Recent content by ruppkart

If your looking for an 'Original ' West Bend engine for her, Frank Moore in Ohio is an excellent rebuilder of these 2-stroke engines. He also sells rebuilt engines .. 580's 610's and 820's. He stands behind ALL his work ... I have 11 of his motors on 8 of my restored vintage racing karts and...

Very Very Nice ..... A West Bend 580 , 700 or 820 would do the trick ... Good luck with her !!!

Great to hear that .. looking forward to seeing the completed photos. Direct Drive 820..... Oh Boy you are in for some fun.... did you install a compression release ? ... I have twin 820's on a Rupp Chaparral I'm completing.. they are real wrist breakers. Arthur

coming along nicely I see ..... They I.D tag with the model was not like the one you have pictured.... it was a small rectangular paper laminate tag on the front side of the seat about center, behind the cushion. It contained the model and serial number of the kart. I have a model 446 Rebel...

Here's a link to my you tube channel { This Crazy Life } ...there is a video of the Simplex and my other karts as well ... enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCHIh0PJSjU

"That is a thing of beauty! I'd love to have/build a twin engine kart." < Scout > yeaaaaa ... there's something about a restored vintage and a twin engine...... not that I don't appreciate concept builds... I have seen some I really really like and one day I hope to build something from...

I set up a separate album just for the Simplex .. you can review the photos there http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/album.php?albumid=606 Other karts of interest are located in the other.

To mcKutzy ...Having trouble loading pictures into a post from my Computer album .. got it to go once .. don't know what I did.. but that was it.. cant figure out how to do it from the Forum album here at the site . No problem getting them from my computer to the forum album though. That I...

To Landuse... It already hit the track LOL .. runs like a rapped ape.. unbelievable torque....tops out at about 45 mph.. maybe 50. When you burry the pedal it pins you into the seat. and if your moving and tap the pedal she lurches forward..She's a heavy Kart.. and stiff.. slides through turns...

Thank you icebox187 .. and Thank You All !!! still can't figure out what I'm doing wrong and navigating around this site.. computers are not my thing.... anyway To all who took the time so far to look her over.. THANK you for the positive comments..it was a labor of LV. My other carts in my...

Compleated Simplex project I have up loaded photos of the completed restoration in my album...having trouble attaching them to the posts directly. My apologies .. if this in inconvenient. As you will see it was an extensive restoration, requiring hunting down a number of original parts ...

To begin with the kart was re photographed and notes made pertaining to what was painted and what was not...and color also .. direction of fasteners and placement. A HD wire wheel and spray Carb cleaner ( works great removing paint in corners ) was used to strip down the frame to bare metal. A...

Pictures of the restoration process will be posted soon.. please bare with me. but I'm sure you will see nothing that none of you don't already know or can do. There was "No" modification or changes made .. just remove, re-condition and re install. I was able to save 98% of the entire kart...

For those interested...The Kart is in the process of a complete restoration It has been stripped and is soon to be painted, new decals have been obtained, wheels are being reconditioned, and all original hard ware is being cleaned and buffed, a "second" seat is being reproduced, new tires...

as said before .. your never to old .. its this stuff that keeps you young at heart....when everything else goes to pot { knees, back, bladder etc }...Welcome and best of luck to you !