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Blackhawk Kart Guru in Florida
| Joined: | Tue Mar 28th, 2017 |
| Location: | North Orlando Area, Florida USA |
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I can help with the info you need, but please take care of your name. We are all friends here and the administrator set up a rule saying you must register using your real name. Re-register a new membership with your real name.
What town in Florida are you in? Do you plan to restore that kart or sell it?
Check the diameter of the steering shaft on that kart. If it has a 1/2" shaft, it was made between 1958 and the end of 1962. If it has a 5/8" shaft, it was made from 1963 forward. The racing rules required kart manufacturers to change to 5/8" steering shafts starting with the 1963 season. Knowing the steering shaft diameter helps pin down the year the kart was made and what model Rupp kart.
The early karts did not use a solid axle to turn both rear wheels. A twin engine kart like that would have used an engine to turn a sprocket to turn one rear wheel separately from the other wheel. Scrub brakes were very common on early karts. Pick up the rear of the kart and turn one wheel. Does the other turn too or stay still?
Keep that steering wheel with the kart as it is original. It originally had chrome spokes. You could get it re-chromed or sand and paint the spokes. You could also just sand the spokes with fine sandpaper to make the steel spokes shiny, then spray a clearcoat finish on them.
I tried finding a Rupp brochure with a photo or illustration of that kart. I will keep looking to see if I can identify exactly which model that may be.
Kind Regards,
Joe
Last edited on Fri Feb 1st, 2019 12:33 am by Joe Drabicki
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