you guys are lucky as all hell none of you guys didn't get hurt or killed by leaving that key way in the shaft before starting it with nothing holding it on ;)
I remember dealers, tire shops, etc giving those away in raffles to get business coming in. Pained up like the Indy racers of the time. Always wanted one.
THat's pretty awesome.(I'm going back in time to see you stuff from BBR started,and am really glad you've kept them up)Keep Building awesome stuff guys.
That 3.5 hp Briggs & Stratton could still be used, they are very reliable and well built. I could get it going with some junkyard parts, I've rebuilt many of them.
ooooh.... improvement time! give those steering kingpins about 12 degrees angled back, give it a live axle setup. like turning left: front right tire turns forward angling slightly UP (as left front turns back+down to press down to help lift), rear left tire (the one to the inside of the turn) lifts up 1/8" to 1/4", so you don't need a rear differential. being you've already slapped a 212 onto it, might as well make it handle more like a little racer. it may need a little more tubing added for rigidity, so it can do what I'm describing better, but after some fiberglass and paint work that little old toy could be pretty special.
That's a pretty cool go-kart. I had one exactly like it once. and I have that same steering problem. I cut the frame in half an extended it and then I put on a 13 horsepower motor. And did away with the single wheel drive and put on a solid axle for two wheel drive!!
Dave Scheer haha yeah we've been searching for a salvaged motorcycle for a while. Really waiting to find a good deal before we get one though and some other projects need finishing lol
Before you hack up the steering and body more first try adding an extension to the top of the steering column. I have a similar go kart and had to do the same thing. It was way easier to add the extension than basically re-doing the front end.
cool kart but let me give you a word of advice. REPLACE the butterfly steering wheel with a round our , I know it doesn't look as cool but as a kid I almost lost my manhood in a go kart wreck to a steering wheel like that one .
Next time you have a locked up engine pour marvel mystery oil down the spark plug hole and get it into the valves and let it sit overnight. Marvel really is a marvel. A neighbor didn’t mix oil in his 2-stroke scooter and the engine was completely locked. I could stand with all my weigh on the kick starter and the piston wouldn’t move. Marvel down the spark plug hole for a couple hours and amazingly it came back to life and ran like it was never ceased.
So bummed you didn’t get the old briggs going. I was like oh sweet, he’s going to get that old engine going instead of just plopping a predator on there like everyone else. Literally the next sentence out of your mouth was parts are too expensive so I’m putting a predator on there. I don’t care for predators for that very reason. You could find parts for that Briggs at your local small engine shop junkyard for cheap.
lawnmowerdude not everyone has weeks of time to source questionable parts for a crappy 3hp motor. The cart would be pathetically slow with the original motor, and totally not worth the effort.
Fivespeed 302 weeks? Ebay is your friend. It all comes down to what you want. Some people want fast and easy and others want a challenge. It's their kart and they can do what they want. I personally don't like seeing old machines trashed without seeing if it salvageable. I thought that was the point of a restoration. But other than the new engine, they did a nice job of fixing up that old kart.
I have a Snowbird snowblower with the original Briggs on it from the late 1950's. Parts were not difficult at all to get and it has to have the original engine because the entire machine is geared for that specific motor from the factory.
I did that and i got it running got a new formula one go cart body bolted that on put some new pedals on replaced the wheels.. it worked a treat till i crashed 😂
Get a live axle on that kart and it will probably fly. I'm thinking if we manipulated the position of that engine mount, stick a 670cc engine in the middle with the exhausts facing the back, fabricate an F1 body rear end and have the exhausts pop out the back like an F1, then a disc brake or two? The possibilities of upgrades are endless until the imagination or wallet runs out of fuel.
You are AWSOME! I am trying to make a go cart out of a old lawn mower I found in the woods. It is a 5.6 hp. And I have no idea how to build one. Every thing needs a starting point.
