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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2910894" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>In all my years of looking in scrap piles and hauling scrap iron I only ever found 1 mini bike frame.</p><p>That was my first build.</p><p>Mary's swapmeet may turn one up.</p><p>The price of scrap iron hit 11+ dollars a hundred a while back before the last crash and everyone was crushing their cool things they had saved for decades.</p><p></p><p>I scrapped 3 35 gallon trash cans full of 2 barrel gm carbs way before that.. about 1988.</p><p>Those carbs are worth much more now than all of those carter AFB's I held onto.</p><p>I hit all the local salvage yards and turned up 2 gm 2 barrels back in 2005.</p><p>I was on the search for them for a 69 Mercedes 280S with a factory dual 2 barrel intake.</p><p></p><p>Go to tractor supply and look at theirs. or maybe some places that sell newer ones..</p><p>There really is not much to them.</p><p>You could use bicycle parts on them.</p><p></p><p>My step brother in-law wanted a go cart.</p><p>He was scrapping a dodge omni I think it was ..it was front wheel drive.</p><p></p><p>He is an electrician and had a bunch of Kindorf in his yard.</p><p>I told him take the rack out of it and make the steering on the go cart out of it..He did and used the spindles.</p><p>I had yamaha 4 wheeler tires and rims with really close bolt pattern.. a diegrinder and the wheels fit.</p><p></p><p>I showed him how to make an articualting rear suspension..I gave him 2 old coil over motorcycle shocks.</p><p>He fashioned a rear axle from the half shafts and installed 1 disc brake off the car onto the go cart.</p><p></p><p>His cage was way small.. gas pedal and brake pedal and master cylinder were used from the Dodge.</p><p></p><p>It worked out pretty well.</p><p>He installed a store bought torque averter system onto it and a 3HP briggs.</p><p>Ran really good.</p><p></p><p>So if you weld and have junk laying around you will be amazed what you can build.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 2910894, member: 15054"] In all my years of looking in scrap piles and hauling scrap iron I only ever found 1 mini bike frame. That was my first build. Mary's swapmeet may turn one up. The price of scrap iron hit 11+ dollars a hundred a while back before the last crash and everyone was crushing their cool things they had saved for decades. I scrapped 3 35 gallon trash cans full of 2 barrel gm carbs way before that.. about 1988. Those carbs are worth much more now than all of those carter AFB's I held onto. I hit all the local salvage yards and turned up 2 gm 2 barrels back in 2005. I was on the search for them for a 69 Mercedes 280S with a factory dual 2 barrel intake. Go to tractor supply and look at theirs. or maybe some places that sell newer ones.. There really is not much to them. You could use bicycle parts on them. My step brother in-law wanted a go cart. He was scrapping a dodge omni I think it was ..it was front wheel drive. He is an electrician and had a bunch of Kindorf in his yard. I told him take the rack out of it and make the steering on the go cart out of it..He did and used the spindles. I had yamaha 4 wheeler tires and rims with really close bolt pattern.. a diegrinder and the wheels fit. I showed him how to make an articualting rear suspension..I gave him 2 old coil over motorcycle shocks. He fashioned a rear axle from the half shafts and installed 1 disc brake off the car onto the go cart. His cage was way small.. gas pedal and brake pedal and master cylinder were used from the Dodge. It worked out pretty well. He installed a store bought torque averter system onto it and a 3HP briggs. Ran really good. So if you weld and have junk laying around you will be amazed what you can build. [/QUOTE]
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