are car guys gonna invade our sport??

[David Luciani]

i gotta thank Romero Llamas‎  for this post and pix.
he posted these pix on the vka facebook page without any info besides the pix. does anyone have the article??

       

[Romero Llamas]

i gotta thank Romero Llamas‎  for this post and pix.
he posted these pix on the vka facebook page without any info besides the pix. does anyone have the article??

I have not even had time to read it yet !  I have the issue and I will post soon. 3 to 5 page article. Somehow VKA and white knuckle scramble where listed at the article end.

[Romero Llamas]

i gotta thank Romero Llamas‎  for this post and pix.
he posted these pix on the vka facebook page without any info besides the pix. does anyone have the article??

I encourage karters to buy the issue or subscribe to Classic Motorsports, sister publication to Grassroots Motorsports. I have been getting the later since the 1980s when in was called Auto X.

[thomas kelley]

hopefully
need some more blood
and race car guys have $$$$$
tk

[Randy Dacus]

" and race car guys have $$$$$ "
Being an ex- drag racer, when you quit you're usually out of funds , your sponsorship is over and unless you happened
to have been into karting at a younger age......not likely to get back into karting .

But some of us by chance or whatever......decide to find some motorsport hobby for fun and that's all it takes.....

If those guys on Roadkill decide to come to a Vintage Event, buy a so-called vintage racing kart off craigslist and show
the world of "Hot Rod" viewers the fun.  Well ......there will be a lot of crazy folks getting involved until they burn out
...but maybe a few will add to the number of those that truly love vintage karting ?

The more media attention that is given will expose the hobby, but without many racing karts available for the new folks to purchase .....the attention will die down .

For some it may be a good opportunity to thin down all those project karts still stored up in the rafters, out in the barn or shed ...... .

[ernie shores]

" and race car guys have $$$$$ "
Being an ex- drag racer, when you quit you're usually out of funds , your sponsorship is over and unless you happened
to have been into karting at a younger age......not likely to get back into karting .

But some of us by chance or whatever......decide to find some motorsport hobby for fun and that's all it takes.....

If those guys on Roadkill decide to come to a Vintage Event, buy a so-called vintage racing kart off craigslist and show
the world of "Hot Rod" viewers the fun.  Well ......there will be a lot of crazy folks getting involved until they burn out
...but maybe a few will add to the number of those that truly love vintage karting ?

The more media attention that is given will expose the hobby, but without many racing karts available for the new folks to purchase .....the attention will die down .

For some it may be a good opportunity to thin down all those project karts still stored up in the rafters, out in the barn or shed ...... .

Who's FOX kart is that in the pictures???

[Randy Dacus]

Ernie....well here we go taking another of those path's less traveled side tracks ......

The early model Fox Kart belongs to Jim Anderson in northern California . It was for sale but got no takers sometime back so it was taken off the market .

Jim's a very private fellow, but if there's any interest in it, I'd be happy to let him know......getting him to let go of anything is , um' .....difficult

But not impossible !

The other kart in the back of the pick up is a GK 800 that at one time I was interested in acquiring, but the seller
kept upping the price and at about the same time Jim made me an offer to sell me a GK 1200 so that's when I took that
offer .....Vintage Karting takes you down many a path until you find the kart you really desire.....trouble is many of us are running out of time......so when a kart comes on the market you have to be ready and move fast or the deal is gone !

But of course.....that's not news to this group 

[ernie shores]

I guess this does have a little to do with this thread. I guest I missed this kart being for sale. If the price is right and can be shipped I'd revisit this.

Ernie

[David Luciani]

ernie, of course it's part of the thread as the pix was posted here. asking about the kart is natural and i see nothing wrong with that. often the best finds come from the weirdest leads. enough said!!

[Randy Dacus]

Should a Vintage (Fox) be your next resto project ?   If you're into Fox Karts ....the answer is yes .

Now since we're ok to continue down the path less traveled.....the next question is always, "How much is that early Fox Kart going for ?

Jim said he would part with it and the Chilton tank for $800, the aluminum tank option was more. That price didn't attract any early Fox Karters attention, so make an offer would be the next step .

This isn't my Fox, I just was helping Jim by snapping some pics and posting.  The prize kart I purchased was the GK 1200 .....it was ( NOT ) cheap either, but where are you going to find a decent one ?

The fact is I don't even know if Jim wants to let go of any of his treasures, but we can always ask .....karts sitting in storage neither restored or being used for fun  is a waste.....

Here's a pic of Jim with the GK 1200 that I finally took off his hands.....