That is a really cool score on the old gocart I kind of agree with the other comment about rebuilding the old motor I had a older Briggs done at a votech high school for practically nothing in parts and that engine is still running over 15 years later with no problems. Plus it actually. Got bored And. Shaved giving it a little more power too ( that was the teachers idea ). To get the old girl going as cheaply as he. Could for me it had sat outside for a long time before i bought. A used cart At a yard sale It ran with horrible compression when i got it. So i took advantage of a small engine Shop at a high school Labor was free. Although i did make a contribution for a fundraiser they had going on ?
i have the same style kart with an older 6.5 hp engine on it and it still drifts with snow tires, it's a fun fast little kart. (btw mine is not rusted out)
Have 2 of these with a Mobil body in white. Body is in good shape and has a rear wing.. motors need work but I'd like to upgrade to a high cc Honda motor. Good luck with the resto
Hi you guys its Mike Roberts again. Rather than playing around with those four stroke utility motors that put out no horsepower. I was thinking that you may be able to get yourself a two stroke outboard motor. The cylinders are mounted on top of one another so you can still have the seat come back beside it. Not like those stupid multi cylinder motorcycle engines where the chassis has to be longer so you can place the motor behind the seat. You should be able to shorten the outboard drive shaft and turn it 90 degrees so it will be in the right position to accept a racing clutch and you can put the radiators on the opposite side of the seat. I believe most of them come with expansion chambers. And the best thing being is they all have their horsepower rating on the cowling. It would be a cool setup with say 30 HP. And i am sure they are cheap especially the old ones that are outdated and not used because of emissions. Just a thought.
I liked what your doing with that cart. As a kid I had a job in Coney Island fixing the go carts. One thing. Don't you think you should have rebuilt the chassis and improve the brakes first? That predator engine it much more powerful than the 31/2 horse Briggs and Stratton. BIGGER BRAKES PLEASE.
Kool kart, nice project and good job so far! Being it has some history, think real hard about it before making drastic mods. And one more "old guy" safety thing. If you guys plan on going to go back to the parking lot, please close the tailgate on the truck. Dumb accident waiting to happen. I'd sound like a douche if I told you the story I lived.
Hey dude you seem to be on top of your game I like some of your videos but wanted to tell you to get you some knee pads 5-6 bucks at harbor freight save yourself I didn't now I'm paying for it and no one will do it for you just saying take care and we'll see you in the next video ps great channel thanks for the great videos
Check out MAR-HYDE ONE STEP rust converter. It works! I've used it MANY times. It converts the existing SURFACE rust into a primer and you can then paint right over it.
Midnitejmpr Gaming Yeah it would have been cool, but we just didn't really have the time to do it in a weekend and make the vid, and a predator has double the Hp.
I can't understand why your channel has minimal subscribers. You have great content. Your easy to understand, you show details to what your doing. We are able to see tje guys who's talking, not a annoying voice only by never seeing who it is. You dress in shorts and t-shirts, that gives a feel that you guys fit in with the average guy. Your filming is in no way over edited like some. I mean is UA-cam's powers to be overlooking you guys ? Again your doing everything right. It has to change, I might ask You tube myself WHY. Until then keep up the great content. Take care.
The 60's go cart i had one of these that coco cola coke gave 5 of these away in the 80's it was a Dr Pepper indy go cart just like this one it had a 5hp motor on it drove it all around out neighbor hood in gulfport ms this one might be from the 60' but mine was from the 80's they both r the same
Someone's math not right six flags did not open till 70s but it's still a cool cart to build looks like it's got engine mounts on both sides need to put two engines on it have double power double traction
Mark Heberling Yeah some people have told us that and you might be right, I think the frame might be from the 60s though and it could have gotten a new body later down the road, who knows though.
What a neat piece of history
you guys are lucky as all hell none of you guys didn't get hurt or killed by leaving that key way in the shaft before starting it with nothing holding it on ;)
dude i live in DFW and i saw that indy cart sitting in the weeds. i really need too get on top of one. love the vintage karts
I remember dealers, tire shops, etc giving those away in raffles to get business coming in. Pained up like the Indy racers of the time. Always wanted one.
THat's pretty awesome.(I'm going back in time to see you stuff from BBR started,and am really glad you've kept them up)Keep Building awesome stuff guys.
That 3.5 hp Briggs & Stratton could still be used, they are very reliable and well built. I could get it going with some junkyard parts, I've rebuilt many of them.
I need to get one of those engines
wow your the WD/40 KING lmfao
"All it needed was some WD-40"
I smell a t-shirt!
Matt Hopper he should send this video to WD-40. Maybe get a spokesman job, lol.
That's really sweet, I'd paint it like the old Marlboro or the Pennzoil Indy car.
Jay P Yeah, I originally wanted to do like a gulf scheme but I think it would be cooler to model it after an actual Indy car, Pennzoil would be cool
ooooh.... improvement time! give those steering kingpins about 12 degrees angled back, give it a live axle setup. like turning left: front right tire turns forward angling slightly UP (as left front turns back+down to press down to help lift), rear left tire (the one to the inside of the turn) lifts up 1/8" to 1/4", so you don't need a rear differential. being you've already slapped a 212 onto it, might as well make it handle more like a little racer. it may need a little more tubing added for rigidity, so it can do what I'm describing better, but after some fiberglass and paint work that little old toy could be pretty special.
model nutty Yeah that sounds pretty cool, I don't know if we're gona go with a live axle setup yet but we're gona consider it in the future.
