How long was Manco in business?

toomanytoys

Well-Known Member
#2
I cant answer for sure but I had a new manco go kart in 94 from kart world in panesville Ohio. They still had the streaker and thunderbird in the catalog back then
 

Triley41395

Well-Known Member
#3
I cant answer for sure but I had a new manco go kart in 94 from kart world in panesville Ohio. They still had the streaker and thunderbird in the catalog back then
I was wondering because I seen on that looked relatively new. It looked like it wasn't much more than 5 years old. I guess if it was well kept it could have been 25.
 

chrisr

Active Member
#5
Here is a few links on Manco. Looks like Manco was still in business up to 2003 looking at manual's dating - did not look at all the manual dates but a lot of them were around 2000.

https://www.cpsc.gov/manufacturer/manco-products
https://oldminibikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/history-of-manco-thunderbird.153261/
https://www.bmikarts.com/Manco-Manuals-Parts-Breakdowns_ep_182-1.html

Looks like you may still still be able to get Manco mini bikes.
http://www.gokartsusa.com/browseproducts/Manco-594B-Thunderbird-GL-Minibike.HTML
http://www.gokartsusa.com/browseproducts/Manco-584B-01-Streaker-Minibike.html
 

pomfish

Well-Known Member
#7
Here is some revisionist history from this current company.
Doesn't mention the lawsuits and bankruptcies from kids getting their necks broken of scalped because of long hair around the axle stuff. or previous name after March 2002, as reported here;
https://powersportsbusiness.com/uncategorized/2003/02/10/manco-purchased-will-remain-in-ft-wayne/


Now present day they are American LandMaster.
Don't really care for their inclusion of using the Lord for marketing, but it's their company so whatever.
Now make ATV's, side by sides etc. no go karts.

https://americanlandmaster.com/utv-life/american-strong
 
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