06-11-2021, 11:34 AM
Gary, Pop was pretty well known by Mr. Mac. When Pop called him to tell him our Mc5 had been eaten by a pre-production prototype AH58, Mr. Mac sent the '6 conversion free. It was so early, it didn't yet have the little paper template to cut the plug boot hole in the inner and outer shroud, so the plug stayed on the exhaust side for all its life. If you look at the third kart back in my avatar picture, that's Lanny Rothery's Jack Rabbit converted dead axle Bug. The pic was taken in '61, and Lanny's kart has that same Mc6 conversion on it. Lanny won a ton of Junior class races with that setup. The darn thing was faster than my new factory Mc6. Mr. Mac was so nice that he sent Pop one of the very first Mc10 stroker kits. Pop was 100 pounds heavier than I was, but that stroked '10 would outrun the '20 that I had on my Go Kart 800. You can believe I was building my own stroker '10 within a week! We sold a bunch of the Mc5/6 kits, as well as the '10 stroker kits.
I remember once in '61 we had a church parking lot race. I had that same GK 800 in my avatar, with the stroked '10 on it. There was a guy at the race with dual '58's on a Hoffco Interceptor. He was a better chauffer than me, but I still beat him the the 800/Mc10. That little beast was a rocket. Ted
I remember once in '61 we had a church parking lot race. I had that same GK 800 in my avatar, with the stroked '10 on it. There was a guy at the race with dual '58's on a Hoffco Interceptor. He was a better chauffer than me, but I still beat him the the 800/Mc10. That little beast was a rocket. Ted