03-30-2017, 05:46 PM
[attachment=961 Wrote:Blaine Krugerud pid='2744' dateline='1490909157']I thought I would include a few photos of the one we put together for my son. It is a blue metalflake but it is hard to see that with the lighting I have. Just a Briggs on it for now until he knows what he is doing...
Hi Blaine,
I looked at your pictures closely. I'm pretty sure you have a 1963 Dart Kart Grand Prix (dual) seeing the medallion on the Nassau Panel, 4" Grand Prix wheels and no front bumper. If the floor, seat bottom and seat back pan is aluminum and secured with rivets--it's a Grand Prix. If it is welded steel pan, likely it is a replacement.
(Added later: I just noticed the steering shaft. It is a half inch diameter, thus a very early production kart, most likely the first shipment to dealers then switching over to 5/8" diameter to meet the updated IKF rule requirement.)
The 1963 GP was a new model and Rupp's new top of the line kart and lightest they ever produced.
I spotted this 1963 GP at Fremont, Ohio last summer (2016). It is a survivor with new paint and on it's third aluminum pan. Upholstery is original with a small undetectable repair, no question when I sat in it, exactly the right feel!
This kart has the 5/8" diameter. (My 63 was 1/2" and was changed to 5/8" when damaged in a flip in 1964 so I could race IKF in 1965.)