Vintage Karts
Legendary kart
22/08/23
The Dart story began during the summer of 1958 when Herbert E Rupp II, a young 22 years old ex-Marine from Mansfield, Ohio, affectionately known by his two older sisters and everyone else as 'Mickey', became interested in karting. Incidentally it was Rupp’s sisters who came up with the 'Mickey' nickname for him.
Initially Rupp became a Go Kart dealer and purchased kits from the Californian manufacturer which he then set about welding, painting and assembling, skills that his father, an industrialist,...
Legendary kart
18/05/22
The Vintage Kart Reunion, a one-off meeting, was held in splendid spring weather on Friday May 6 and Saturday May 7, 2022, at the kart, quarter midget and off-road motorcycle complex located within a California State Park near Rancho Cordova in northern California.(by Frank Weir)
The event was promoted by Dean Seavers ably assisted by Vince Hughes, Keith CoBen, Michel Edick and Tom Thorin. Unfortunately Tom was unable to be present at the venue due to health issues; he did...
Legendary kart
31/05/18
The Mike Wilson / Parilla of Fernando Alonso, from Vroom n.342.
As a veteran kart afficionado and lover of the Nineties of the four wheels, the revival of vintage and retro karting convinced me to throw myself on my own personal restoration project. The end of...
