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Video??!!

Michael Richard — Posted on The Cyclekart Club
Thursday September 12, 2019 9:44 PM

It's not often one gets to see a seat side view from the actual inspiration car he's fallen in love with. And the sound......swweeeeetttt!!!

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Michael Richard — Posted on The Cyclekart Club
Monday September 9, 2019 12:37 PM

Amazing the looks you get when you own a Ford Ranger pickup with a topper and have a 24 foot piece of steel tied on top. LOL Steel is on hand in the barn, so looks like it's time to get the final measurements down and dig in.

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Finally! I've Decided

Michael Richard — Posted on The Cyclekart Club
Sunday September 8, 2019 9:29 PM

You know how it is, you fret and scheme, and study and measure and, and, and. Well in starting from scratch I had in mind what I wanted to do, and a lot of how to do it. I wanted a quarter elliptical front end, narrow sleek body, L-O-W profile, and was hoping on simple. So I came up with a kind of mix and thought to myself, it isn't an actual replica of anything so I guess I will resign myself to the custom Kart garage.
Well hold on folks. I'm perusing the wide wide world of webdum and there it is. I mean seriously there it is staring me right in the face. She's a 1931 GN Martyr Instone Special. Seriously she's as if I designed the thing. So she's gotts ta be what she's gotta be. Now the enthusiasm just came back, the downs I felt on canning the last try are history and I gotta inspiration car. Boy do I!! Can't wait. And the frame steel comes in tomorrow. Woo hoo!!

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Finally!

Michael Richard — Posted on The Cyclekart Club
Friday September 6, 2019 5:36 PM

Steel is ordered and will be ready for pickup Monday. Ordered 24 feet of 3x1x.065 for $27.00 U.S.

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Quarter Elliptical Spring Perches

Michael Richard — Posted on The Cyclekart Club
Monday September 2, 2019 7:01 PM

Started on the spring mounts and perches today. Sourced the material to make the spring clamps. So the perches are done, and spring cushions installed. I cut some medium hardness clear malleable plastic sheet and heated it with a heat gun to get it to mold into the spring perches. Worked really well and can't move them at all. The spring clamp (cover shown on far end of spring) will have tubing welded on each of the four corners for 5/16" bolts and will have a similar clamp piece on the bottom of the frame. The whole thing assembled should ensure the spring stays where it is mounted. Haven't gotten the steel in yet so waiting on it to ensure they are a close fit to the side of the frame tubing.

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Standard Or Custom?

Michael Richard — Posted on The Cyclekart Club
Saturday August 24, 2019 12:19 PM

I'm really torn as to where this build will belong. For the most part it will copy a Fiat 806 Monza, but I will be cutting the length on the tail, and I just love the quarter elliptical front end. So is it a modified standard kart, a hybrid build, or a custom kart? Any thoughts? So it kinda comes out as a Fiat Miller? Anyway, for the most part it fits the suggested scheme of things. It's not like I'm going to Tieton in the foreseeable future. But I do want to play in the sand box with the other kids.

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