old go karts

steven lack

steven lack

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when you were young as a kid , what go karts pedal or otherwise did you own that were modelled on real cars

ie:
i had an

electric Triumph TR3
&
pedal Ford consul
 
When I were a lad I had something that looked like an austin 7,not sure what
it was called....drove like a transit! DJZ60:cool:
 
None :(
I rem I had a large green Tonka? tractor I used but that was about it :eek:

But

I did blow up an action man if that counts
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with a home made volcano
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Large hole in te ground with a butane gas bottle at the bottom of it.
Wigwam style top made of wood n paper covered in mud
Action man pushed in the hole at the top

He didn't arf go up well !!
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Like it set half the garden alight
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Steve, face it, you were a spoilt brat !

I had a home-built go-kart that could seat 3 or even 4 at a push and steered by two toggles and ones' feet on the 'steering rack' ! Do you remember racing down West Wickams' Tesco high-rise car-park ?
 
No go-karts, but I had a ride-on double decker London bus when I was three.

Somewhere there's a photo...
 
SeanDezart said:
Steve, face it, you were a spoilt brat !

I had a home-built go-kart that could seat 3 or even 4 at a push and steered by two toggles and ones' feet on the 'steering rack' ! Do you remember racing down West Wickams' Tesco high-rise car-park ?
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Posh gits! I built my own too! feet on steering rack, hands on string, roll off braking (roll off the kart if you were going to hit something!) state of the art spoked pram wheels, specially designed cussioning to improve ride and performance (a bit of old carpet) and many many spelks!

Fun times!

I always meant to fit a wooden block hand brake type braking system to it... :)
 
Can't say I had anything like that but I would be very interested if these are still avaiable:D

900ss said:
blow up action man
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The joys of quote editing:eek:
 
Have you got big breath then ?

I had a handbrake and two wooden chairs with arms, cut down and nailed in place, in fact, Smart bought the rights off me to create their open sided model ! Never got around to fitting a roll cage though ! The kart measured 6'6"" long !

bicycle wheels and tyres at the rear (basic air-cushioning) and the 'bespoke' state of the art pram wheels at the front for streamlining - what laughs ! Have to build Jules one !
 
Hi Suzy, yes they are still available From Mr.F..................Ask for discount!
DJZ 60.:cool:
 
Markp.com said:
roll off braking (roll off the kart if you were going to hit something!)
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Never managed to master that I was never quick enough to to roll off
just used to sit on and use the trees and the parkie as the brake system

The parkie then banned me from going into the park for some reason
 
I remember parkies - they used to fill in all the camps I used to dig / build !

But hitting trees when younger would explain many things Steve.........
 
SeanDezart said:
I remember parkies - they used to fill in all the camps I used to dig / build !

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they were horrible one even came round to my house and accused me of setting fire to the bushes in the park
all I was doing was trying to see how long you could leave lighter fuel in a trail before it evaporated and testing it for a science project
looked pretty though:eek:
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I remember lighter fuel - you could squirt Swans' on your arm and light it without burning - the girls sceamed and we all went home satisfied :) !
 
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