You need to paint it like Andy Granetelli's STP Indy car
william rcmt Dang that's a good idea, we were also considering doing a Martini or Gulf racing scheme (I really like the look of Gulf race cars)
And for the love of GOD and F1 fans like me. PLEASE keep it out of the hands of Pastor Maldonado!
Gulf cars are cool, but you have an indy car, don't think there was ever a gulf at indy. The STP cars ran for years however, and won. :)
william rcmt haha ok, we'll totally consider it.
That's a pretty cool go-kart. I had one exactly like it once. and I have that same steering problem. I cut the frame in half an extended it and then I put on a 13 horsepower motor. And did away with the single wheel drive and put on a solid axle for two wheel drive!!
Need to do a shifter cart !
Dave Scheer haha yeah we've been searching for a salvaged motorcycle for a while. Really waiting to find a good deal before we get one though and some other projects need finishing lol
Man ive been waiting so long for that build!
Pitbike motors, man. Cheap and plentiful with a huge aftermarket support.
pffff 125 2stroke is what we need
I saw this ad on craigslist about a week ago
deadrcrepair that's honestly really cool
Before you hack up the steering and body more first try adding an extension to the top of the steering column. I have a similar go kart and had to do the same thing. It was way easier to add the extension than basically re-doing the front end.
justice lee Yeah we were planning on doing something like that, thanks for the advice.
cool kart but let me give you a word of advice. REPLACE the butterfly steering wheel with a round our , I know it doesn't look as cool but as a kid I almost lost my manhood in a go kart wreck to a steering wheel like that one .
I love watching your videos and would love to see part 2 of the golf cart!
I used to ride the go-carts at Six Flags. At 3 hp they weren't much at speed but they were fun.
Awesome video man you deserve way more subscribers! Keep up the great content!
I'm nine I like your channel I have the same engine on my go cart it's one wheel drive shaft soon it will be a 2 wheel drive
Pretty cool stuff. Are you gonna do a video on the restore? Or one after its done? Would like to see it finished.
Pretty good drifts for one wheel drive! Nice work.
Darwinpasta bro I'm subbed to your channel, your one funny guy lol...small world
Hey, thanks! I just discovered yours. I've gotta build a go-kart one of these days...
please make a video of how to make a cart from scratch
Cesar Gonzalez check out @colinfurze He made a video on how to make 1 without a welder or any fancy tools
Next time you have a locked up engine pour marvel mystery oil down the spark plug hole and get it into the valves and let it sit overnight. Marvel really is a marvel. A neighbor didn’t mix oil in his 2-stroke scooter and the engine was completely locked. I could stand with all my weigh on the kick starter and the piston wouldn’t move. Marvel down the spark plug hole for a couple hours and amazingly it came back to life and ran like it was never ceased.
So bummed you didn’t get the old briggs going. I was like oh sweet, he’s going to get that old engine going instead of just plopping a predator on there like everyone else. Literally the next sentence out of your mouth was parts are too expensive so I’m putting a predator on there. I don’t care for predators for that very reason. You could find parts for that Briggs at your local small engine shop junkyard for cheap.
lawnmowerdude not everyone has weeks of time to source questionable parts for a crappy 3hp motor. The cart would be pathetically slow with the original motor, and totally not worth the effort.
Fivespeed 302 weeks? Ebay is your friend. It all comes down to what you want. Some people want fast and easy and others want a challenge. It's their kart and they can do what they want. I personally don't like seeing old machines trashed without seeing if it salvageable. I thought that was the point of a restoration. But other than the new engine, they did a nice job of fixing up that old kart.
lawnmowerdude I purchased my son a nascar bodied kart and we kept the 3.5 HP briggs. Needed lots of TLC but does good now!
I have a Snowbird snowblower with the original Briggs on it from the late 1950's. Parts were not difficult at all to get and it has to have the original engine because the entire machine is geared for that specific motor from the factory.
That go cart is just like mine
Dip the entire kart in WD-40/PB Blaster 😂😂
King Maleek Lol basically what I did....
they sell it by the gallon XD
have one !
King Maleek WD 40 ITS ASS
Upgrade the chassis it will make it safer
I really enjoyed this video , keep them coming
WD-40.
