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Leaveammoforme
08-25-16, 03:07
Another thread got me to thinking about this old go-kart (is it kart or cart?). It was my brothers and as adults it ended up at my house.

All the bikes, skateboards, BB guns, bows, blowguns, etc are long gone. It's the sole survivor.

It's been wrecked, rolled and just generally abused most of its existence. Installed a fresh motor a year or so back. Everybody is way too big for it now but it's still a blast to hot lap the school parking lot in.



http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq194/leaveammoforme/Mobile%20Uploads/20160825_020756-1_zpsalpunlji.jpg (http://s447.photobucket.com/user/leaveammoforme/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160825_020756-1_zpsalpunlji.jpg.html)

Broken lip on LR wheel makes cornering nice and dangerous.



http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq194/leaveammoforme/Mobile%20Uploads/20160825_020606_zpsufwttjh9.jpg (http://s447.photobucket.com/user/leaveammoforme/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160825_020606_zpsufwttjh9.jpg.html)

Constant kill switch to save your bacon instead of a momentary that your mashing the life out of. This was a mandatory 'upgrade' with the old motor. The carb was notorious for loading up with fuel and then trying to kill you at an undesired wide open throttle.

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq194/leaveammoforme/Mobile%20Uploads/20160825_020513-1_zpsxrrr9pqd.jpg (http://s447.photobucket.com/user/leaveammoforme/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160825_020513-1_zpsxrrr9pqd.jpg.html)

Homemade knuckle extensions with gate springs as adjustable coil overs. Actually work surprisingly well while not being bouncy.


Any of your toys survive?
Moose-Knuckle
08-25-16, 03:59
Any of your toys survive?

I have my first stuffed animal that my late grandmother gave me when I was born. He now resides right above my son's crib.

Other than that I have boxes of old G.I. Joes, Hot Wheels, Star Wars laying around somewhere . . .
Spurholder
08-25-16, 05:11
I have a Tonka road grater that my mother gave me on my 3rd birthday...47 years ago.
Endur
08-25-16, 08:09
That cart reminds me of a really nice cart a buddy had in elementary school. The only crap I have leftover is a shoe box full of hot wheels/matchbox/johnny lighting style cars.
Gunfixr
08-25-16, 08:15
I have my radio flyer wagon.
The wood one with the removable wood stake bed sides. Still in quite good condition.
Also have the very first radio I got when about 7. Little Panasonic, am only, still has the mono hard plastic earbud. It's dated 1973.
The wagon is a bit older.

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26 Inf
08-25-16, 09:52
Cool kart.

My childhood pretty much got lost in the moves that my mother while I was in the Marines. I did not miss any of it until I got older.
Averageman
08-25-16, 10:17
Cool kart.

My childhood pretty much got lost in the moves that my mother while I was in the Marines. I did not miss any of it until I got older.

Same thing here.
I must have had 200 LP's in wire milk crates that included a Mono copy of "Meet the Beatles". The only thing that survived all of those moves was my small (at the time) gun collection and some antique bottles.
Oh Well,...
MegademiC
08-25-16, 10:20
Go joes, hotwheels, and transformers from the 90s.
soulezoo
08-25-16, 10:22
Hot Wheels, Matchboxes, legos, Tonkas and the little green plastic army men. Lincoln Logs and tinker toys too.

All from '60's and early '70's.

Saved them thinking my kids might like to play with them... nope!
Alex V
08-25-16, 10:25
I have my first stuffed animal that my late grandmother gave me when I was born. He now resides right above my son's crib.



I have two of the three stuffed animals that were given to me on the day I was brought home from the hospital. They are in a bin in the closet. I wonder how radioactive they are?
jmp45
08-25-16, 10:34
The cart is awesome.. Everything I had is gone, given to cousins and others. My son on the other hand has most everything in storage. We sold his transformers and others at his request but the star wars toys are a keeper.
Honu
08-25-16, 15:39
I am 54 but my kids are playing with quite a few of my original toys I had when I was a kid :)
hoping they keep those and pass em down :)
ColtSeavers
08-25-16, 15:46
I have my first stuffed animal that my late grandmother gave me when I was born. He now resides right above my son's crib.

Nearly the same. Stuffed animal from when I was single digits from a family vacation is now my son's, and they even share the same name.
Moose-Knuckle
08-26-16, 01:40
I have two of the three stuffed animals that were given to me on the day I was brought home from the hospital. They are in a bin in the closet. I wonder how radioactive they are?

Man I don't know, after Chernobyl I would have incinerated or buried all my kids stuff. You should get a geiger counter just to see . . .



Nearly the same. Stuffed animal from when I was single digits from a family vacation is now my son's, and they even share the same name.

Hah, great story . . . must have been a name you really liked.
NoveskeFan
08-26-16, 07:56
I too have an old stuffed animal that now protects my daughter. I also have a bunch of Star Trek & Exo Squad toys.

Trek Stuff (Exo Squad stuff is still at my parents)
http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w354/jamesbaezan/IMG_1278_zpsdc33ba69.jpg
Firefly
08-26-16, 14:18
I am not a Trekkie now, but kinda was as a kid. Mostly reruns and Next Gen. All the stories I did not care about. Just wanted to see aliens and borgs.

Anyways, I got one of the old school phasers. The 60s one, not the dustbuster one. I actually keep it with my real guns.

Other than that, pretty much none of my stuff survived childhood. Well, some stuff locked away in storage but nothing that I have now that comes to mind.