Bought What was told a 1971 dart kart, With A Mac-9 engine. What Im wondering is how to conferm The year, and the brand, Ive done some investigating on the internet and it looks to me to be a 68, but the gas tank is differant. Any help would be great. THANKS JOHN
Your kart is a 1964-65 Dart Kart, Grand Prix, or a Dart A-Bone, if you post some more pictures of the side of the frame, i can tell you for sure on the year. The McCulloch Mc-9 engine came out in 1964. The ch***is was made by Rupp Manufacturing, in Mansfield Ohio. Rupp karts were top of the line in the early karting days. I have a restored 1963 Dart Grand Prix, that i run at vintage kart races.....Ed After looking at your pictures again, your engine looks like a Mc 91, if it is a Mc-9 someone has changed the head, manifold, and carb. A real Mc-9 engine will have Mc-9 stamped on the bottom of the crankcase.
Ed here is another side shot, Its all i have right now. If you need a specific area, To Id year Let me know THANKS JOHN
Is the frame one piece, or are there heim-joints along side the seat, holding the rear section on. This picture looks like the steering hoop is narrow, and this would be called an Dart narrow hoop A-Bone. The first year for a front bumper, was 64, along with 5 inch front wheels, which yours has. If this kart has a nice ch***is, with no rewelds, its worth quite a bit of money to a vintage kart guy, or a colector of vintage karts.
Forgot to tell you would realy run!! At that time I only weighed about 150 lbs and 5 of that was BALLS! THANKS for great memories!!
sorry cant help you on make and model , but mine looks a whole bunch like yours . i rescued this one last summer . it was a total hack job when i found it , did a **** load of work on it but was well worth it.....
Ed there is no hiem holding the rear section that I have seen. The ch***is is a virgin, never been repaired or rewelded. Was metal flake green at one time. I will check again for those hiems, When I get home. Thanks for the help JOHN
I have "MOST" of an old Go Kart under the snow outside...the steering wheel on it is like a fuel dragster.It has aluminum mags on it but no engine. Any guesses with no picture?It is a kit or factory made frame. The dragster wheel may be a clue....
Go carts in east central Indiana got very sofhisticated in the early 60's. Some were running e engines with 3 carbs on each engine although most ran only 2 engines with 3 carbs each. This got to be high maintenence and high dollar racing. Engine rebuilds after 1 evening of racing. $700-$800 engines plus $400 dollar carts. The racing pistons for the Mac's had only one real thin ring. Some of the carts were running reed valves and for the long straights they had a 'maverick' switch on the steering wheel that turned the spark plug into a glow plug to eliminate point bounce at really high rpms. Man, did I want one real bad.
Sorry for resurrecting a rather old thread but I have recently gotten hold of what appears to be an old Rupp Dart, mine does indeed have the heim joints on the side of the ch***is with the rubber bushings right at the seat. I have been looking and looking for info on my cart but to no avail any help in ID'ing my cart is greatly appreciated. Brian
Looks a lot like the Go-Karts my dad made when I was a kid. He did a lot of Mancow invader and other clone type carts. I used to help ***emble the. During Xmas to help him keep up
Ours is a solid frame Rupp. Restored but not to as built specs. Close but I’m not looking for accolades. As the first photos from 2007, the turbine wheels are what makes a Rupp in my opinion. Ours is on a different thread and it to had a Mac when purchased in the mid 70’s. How many bushings are there? And please post a photo thanks..
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