1959 speedmobile
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:laugh: I made sure my niece pulled her hair up when she drove it, they made some crazy unsafe stuff back in the day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODYW4e1O710
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODYW4e1O710
Not a clue, I went as far as a little oil and and starting fluid just to make sure it fired. Ran it just briefly and buttoned it back up. I would say its not a powerhouse by any means. I'm not gonna bother to go any further at this point, its a museum piece the way it sits, if a buyer wants me to redo the carb for service well find out at that time, but I don't want to go scratching things up etc..
that one is the "tom Thumb Kart" thread, while its quite the fixer upper thats what I was after when I bought this one, I had to buy everything though in order to get it.
Heres the original speed mobile artwork that under the seatback, Dunno if I can get all the glue off without compromising the paint though:
All dusted and now listed on local CL:
that one is the "tom Thumb Kart" thread, while its quite the fixer upper thats what I was after when I bought this one, I had to buy everything though in order to get it.
Heres the original speed mobile artwork that under the seatback, Dunno if I can get all the glue off without compromising the paint though:
All dusted and now listed on local CL:
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not a clue, I left it with the classic car museum/consignment place and never looked back. I dunno if they sold it or kept it. there is another one in sweaty shape on craigslist here in FL I think the Tampa area, hope they have better luck than I did, they are not something anyone wants to pay any money for. Had I known I was going to have to give it away to get rid of it, I would have converted it to some pneumatic tires and a just a 4 stroke vertical engine and just had some fun with it. That little PP 2 smoke screamed and made a whole lot of noise, but only went jogging speeds and rode terrible on those hard rubber wheels!
Thank you for the tips - or words of caution. I think I'll bypass the full restoration and at least get it running. My kids are thinking they will fly down the street. I will let them know that jogging is more the speed. Plan B is to mount a 5HP horizontal drive wood chipper engine we have salvaged. I'll look at the pneumatic tires as well.
Heres a cheap cart on my local cl just like these.
https://york.craigslist.org/mcy/d/hanover-1959-royal-norseman-go-cart/6855141744.html
Not mine, just passing it on.
https://york.craigslist.org/mcy/d/hanover-1959-royal-norseman-go-cart/6855141744.html
Not mine, just passing it on.
