GO KART WOODEN HAND MADE VINTAGE 1955

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THIS BABY HAS BEEN ALL OVER SOUTH PHILLY AND SOUTHERN NJ BACK ROADS AND FARMS
BUILT BY AN 11 YEAR OLD USING HIS PAPER ROUTE MONEY FROM THE PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN IN 1955 AND WITH THE HELP OF ALL HIS SOUTH PHILLY NEIGHBORS .
AFTER A TRAGIC ACCIDENT THIS LITTLE GUY TURNED HIS ATTENTION  TO BUILDING THIS GO KART HIS DREAM
TOTALLY MADE OF WOOD WITH SOME METAL PARTS . DRIVE TRANE, STEERING, BRAKES, BUMPER AND BODY FRAME.
THE MAIN FRAME AND BODY ARE WOOD .
AT ONE TIME IT HAD A WINDSHIELD,HEAD AND TAIL LIGHTS,HORN AND SPEEDOMETER
IT HAS AN AIRPLANE STEERING WHEEL AND  ORIGINAL GOODYEAR TIRES STILL IN WORKING ORDER.
THIS LITTLE GUY EVEN BOLTED EVERTHING TOGETHER BECAUSE HE ORIGINALLY BUILT IT IN HIS SOUTH PHILLY BASEMENT AND HE NEW IT WOULD NEED TO BE DISASSEMBLED WHEN IT CAME TIME TO GET IT OUT OF THE HOUSE.WHEN IT WAS FINISHED HE DID DIASSEMBLE THE ENTIRE CAR AND REASSEMBLED IT OUTSIDE.
8' L X 3' H X 4' W SEATS TWO IN THE FRONT WITH A BACK AREA FOR MORE STORAGE
POWERED BY A 5 1/2 HP BRIGG AND STRANTON ENGINE WITH REDUCTION GEAR
[ NOT INCLUDED ]
THE METAL PARTS WERE MADE BY THOSE GREAT
SOUTH PHILLY NEIGHBORS WHO ALL WORKED AT THE PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD  ALL WWII VETS NOW DECEASED
AFTER IT'S COMPLETION THERE WAS A TRAGIC FIRE THAT DISTROYED THE ENTIRE KART EXCEPT FOR THE MAIN FRAME AND METAL PARTS
BUT AGAIN THOSE GREAT NEIGHBORES CAME TO THE RESQUE AND CHIPPED IN SO THAT THE LITTLE GUY COULD SEE HIS DREAM COME TRUE AND IT DID
GOD BLESS THOSE GUYS
A GREAT TIME TO LIVE WHEN NEIGHBOR TOOK CARE OF NEIGHBOR
[ BUYER  MUST MAKE YOUR OWN ARRANGEMENTS FOR PICK UP ]
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