We built one with a JAWA motor and gearbox and had to run duel slicks on it to get to hook up .we scared the shit out of our selves and Dad promptly sold it.
She’s not going anywhere, but to my son and grandsons. That sucker would fly when I had her setup on alcohol. A little musty, but it will clean up fine. This is the original Covico wheel off of her :
The Xterminator was never very popular for racing purposes because of the scrub brakes. Back in those day's most racers were using Airheart Disc Brakes on the rear axle. Jimbo
That is the Hornet I raced for many years in A/Open Light with a McCulloch 91 B1 with twin Tilloctson Carbs set up for alcohol. I raced the kart at Watkins Glen, Thompson Speedway, Bridgehampton Raceway, Virginia International Raceway and Summit Point in West Virginia. Great memories from those day's I also a few karts that were manufactured by Bug in Calif. Jimbo
The Hornet Marauder was the hot set up for endo racing which was very popular back in those days and raced on-road courses and tracks 2.85 miles around. The races were one hour long and whoever completed the most laps won. We used a heat gauge that strapped around your waist so you could keep an eye on the temperature of the engine because all tracks have hot spots which were usually going up a slight incline or hill. When engines got up around 425 degrees the piston would seize in the cylinder. Back in those days, we all belonged to the I.K.F. which was based in Calif. because they were really the only karting association. In the early '70s a group of guy's I knew were tired of always getting their monthly magazine which only mentioned races out west and they decided to start the World Karting Association in North Canton Ohio to cover kart racing on the east coast but over the years everyone joined the W.K.A. From then on most racers were members of both racing associations because some races were sectioned by the WKA and a few were still with the IKF group and you had to be a membership just to enter their races. Local tracks did not really care which group you were a member of. Jimbo
I made this for my grandson from an old John Deer mower. I can still put the mower deck on if I need a back up mower. lol Sent from my SM-G920P using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
My granddaughter’s QM is slowly coming together, the Magic Man had to slow the progress as he put this beautiful 50, in for finishing touches @ the shop. I love this car! Congrats,JPL IT’S FANTASTIC. Sent from my iPad using H.A.M.B.
My first kart which was just a fun kart had Carlisle Tires back in the early '60s Tires got better by the '90s and we even had different compounds to choose from. Back in 1990, my son won a karting event at the old Sunshine Speedway in Clearwater and a competitor walked over to me and me how much air pressure I was running in my son's tires that made it stick so well in the corners. When I told him 24 pounds he called me a few choice names and said I was not telling him the truth so I handed him my air pressure tool and the look on his face was priceless and he said if I run those tire pressures my son will spin in each corner. I asked him what compound tire are you running and he did not know the answer. I was using a much softer compound! Jimbo
How many of you remember going through the pump around? Some guys were using hot fuel to get a performance advantage so they decided to start the pump around system which meant when you were lining up for the race you had to have a tank full of alcohol and they would suck the fuel out of your tank and into another competitors tank thinking this would solve the problem. When were we were all of the grid and got the signal to fire up our engines there were always a few guys who could not get their engine to fire because someone showed up at the pump around with a tank full of water instead of alcohol and some other guy now had a tank full of water! They even took a little bit of each competitor's oil on a spoon and then put a lighter to it to see if would burn and if it did your day was over. One competitor from Alabama who we raced against over the years would always reach back to adjust the carb setting when he was going down the straightaway and his kart would always take off by a few karts lengths in front of my son and we later learned from the boy's dad that his son was not adjusting the carb he was simply making a fist with his driving glove because there were pinholes in it so the small sponge inside the glove was soaked in either going directly in the carb. This trick was used by others at National Events! Jimbo
According to some research this was the Forbes Avenue Garage Special. Anybody remember it? Late 50’ s in Pittsburgh, PA. Sent from my iPad using H.A.M.B.
Here’s the direction the T-10 I have is going . Fenders were broken. One wooden spoked wheel was bad so I’m modifying mini bike wheels to go on it .
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