New to the forum

[David Luciani]

Greetings all,


Now that I have my vintage Suzuki GT550 (2 stroke, of course) back on the road and running as it should, I'm looking for a new project. I raced karts in the '70s abs '80s (mostly dirt, some paved oval & road course), and I still have two karts up in the attic of the garage along with 5 or 6 Mac 91s and a Margay gearbox.

I'm trying to decide whether to get one running to race at a vintage event, get them running to sell, or sell them as is. I guess it depends on where vintage events are located (I'm in New Jersey) and what kind of market there might be for my stuff.

Any thoughts would be welcomed.

Hi Bill and Welcome to this forum.
i liove in ct and am gonna send you a pm with my number chatting about the karts would be a little easier.

Being in New jersey you are pretty close to a few good events.
theres Orville Kart Track in Pa they do regular vintage in their schedule. theres cuddebackville NY they usually have a fall event not sure about spring event this year.
theres Sandy Hook NJ does a spring event.
Avon NY does a july event. And barnsville Ga does an early spring event.
theres Also alot of events further out in Ohio and so forth.
Best bet is to look at the VKA event calendar to get an idea.
VKA EVENT CALENDAR

you might also want to look at the other vintage site vintagekarts.
i'd have suggested joining and you can try but currently they have no administator so joining is a real problem.

fixing or restoring the karts would be a good path if you personally intend to run them. otherwise you need to sell as is to make any money the cost otherwise exceeds their value.

dave l.