Can Someone I.D. This Kart?

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Can Someone I.D. This Kart?

Post by Timothy Klatte » Tue May 14, 2019 5:47 pm

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Does anyone know what brand kart this is? Lots of square tubing.......Thanks for any responses.

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Re: Can Someone I.D. This Kart?

Post by REAR » Tue May 14, 2019 7:35 pm

Tim,

Might be a Century.

If you go back into the earlier Karting Ohio threads there is mention of a lawsuit Rupp filed against Century for a patent infringement of their braking system. Your kart is not a Rupp but it has a braking system much like the one Rupp designed and filed the lawsuit over.

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Re: Can Someone I.D. This Kart?

Post by Chris Marchand » Tue May 14, 2019 7:53 pm

Century was an exact copy of a 1959 Dart frame , with a live axle .

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Re: Can Someone I.D. This Kart?

Post by REAR » Wed May 15, 2019 6:58 pm

Years back Don Distel use to bring a Century to TBO and it was a dead axle. Can't remember the braking arrangement though.

Bantams were square tube.

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Re: Can Someone I.D. This Kart?

Post by Chris Marchand » Wed May 15, 2019 7:44 pm

Maybe the copy by Century of the 59 Rupp came out in 60 and the square tube was earlier than the one I have (which is the same as the one Pearl has).

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Re: Can Someone I.D. This Kart?

Post by ted johnson » Thu May 16, 2019 8:18 am

First Centurys I remember had round tubing and the "normal dropped front axle like Dart. Ted

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Re: Can Someone I.D. This Kart?

Post by Rob Voska » Thu May 16, 2019 4:53 pm

Not a Century. I will have to dig some to find it. I've seen it before. Can I get better front axle & steering pictures please? Front axle looks modified.

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Re: Can Someone I.D. This Kart?

Post by Timothy Klatte » Thu May 16, 2019 7:23 pm

Unfortunately, these are the only ones I have. It definitely looks factory made-the brake design is a copy of another kart. But the only other kart I know of that used square tubing was S.A.E. And this is obviously not one of those.

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Re: Can Someone I.D. This Kart?

Post by Rob Voska » Sat May 18, 2019 7:05 am

From the steering wheel, steel wheels & dead axle it's 1958-1961 time frame is my guess.

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Re: Can Someone I.D. This Kart?

Post by Rob Voska » Sat May 18, 2019 7:31 am

Possibilities from the pictures you have & the books I have. Then there were the constant changes being made in every batch.

Standun from LA but seat back don't look quite right.
Zip kart from B&H Machining Inc. Somerset PA. Again seat back don't look quite right.

All I'm finding at this time.

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