03-23-2017, 08:47 AM
(03-21-2017, 08:03 PM)ted johnson Wrote: Well, the orange kart is Charlie Craibe's, the red one is the "real" Swoopster of Leon Rippy's, bought from Frank Payne by Ron Cubel and restored by Ron, and of course, the purple one is mine. Here's a pic of Leon's kart as it was when Frank had it. I believe the unrestored bronze colored one is Mike Anderson's. It's also a real Swoopster. Charlie's orange kart is one of the two frames shown in the previous post. Ted
Hi all,
The bronze colored swoopster is mine. It is a Swoopster sprint which belong to the family who built the karts. It was the kart used by there son and still has the original 580 five port westbends fully modified from the day. Paint, upholstery, tires etc. are all original. Engines were freshened by Frank Moore and still run fine. Neat old kart should be in a museum somewhere, but it looks nice setting next to my Xterminators.
Thanks Mike