(03-05-2017, 07:54 AM)Scott elkes Wrote: One of the most popular viewed, if not the most popular, thread of the old Vintage Kart Forum was started by Mark Barrington (veteran kart restorer) at the start of his Tecno kart project. I did manage to do screen saves some time back when the old forum site was dying (photos started disappearing) and shared it as a document, with some missing photos, to the Facebook vintage kart groups' "Files" (archives) menu location at top of screen.


I believe the thread is must reading for newbies that just acquired a nice barn find and what to do after. The thread covers all the pros and cons addressing many what ifs? Costs and challenges (and regrets) on complete restoration or the other end of the spectrum--having an original survivor, gently cleaned and fix as needed to function.

I found this Brian Santee intranet link, it appears to be COMPLETE and with ACTIVE links (I haven't tried this yet or reviewed all pages)...
http://www.briansantee.com/vintage/www.vintagekarts.com/forum/view_topic0a34.html?id=6740&forum_id=36

Another lost site was a Facebook page that had coverage of a special Queensland, Australia vintage kart event. It was truly International with karts from Italy (private and museum collections) and Brazil. The event also celebrated the memory of the late Ayrton Senna that displayed his Dap kart. I did a frame grab of a Tecno kart dual engine setup (wished I did them all, along with the American made karts displayed). So, a photo to spice up this post! Who doesn't love a dual engine kart?



Now I'm off to find another survivor barn find story on a Dart Kart A-Bone find by a Newbie, totally new to karting.