Carson 1/4 scale go cart

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I found this poor old Go Cart in a yard sale a few years ago, it was pretty sad looking, missing many parts, rear wheels and tires missing, side pods missing, front bumper torn up, filthy dirty and looking like it wanted a new home, so I bought it and started tearing it down and looking for parts to repair it back to running condition, it has a force .15 engine which was still all there and seemed to have plenty of pinch left it in once I had freed it all up so it would turn over, I managed to find a bunch of stuff at A Main racing and it was all on closeout so I got everything I needed to bring it back to almost brand new condition all in all I have about 150 in it to get it into this condition....

here is how it looked when I brought it home, notice the 2 3/4 impact sockets someone had mounted on the back end, I speculate were for traction to the rear wheels...... it has a ball diff so i suppose they couldn't read the manual to adjust it....







Force .15 engine missing the bell and clutch parts.....





After a bit of cleaning and mounting the new rear wheels and tires.....









New FlySky GT2B radio system I installed in it, don't want it runnin away now do we 🙂





Pics of the lil driver dude, his hands hold the steering wheel and the steering wheel turns with the front tires.....



New side pod covering the spur gear.....



I have never run it in the few years I have had it, mostly just to have for the cool factor, not too many of these around anymore, it was made in germany some years ago and is now out of production.... Hope ya all like looking at a blast from the past......
 
The first time I saw one of these in a hobby shop I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. I don't remember what it cost, but I know I couldn't afford it. No RC tracks around at the time but this thing was made to draw crowds in an empty parking lot.
You really lucked out. Take good care of it, it's one of the ultimate classic RC cars.
 
Man that is cool. My little ma an pa LHS has one of these in a glass case but in very much the same condition you bought yours in...minus the impact sockets.
 

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