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Well i have tried other media forums and still do not have an answer maybe this is the correct place to come for an SAE question? I have an early 1961 SAE, I have completely disassembled the kart and am preparing it for a proper restoration. As I am disassembling the kart I am finding all of the kool home made parts from Jerry himself. But there is one part that I and others that I have consulted upon cannot agree if it were made by Jerry or someone added it after the fact.
I will present my case to show that this kart was truly home made before buying mass production parts to build a kart that the part in question could be made by Jerry himself.
Example 1: the king pins are simple threaded rod with a nut welded on one end and then threaded into the frame with a nut on the bottom.
Example 2: the steering column is two nuts welded together, with a 1/2 in shaft threaded at the bottom and screwed into the frame, with said nuts welded to the frame.
Both parts clearly homemade.
These examples are clearly home made parts with what was available in the shop 1961. So that brings me to my part in question, the engine mount. I have an early flyer that states a rubber insulated swing mount was available in 1961. The mount that the kart has on it as found is a machined hunk of aluminum that has been drilled out for weight attached to the frame via threaded rod for adjustability. Now from my research Jerry was very concerned with weight and made a very early adjustable front spindles. All four of the bearings are identical and are affixed to an aluminum axle. And there are no marks that indicate a different mounting position later in the karts life, as if the bearings have been there since day 1. There are also no extra holes drilled in the frame or plates that may have been welded and removed as the kart is in original paint.
So SAE gurus with the explanation and pics could this engine mount be original to the kart made by Jerry or was there something else originally used. And if there was another swing mount made by Jerry, what does it look like?