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Scott McCulloch

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Hi, Recently I’ve become the proud owner of an early kart 58-62 I’m guessing
The rear brake caliper appears unusual, anyone got any info?

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Scott McCulloch

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Picture of it installed

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Richard Engel

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Hi Im Richie Engel in Ontario Can. We could put on new Linings for you .You would need to clean up first and give a thickness on pads Richie ,

Terry Armstrong

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I had a Percival wildcat in the early 70's and it had a mechanical caliper that grabbed on the steel sprocket. Looked about like that.
You might try searching through some kart magazines from 1958 - 1962 era for Percival kart ads or maybe someone here can send you pictures.
Wish I still had that kart!
Terry

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Scott McCulloch

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Thanks for that, fantastic info & photo. That looks pretty similar to my setup.