One for ole' Jonny (Brian)

[capguncowboy]

I saw this pop up on Ebay and immediately thought of JT. I think he's got a very similar green one.

Vintage Lauson Tecumseh Rupp Mini Bike Go Kart H35 3 5 HP Engine Motor | eBay

Too bad it's a sidepopper though :shrug:

 

[manchester1]

I'm looking for a nice side popper like that.:thumbsup:

 

[KustomKartKid]

Something weird about that motor, the shroud has the cut-out for the offset plug but it has the later style head with the centered plug. Either the head was swapped or the tins were swapped or maybe Tecumseh was just using up the old tins on the newer motors.

 

[capguncowboy]

Something weird about that motor, the shroud has the cut-out for the offset plug but it has the later style head with the centered plug. Either the head was swapped or the tins were swapped or maybe Tecumseh was just using up the old tins on the newer motors.

I saw that too, but figured 64 was a transition year. Maybe you're right and they were just using up old parts before moving to the new stuff.

 

[markus]

couple I have owned, none of them had the offset plug but the shroud had the notch

this one was a 1963

and a later 1962

 

[JohnnyTillotson]

Oh cool! Kinda looks like that Bee sprayer motor I got. The red one. Yeah that's not a side popper.

 

[KustomKartKid]

I saw that too, but figured 64 was a transition year. Maybe you're right and they were just using up old parts before moving to the new stuff.

Yep