Ralphie ★ Posted February 13, 2019 Share #1 Posted February 13, 2019 Surprising! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #2 Posted February 14, 2019 I would have thought they would have towed it away by now. Must not have enough scrap value to make it worth while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted February 14, 2019 Share #3 Posted February 14, 2019 WTF ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, Longjohn said: I would have thought they would have towed it away by now. Must not have enough scrap value to make it worth while. It was moving under its own power! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinneR ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #5 Posted February 14, 2019 This one? or this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, Further said: WTF ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #7 Posted February 14, 2019 I wonder what kind of engine they put in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, Longjohn said: I wonder what kind of engine they put in it? Probably a Chevy 350. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #9 Posted February 14, 2019 My son was backing up in his girlfriend's driveway and backed into a culvert. The rear wheel was bent out away from where it was supposed to be about a 45 degree angle. I took the bent parts off and took them in her dad's milk house and put them on the anvil and beat them straight with a sledge hammer and bolted them back on, good as new. (not saying much). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted February 14, 2019 Share #10 Posted February 14, 2019 10 minutes ago, Longjohn said: I wonder what kind of engine they put in it? Briggs & Stratton 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #11 Posted February 14, 2019 I'll bet my 60s Fiat 850 Spyder was a bigger POS! The structure was like tin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted February 14, 2019 Share #12 Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: I'll bet my 60s Fiat 850 Spyder was a bigger POS! The structure was like tin! But it was sexy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #13 Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, Further said: Briggs & Stratton We used a Briggs and Stratton as a starter for the 2 cycle racing kart. That thing would keep running even with the intake manifold hanging loose. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #14 Posted February 14, 2019 I don't think I ever got a picture of ours. It was always in the shop when I thought about it. It wasn't a bad looking car, I forget which model it was. It wasn't the real cheap one, my son said that was too small. That's what dad was planning on buying him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted February 14, 2019 Share #15 Posted February 14, 2019 1 minute ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: We used a Briggs and Stratton as a starter for the 2 cycle racing kart. That thing would keep running even with the intake manifold hanging loose. I didn't know Brigs made a 2-stroke ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #16 Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, Further said: But it was sexy.... It did have sort of a sexy read-end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #17 Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, Further said: I didn't know Brigs made a 2-stroke ? It was 4 cycle, mounted on a wooden stand with a pulley wheel on the crankshaft. You put a belt on it and the pulley wheel on the crankshaft of the kart engine to start it. The richer people used an electric starter. Later they used a nut drive on the kart clutch instead of a belt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #18 Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, Longjohn said: I don't think I ever got a picture of ours. It was always in the shop when I thought about it. It wasn't a bad looking car, I forget which model it was. It wasn't the real cheap one, my son said that was too small. That's what dad was planning on buying him. This one on the Jersey Turnpike was the small one - looked like Magilla Gorilla's car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted February 14, 2019 Share #19 Posted February 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: It was 4 cycle, mounted on a wooden stand with a pulley wheel on the crankshaft. You put a belt on it and the pulley wheel on the crankshaft of the kart engine to start it. The richer people used an electric starter. Later they used a nut drive on the kart clutch instead of a belt. A pony motor ! We had some heavy equipment that used a gas engine to start a diesel. The 2-stroke was that hard to start ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #20 Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, Further said: A pony motor ! We had some heavy equipment that used a gas engine to start a diesel. The 2-stroke was that hard to start ? Nah, I think it was to eliminate the weight and complexity of a starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #21 Posted February 14, 2019 I heard Chevy gave up on having Daewoo make their junky little pampers car and now they are going to build them in Mexico instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share #22 Posted July 17, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted July 19, 2020 Share #23 Posted July 19, 2020 How could I lose so much money on something that cost so little to begin with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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