Swoopster Kart

[doughipperling]

Scott :  Ted told me the Swoopster is a rare bird indeed, but some years ago by chance I happened upon a 62 stripped to the bone .
Having seen Teds and his old friend Charlie's  Swoopsters.....I got in touch with the folks selling the chassis, they
were having cash flow problems so were eager to let go.  I paid their asking price + the cost of travel to rescue it.

I did my best to get the "back" story or history of this particular chassis, but apparently it was acquired through
a debt payment .....the seller was more into mini bikes and had no clue how this Swoopster wound up in Sacramento.

Having little knowledge myself of LMC karts, I asked Ted what he knew and where he found information......other then sales literature on the 1962 model there seems to be nothing much, can't even find a kart test article in any of the old magazines I've acquired .....not saying there's nothing at all, but other then Frank Weir writing about the clones Ted and Charlie had fabricated......"zip" in my research.

So maybe someone knows more about LMC and what happened to their enterprise ......it would certainly be of interest.

The best resource for Swoopster info :  http://kartingarchives.com/media/Brochur...er_wm.html

Ted got rear axle bearings that are vintage correct here : http://www.peerbearing.com/index.html

Since the old Vintage Karts Forum died.....Ted will have to update images of his Beautiful Swoopster build....no link
but maybe a Google search could find some pictures ?

Randy did you ever finish building this swoopster chassis? 
Do you have any close up picks of the bar that goes behind the rear of the seat?
Thank you 
Doug