Carter Brothers possibly?

[Parris001]

Can anyone help me ID this cart that’s new to me? I understand it’s probably a Carter Brothers cart. Can anyone give me a little more info on top of that? Like model and approximately what year?

 

[Denny]

Narrowing down a year is going to be next to impossible. It may even be a Ken-Bar Streaker?

 

[Hellion]

It IS a Carter Brothers kart, good call Parris. Did you buy it like that or does your photo show it "under construction"? The seat is missing.

It's virtually impossible to nail down the year it was made and you're only able to ID the model number or name with +/-90% certainty, with what we have available.

Yours looks like or simply might be a Red Talon like this video states in the description: "The kart, model no. 24995, was made by Carter Bros. Mfg. Co., Inc. in 2001 in Brundidge, AL. It is highly similar to their Super Wheels model." The man sounds pretty certain about it.

Otherwise, you can compare your frame to the drawings in these illustrated parts lists (they call them manuals, but they are not) and try to narrow down what it is. They made lots of similar looking karts: https://www.bmikarts.com/carter-brothers-go-kart-manuals

In that illustrated parts list listing, the 2 seat/2 occupant karts have a model number beginning with a "2". Single seat karts begin with a "1".
Yours is a 2 seater (2 butts, 1 bench seat). Beware that the type of axle differs according to the kart. Some have one-wheel-peel (one-wheel drive) like yours and some are live axle (two-wheel drive), but the trick with Carter Brothers is they have the live axle running inside a hollow tube and supported by bearings on both ends. Other kart makers usually had the live axle in the open, spinning freely.

*K2445 "Kart Wheels" is a possible ID, for example.

Not to be a nitpicking #$%#, but they spell kart with a k to differentiate it from the free rolling ones at the grocery store. Helps immensely when you're doing web searches and such.
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[Hellion]

Those parts manuals are dated, usually early 2000's maybe late 1990's, so that gives you a date range for what you're trying to ID.

The heyday for Carter Brothers fun kart/yard karts of this type (without the cages/roll bars/"glorified brush guards") would be that date range. I think most of those listed did have cages but they're not illustrated, or they were added later to avoid lawsuits.

 

[Parris001]

Thanks a lot guys! Facebook is loaded with “experts” and jerks.

I love finding old niche American made products like this and learning about them. My kids had Yerf Dogs growing up. And another I don’t remember.

Came without a seat. I’ve made this…….

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

That will haul a lot of a$$

 

[Hellion]

Thanks a lot guys! Facebook is loaded with “experts” and jerks. ....

In your first photo your kart appears to have one plain steel wheel. The rest are Manco wheels (most commonly seen on Manco go karts) that are cast aluminum (or maybe some other mystery metal like zinc or Zamak), classic and no longer being made so they are sought after by restorers/builders, most likely of the mini bike crowd. You might take those off, separate the tires, and replace them with split-rims that match the one (the correct type) or go tubeless, then sell the Mancos and profit $$$. They are fragile too; have seen more than my fair share of chipped rims.

The correct wheels are stamped steel (galvanized I think) split rims and the tires require tubes just like the Mancos.

We have jerks here too. No experts though. Watch out for Denny and that Hellion fella....

 

[Denny]

I’d watch out for me too, but I have to live with me.