I Gotta Share This--Tecno Kart Thread Found

[Scott Elkes]

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 Gotta Share This--Tecno! MB.pdf (Size: 2.64 MB / Downloads: 23)

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.v...orum_id=36

Another lost site was a Facebook page that had coverage of a special Ipswich, 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.

[Simon Murphy]

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.v...orum_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.

These photos fired up a few long-dead brain cells.  I came up with the name "Guazzoni" for this motor, which I think had two motors linked via a central gearbox.  Am I imagining all this?  We never saw one in the UK.

[Romero Llamas]

Here is an interesting article link that talks about early Techno Kart history:

http://www.kartingmagazine.com/features/...cno-piuma/

[mike best]

There are lots of photos from the Queensland event here
http://www.vintagekart.4t.com/avkp.html

[BillPryor]

Here's a good thread about the Tecno on the VKA site from 2008. I have a post about my great experience driving one and Steve Fryer has a really great write-up on the design, plus a bunch of other good info.

http://vkakarting.com/phpbb/viewtopic.ph...0&start=14

[Jim Waltz]

The only company to go from karts to small formula cars, all the way to F-1.

Amazing!

[Scott Elkes]

I see  Mark Barrington is the newest member. 

The Vintage Karting America encourages us to welcome new members. Okay, here is my bit- Welcome Mark!