw in the top) for protection during racing maybe?
any help with ID would be muchly appreciated.. ( I have more pics if required )
Cheers guys,
Pete
(skip past the txt if you arent interested in the story behind how i got this kart. If your interestd, read on. Thanks for help with the ID.)
I need help with Identification of a vintage gokart that my father has had,
squirreled away since he was 16 ( 41 years ).
He never said much about it, and we werent allowed near it as kids. So in the
back corner of his panelshop it stayed, and eventually it was forgotten
I recently asked him about this gokart.. After an hour of him telling me how fast
it was, how he used to ride it around the streets, and get chased by police.. He
told me he brought it off a relative who used to race it in the late 60's early
70's, and that it had won more than afew trophys.. besides that, all he knew was
it was a "Mcculloch racing kart..."
I left his house that evening not thinking much about it, thinking he may have
gotten rid of it when he had retired and closed down his panel shop,.. The very
next day, I get a message from my dad to come to his house straight away..
It turns out really loves this thing, the cheeky old bastard stayed up until 3am to
find every single peice of that gokart.. ( including getting the frame out from
behind a massive pile of vintage car goodies by himself. )
Ive done abit of google, so many vintage karts look-a-like.
Im honestly confused now..
All we know about this kart besides the above is :
It was a light blue colour, has second engine mount bracket...
The engine is a Mc91b/1. (We believe the engine was upgraded to this during his
racing days, as the frame is definately 60's and the 91b/1 were from '70 on i
believe..)
Also please note, that rear bumper on the kart is not stock. it seems to be a homemade job. ( its slid into the frame and has a screw in the top) for protection during racing maybe?
any help with ID would be muchly appreciated.. ( I have more pics if required )
Cheers guys,
Pete