The answer to ALL kart-related problems??
😂😂😂
I did that and i got it running got a new formula one go cart body bolted that on put some new pedals on replaced the wheels.. it worked a treat till i crashed 😂
You guys are exciting, great find badass kart also that hard ass beat tho
Get a live axle on that kart and it will probably fly.
I'm thinking if we manipulated the position of that engine mount, stick a 670cc engine in the middle with the exhausts facing the back, fabricate an F1 body rear end and have the exhausts pop out the back like an F1, then a disc brake or two?
The possibilities of upgrades are endless until the imagination or wallet runs out of fuel.
you guys just started some thing! GOOOOOD
DO NOT cut that plastic body! try and patch!
Jonathan Burdette its fiberglass...
You are AWSOME! I am trying to make a go cart out of a old lawn mower I found in the woods. It is a 5.6 hp. And I have no idea how to build one. Every thing needs a starting point.
I subbed because that old cart rips
I also really loved your $50 go kart and think you should do more like that
agreed
XXXTentacion Lyrics Yeah don't worry we're in the process of building that go kart now, should be out with the video in a couple of weeks.
That is a really cool score on the old gocart I kind of agree with the other comment about rebuilding the old motor I had a older Briggs done at a votech high school for practically nothing in parts and that engine is still running over 15 years later with no problems. Plus it actually. Got bored And. Shaved giving it a little more power too ( that was the teachers idea ). To get the old girl going as cheaply as he. Could for me it had sat outside for a long time before i bought. A used cart At a yard sale It ran with horrible compression when i got it. So i took advantage of a small engine Shop at a high school Labor was free. Although i did make a contribution for a fundraiser they had going on ?
wow in the beginning you were like everything is seized or broken
i have the same style kart with an older 6.5 hp engine on it and it still drifts with snow tires, it's a fun fast little kart. (btw mine is not rusted out)
This one on the vid has a fiberglass body. Doesn't rust, it decomposes.
Have 2 of these with a Mobil body in white. Body is in good shape and has a rear wing.. motors need work but I'd like to upgrade to a high cc Honda motor. Good luck with the resto
snowman90 cool, thanks
Welp thought i was clicking on a carsandcameras video.....so.....ima just go now...
Wow that's as old as me ffs & it looks like me too lol.
Awesome kart man
Subbed - do more kart vids!
I started to buy this thing on offer up changed my mind now wish I would've bought it DAMN
Beautiful
Hi you guys its Mike Roberts again. Rather than playing around with those four stroke utility motors that put out no horsepower. I was thinking that you may be able to get yourself a two stroke outboard motor. The cylinders are mounted on top of one another so you can still have the seat come back beside it. Not like those stupid multi cylinder motorcycle engines where the chassis has to be longer so you can place the motor behind the seat. You should be able to shorten the outboard drive shaft and turn it 90 degrees so it will be in the right position to accept a racing clutch and you can put the radiators on the opposite side of the seat. I believe most of them come with expansion chambers. And the best thing being is they all have their horsepower rating on the cowling. It would be a cool setup with say 30 HP. And i am sure they are cheap especially the old ones that are outdated and not used because of emissions. Just a thought.
Mike Roberts yeah I'll take a look at it, thanks for the advise.
Lol the go kart looks like f1 cars from 1970s to 1980s
It's a 70s kart. You can tell by the body work style.
I liked what your doing with that cart.
As a kid I had a job in Coney Island fixing the go carts.
One thing.
Don't you think you should have rebuilt the chassis and improve the brakes first?
That predator engine it much more powerful than the 31/2 horse Briggs and Stratton.
BIGGER BRAKES PLEASE.
Kool kart, nice project and good job so far! Being it has some history, think real hard about it before making drastic mods. And one more "old guy" safety thing. If you guys plan on going to go back to the parking lot, please close the tailgate on the truck. Dumb accident waiting to happen. I'd sound like a douche if I told you the story I lived.
AngryRed Banjo Lol ok, yeah we are planning on doing more of an original restoration now
Cooles video
Nice job
Darryl carter thx
Hey dude you seem to be on top of your game I like some of your videos but wanted to tell you to get you some knee pads 5-6 bucks at harbor freight save yourself I didn't now I'm paying for it and no one will do it for you just saying take care and we'll see you in the next video ps great channel thanks for the great videos
Take a shot every time he says "Seized" or "WD-40"
Pablo Escobar 2 minutes in and I'm drunk lol.
right! lmao pin me please
Pablo Escobar I would die from alcohol poisoning.
