1987 Margay Lynx AC

[sam bennett]

July 17th I picked up this Lynx just outside Orlando. I'd just finished the Express and didn't need another one, but the idea of this kart being jumped, or run down dirt roads the rest of it's life didn't appeal to me either. Coincidentally I'd been looking for a PCR PP100 to complete my 80's piston port engines and if it came with a kart, all the better. 

The young guy and I had been going back and forth on prices for weeks and finally one morning we struck up a deal. 
Here is one of the pics from the CL ad.


I got the kart home and my son and I started stripping it down right away. I was shocked how well preserved this kart was. Sure, there are the normal issues, but no frame/nerf bar damage. The gas tank wasn't too bad, and all the pieces were there.









Like on the Express, I measured and removed the steering supports so they could be re-chromed.  It took hours of grinding to get to the bare metal and polish to a mirror finish.
St. Louis plating did chrome for Margay over the years. All of the components on this kart when through a proper copper/nickel/chrome from the factory! Chrome comes off pretty easy, but the nickel was an absolute nightmare. 

In this picture are the supports back from chrome and welded back on. I have to mask them with PET tape so Mike at Hot Colors in Cocoa can blast and powder.


While waiting on the powder I started on the aluminum parts.