Kustom Kart Shop
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I got this Christmas card from Rich Ludwig this year....same card he sent out in 1970. He recently found the photo in his pile of stuff. I meant to scan it in at Christmas time and post it but I forgot....better late than never.
I see some Wiseco pistons on the tree...as well as some Azusa split sprockets.
Ha...nothing says Merry Christmas like a 5 gallon can of Nitro !
I see some Wiseco pistons on the tree...as well as some Azusa split sprockets.
Ha...nothing says Merry Christmas like a 5 gallon can of Nitro !
That's so friggin awesome!!!!
Yeah glad you folks enjoyed it...I love old pics like that every time I look at it I see something else.
Here are a few close-ups. I was zooming in to get a better look at that enduro kart. It looks like it has some kind of cool looking aluminum covers on the inside of the front wheels...unless I'm seeing things :detective:. It looks like the tie rod end goes through a hole. Imagine what those McCullochs in the box would be worth today.
AZUSA kart starter to the left of the Margay.
Richie said the jackets were Azusa..those are some funky colors
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That was probably about $2500 worth of stuff back in 1970....could be 10x that today if it was all nos.
Here are a few close-ups. I was zooming in to get a better look at that enduro kart. It looks like it has some kind of cool looking aluminum covers on the inside of the front wheels...unless I'm seeing things :detective:. It looks like the tie rod end goes through a hole. Imagine what those McCullochs in the box would be worth today.
AZUSA kart starter to the left of the Margay.
Richie said the jackets were Azusa..those are some funky colors
imp:That was probably about $2500 worth of stuff back in 1970....could be 10x that today if it was all nos.
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Wow.....this unreal! Small world.....Do you remember his German Shepard named Lobo? Richie was kinda a strange guy, I wanted to work there so I could be his apprentice and learn how to blueprint engines and do some racing....chassis set up and stuff......but it didn't work out that way. He did hire me but for the first 3 months I worked there all I did was paint the entire inside of the shop. Richie also had this sleeping disease where he would be right in the middle of something and would just disappear for a couple of hours coz he had to sleep, couldn't get much done that way.....pretty strange, a very talented and skilled artisan tho.
Richie still takes his afternoon nap...down at the track with the full field of go karts racing around right next to his box truck he will hop up into the cab and take a snooze. I think the drone of the engines lulls him to sleep. Then he'll pop back out fully energized again. I think it's all part of his genius, he has to rest his brain !
He's a character for sure...one of a kind and a fun guy to be around. I never get tired of talking to him.
He's a character for sure...one of a kind and a fun guy to be around. I never get tired of talking to him.
What a great story. Something everyone can relate to, even if the memories aren't of carts and minis. By 1972 I had already seen everything South East Asia had to offer me and was making my decision about getting out, or staying in The AF. But, I have my own childhood memories of mini bikes and go carts. Mine are more attached to Montgomery Wards and JC Penneys. But, I still had the idea of, some day, I'll have a go cart or a mini bike. It was 1974 when and, "yard cart" appeared on my door step, as a birthday present. And yes, I rode the heck out of it.
