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Dr K 07-29-2017 10:24 PM

2-seater newly installed in my garage
 
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Much thanks to Jerome for helping me get this down from hanging from the ceiling in a tiny room off a DC garage, and to my home. It had been in storage over 28 years. Now several choices for the restoration...

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mlytle 07-29-2017 10:30 PM

Cool! What the heck is it?

Trak Ratt 07-29-2017 10:49 PM

Looks like an early electric go cart. Hard to tell but I think it has either a chain or belt drive on right rear axel.

Handlebar 07-29-2017 10:59 PM

Future Paddock runabout... like Antonio's Citroen fiberglass buggy...

But even cooler!

John 07-29-2017 11:31 PM

I forget what's it's called, but they have one at the Simeone Foundation Museum in Philly. Pretty cool.

Dr K 07-30-2017 12:23 AM

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Auto Red Bug. When restored, it should look like this:

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My grandfather had it (not sure when he bought it), and in the 50s my sister and I would drive it around the golf course behind his home. We have home movies of this.

This will NOT be coming to the paddock (it's >90 years old), although I must admit it would be very cool to drive around there!

mlytle 07-30-2017 09:16 AM

Awesome.

Hurricane 07-30-2017 11:12 AM

VERY cool!!!

HoodPin 07-30-2017 02:27 PM

Nice go-kart! I've seen the one in the Simeone Museum, too. You may want to speak some conservators about whether it would be best kept as is. Restored would be cool, but "survivor" could be cool, too.

Vicegrip 07-30-2017 04:19 PM

Cool little bit of history. Cheap enough to be able to do a clean fix up without worry of cost or erasing history.

Find 2 headlights, the horn and ether find or have someone make the front fenders is step one.

The wood work is stupid easy. The wheels, drive train and steering setup are straight forward to restore and repaint


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