Kart parts (Funder Wheels Kart)

[Hellion]

Originally I got off market place from a couple that knew nothing about it just wanted gone. I purchased too build for a fun yard toy but comingupempty as for help locatingparts, ive studied the kart somewhat and could switch to chain drive but would be more gooder to just get an already set up kart an sale this one.

You might sell it whole or part it out (which you may make more money on). Selling it may help out the next Funder Wheels fan boy. We get a few of them a year, always looking for parts, so those people are out there.

If you need advice on what real/conventional go kart to buy, or saw something that looks good on Failbook Marketplace but you’re not sure on, please feel free to post a photo from the ad. We can advise. We got dudes here with skilled eyeballs.

Some good kart brands:
Manco / American Sportworks
Carter Brothers
Yerf-Dog
Ken-Bar
Murray
Kartco
Clark

Problem is, people selling on marketplace, craigslist, offerup or letgo mostly have no idea what they’re selling. They have no clue what brand or model it is. It’s just a go kart to them or a “Predator go kart“ (or go cart) because it has a Predator engine on it.

 

[ShepherdHayes]

Great back history on the Funder Wheels karts, Jim. We here at DIYGK see so few of them relatively speaking, and they’re always broken almost beyond feasible repair, that it seems an outfit like Max-Torque might not have ever dealt with them. I mean I see the kart as some sort of fringe product, even if they were popular or trendy in their day. The only quality part most people can identify on them is the Briggs L-head so to learn there’s another legit part on it like a Max-Torque clutch is…

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Jim, is there a secret trove of Funder Wheels parts rotting away in a warehouse somewhere? You can tell me where in a PM Or did they, Funder Wheels Inc, do something like Briggs did when they bought out Murray Corp? I heard rumors that Briggs destroyed all the Murray kart parts or something drastic like that.

Haha, if there’s a secret warehouse of NOS parts buried in the Arizona desert, Jim definitely needs to drop those coordinates! This is exactly why I love this forum - what looks like a broken-down promo kart to the rest of us actually has this crazy backstory with Sears, Briggs, and custom belts. Really cool bit of karting history!