Lol fr tho @Aaron Radd
Would be cool to see the frame acid dipped or something
Subbed....good projects...🇬🇧
Check out MAR-HYDE ONE STEP rust converter. It works! I've used it MANY times. It converts the existing SURFACE rust into a primer and you can then paint right over it.
I think that would be cooler if you got the old engine running again
Midnitejmpr Gaming Yeah it would have been cool, but we just didn't really have the time to do it in a weekend and make the vid, and a predator has double the Hp.
Build Break Repeat maybe in the future you guys can do a restoration on that motor
Get rid of the governor , it'll be a hundred times more fun
I can't understand why your channel has minimal subscribers.
You have great content. Your easy to understand, you show details to what your doing.
We are able to see tje guys who's talking, not a annoying voice only by never seeing who it is.
You dress in shorts and t-shirts, that gives a feel that you guys fit in with the average guy.
Your filming is in no way over edited like some.
I mean is UA-cam's powers to be overlooking you guys ? Again your doing everything right.
It has to change, I might ask You tube myself WHY.
Until then keep up the great content.
Take care.
The 60's go cart i had one of these that coco cola coke gave 5 of these away in the 80's it was a Dr Pepper indy go cart just like this one it had a 5hp motor on it drove it all around out neighbor hood in gulfport ms this one might be from the 60' but mine was from the 80's they both r the same
think the kart / body was originally mounted on a merry go round , it looks like they cut the whole back part off it
I am on the "So" drinking game
Cool
Add a rear wing, some side skirts and it's a F1 car from 1982.
Spookex yeah we're gona build a wing, should be pretty fun
Do something with the old Flathead
$99.99 for that new engine? Holy shit, that's cheap.
Put a live axle on it get a predator 212 stage 3 and put on a bigger steering angle on it
Alright so, every new shot starts with the same two words. Alright so, if you make it a drinking game, you'll die.
Gerald5000 Tru, I've got a habit of saying that on camera because it's just easy to start sentences that way. I'll work on some variety lol.
Someone's math not right six flags did not open till 70s but it's still a cool cart to build looks like it's got engine mounts on both sides need to put two engines on it have double power double traction
Dude, I need you to teach me all you know about go karts, I'm in San Antonio
Clean the flywheel with a dremil tool. It's worth fixing. I can get it running with no money in it.
My gokart is like a strange frame thing with a predator 212cc overhead valve hemi
where's my duck tape,she'll be good as knew
You should put live axl on it
I tell this to everyone who uses WD-40. WD-40 makes Metal rust the best thing to use is 3-one
3-one Oil is cheap and they sell it at harbor freight and pretty much everywhere.
dont beat the outer race of the bearing. use a small pipe to hit on the inner race if you must bash on it.
jason birch Yeah, we didn't have a pipe small enough, but we were able to heat the bearing so we didn't have to pound on it too hard.
Should’ve kept the original engine on
i was so wanting you to say whats up guy welcome back to my laboratory where safthmmm safhaaam is is not suber on priority
planit MC shout out #crazyrussianhacker i laughed so hard i nearly puked!
lol glad i made some ones day better
They werent joking 60s f1 cars are oversized gokarts
Not new...
But less crusty!
jacob Kimbrell Lol yeah, that's how most of the "new" stuff we put on go karts is
Keep the plastic part and just re-paint it. It’ll look sick, honestly.
The ScooterFam Yeah don't worry that's what were going, and it's all actually Fiberglass so it should be easy to patch up.
Awesome cart guys. Where did you find the bearings that you needed for the rear wheel?
Josh Fowler Tractor supply co.
SCORE!
wd40 fixes everything
dont cut it up make a mold of it and make it bigger
That looks more like late 70s to early 80s because Indy cars didn't have wings in the 60s.
kerrywsmyth Yeah that's what we've been told, maybe it got re bodied or something in the 70s, who knows...pretty cool to think about tho.
You look like Dan from Jsr cars
That karts steering is more buff than new karts lol - but no live axle :(
i want see it new O_O, i need biger engine for my cross pocket bike build
make jst one big support for the motor and the back of the frame so it doesnt look janky and it will help big time
I want it
Needs a GEET.
That's from the 80s
Mark Heberling Yeah some people have told us that and you might be right, I think the frame might be from the 60s though and it could have gotten a new body later down the road, who knows though.
If you dont want that old Engine I'll take it off your hands
Do one with r6 motor
Put 2 engine's on it