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Help on Id of a new Kart - Davidcmay - 01-13-2019
Hello All,
I am looking for assistance in the ID of this Kart I picked up the other day.
Thank you,
Dave
RE: Help on Id of a new Kart - David Luciani - 01-14-2019
post more pix.
it helps us i.d. a kart if you post more than one picture.
side view left and right
a pix on the ground front and one from back.
d
RE: Help on Id of a new Kart - Davidcmay - 01-14-2019
Here are some updated photos.
Dave
RE: Help on Id of a new Kart - Brad Rose - 01-18-2019
Can you make out the letters on the seat back?
Brad
RE: Help on Id of a new Kart - Gary Wlodarsky - 01-19-2019
(01-18-2019, 05:50 PM)Brad Rose Wrote: Can you make out the letters on the seat back?
Brad
thats what I was thinkin Scorpion???
(01-19-2019, 11:12 AM)Gary Wlodarsky Wrote:(01-18-2019, 05:50 PM)Brad Rose Wrote: Can you make out the letters on the seat back?
Brad
thats what I was thinkin Scorpion???....60-61 Bug Scorpion???
RE: Help on Id of a new Kart - ted johnson - 01-19-2019
Definitely not a Scorpion, though someone may have used the seatback from a Scorp. Scorpion has a wide steering hoop, and main rails are different. Pan doesn't hang as far below the frame tubes. Scorp's main rails curve down to meet the front axle tube. Here's Charlie C.'s. Wheelbase has been shortened, but main rails and steering hoop are factory. TJ
(01-19-2019, 12:32 PM)ted johnson Wrote: Definitely not a Scorpion, though someone may have used the seatback from a Scorp. Scorpion has a wide steering hoop, and main rails are different. Pan doesn't hang as far below the frame tubes. Scorp's main rails curve down to meet the front axle tube. Here's Charlie C.'s. Wheelbase has been shortened, but main rails and steering hoop are factory. This is the same Scorp as in my avatar pic from '61. TJ
RE: Help on Id of a new Kart - Gary Wlodarsky - 01-19-2019
(01-19-2019, 12:32 PM)ted johnson Wrote: Definitely not a Scorpion, though someone may have used the seatback from a Scorp. Scorpion has a wide steering hoop, and main rails are different. Pan doesn't hang as far below the frame tubes. Scorp's main rails curve down to meet the front axle tube. Here's Charlie C.'s. Wheelbase has been shortened, but main rails and steering hoop are factory. TJ
(01-19-2019, 12:32 PM)ted johnson Wrote: Definitely not a Scorpion, though someone may have used the seatback from a Scorp. Scorpion has a wide steering hoop, and main rails are different. Pan doesn't hang as far below the frame tubes. Scorp's main rails curve down to meet the front axle tube. Here's Charlie C.'s. Wheelbase has been shortened, but main rails and steering hoop are factory. This is the same Scorp as in my avatar pic from '61. TJ
yeah,,it looks a little Hornet,,a little Rupp 301???????? it was a total WAG on the Bug Scorpion...
RE: Help on Id of a new Kart - ted johnson - 01-19-2019
(01-19-2019, 02:46 PM)Gary Wlodarsky Wrote:Isn't the steering shaft upper bearing like a Hornet? TJ(01-19-2019, 12:32 PM)ted johnson Wrote: Definitely not a Scorpion, though someone may have used the seatback from a Scorp. Scorpion has a wide steering hoop, and main rails are different. Pan doesn't hang as far below the frame tubes. Scorp's main rails curve down to meet the front axle tube. Here's Charlie C.'s. Wheelbase has been shortened, but main rails and steering hoop are factory. TJ
(01-19-2019, 12:32 PM)ted johnson Wrote: Definitely not a Scorpion, though someone may have used the seatback from a Scorp. Scorpion has a wide steering hoop, and main rails are different. Pan doesn't hang as far below the frame tubes. Scorp's main rails curve down to meet the front axle tube. Here's Charlie C.'s. Wheelbase has been shortened, but main rails and steering hoop are factory. This is the same Scorp as in my avatar pic from '61. TJ
yeah,,it looks a little Hornet,,a little Rupp 301???????? it was a total WAG on the Bug Scorpion...
RE: Help on Id of a new Kart - Brad Rose - 01-19-2019
Strange!
The frame is similar to a hornet but it has an outward bow to it looking from the front down the sides. My hornet is straighter. Seat back is bowed unlike the hornet. And the lower steering shaft mount is different to than the hornets I have seen. The lettering on the seat back may not be what the kart is. Oh the front spindle hangers are not hornet either.
Fun trying to figure it out but who knows!
Brad
RE: Help on Id of a new Kart - Paul F - 01-20-2019
Looks like it says Swinger to me. Just another SWAG...