1961 Caretta in Oregon competed

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Dennis Turk
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1961 Caretta in Oregon competed

Post by Dennis Turk » Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:27 am

Hi all

Well here it is and I made it in time for the Medford Oregon run on the 12th and 13. here are a couple of pictures of how it turned out. This cart looks exactly like the one I drove in 61 right down to the candy green color I painted it that year. The cart came yellow as all Carettas did back then but I did not like the color so change it to what you see here. This cart is now setup exactly like I drove it 48 years ago. The starter pulley will be removed as we used it to get the rebuilt Mc 6 stared and tunned but will be removed before we head for Medford. Was a fun project but gad its expensive doing one this way. Not to mention what the Caretta cost me to get it back.

I would like to thank all the guys that sent me pictures and drawings of the steering and the brake set up as it was a great help in fabricating the missing parts.

Dennis Turk
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Re: 1961 Caretta in Oregon competed

Post by Brian Thomas » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:22 am

Good looking kart
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Re: 1961 Caretta in Oregon competed

Post by Jeff Campbell » Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:29 pm

Really nice! The direct drive should be fun.

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Re: 1961 Caretta in Oregon competed

Post by louie figone » Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:30 pm

Very nice Dennis.

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Re: 1961 Caretta in Oregon competed

Post by Dominic Salvato » Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:23 am

Beautiful..........
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Re: 1961 Caretta in Oregon competed

Post by Ernie Fisher » Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:47 am

Nice Job, Dennis! I can hardly wait to see it in person next weekend!

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Re: 1961 Caretta in Oregon competed

Post by Terry Sullivan » Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:16 pm

Very nicely done Dennis!
If you weren't on the other side of the world, I would drop my Bugs off for a refresh.

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