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1973 Rupp Go-Joe with Rupp motto, "Only The Best" Go-Joe – The Go-Joe was Rupp's all-terrain vehicle produced in 1973. It too had a red or white fiberglass body and the same wheels as the Ruppster. It was powered by an 8 HP engine. Rupp also produced a Mini Go-Joe in limited quantities which was powered by a 3-1/2 HP engine. Rupp also had a ...
But despite its success, it has also become the butt of many jokes due to its three-wheeled nature, fiberglass bodyshell, and primitive, old-fashioned technique and is often cited among the worst cars ever made. It is sometimes affectionately nicknamed the "Plastic Pig" because of its distinctive shape and fiberglass body shell.
A go-kart, also written as go-cart (often referred to as simply a kart), is a type of small sports car, close wheeled car, open-wheel car or quadracycle. Go-karts come in all shapes and forms, from non-motorised models to high-performance racing karts. Karting is a type of racing in which a compact four-wheel unit called a go-kart is used.
In their earliest advertising copy Devin Enterprises listed a mailing address of P.O. Box 357, Fontana, California.Later on they used a street address of 44500 Sierra Highway, Lancaster, California and later still 10156 Rush, South El Monte, California before moving operations to their most well-known location at 9800 E. Rush Street, El Monte, California.
Included were the GRP shell, Ford 100E engine and a spaceframe chassis. Twin head fairings were an option. It was also still available as a bare shell. Caribbean: Originally called the Mark 3, it was primarily intended for the Ford 10's 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) chassis, but would fit chassis of similar wheelbase. It was a pretty, Italian-inspired two ...
For the next 50 years George built racing shells for nearly every racing college in the country and several abroad. His reputation spread as he strived to maintain the highest possible quality at a price that even small colleges or high schools could afford. Pocock Racing Shells went on to win many national sport rowing and Olympic championships.
Due to the karts being scaled down to match the common design feature of a 17" wheel, the scale is approximately 1:2 or half scale, with most common sizes being between 55% and 66% of original size. Cars of the pre war era varied a lot and as a result the wheelbase can vary from as small as 64 inches to over 70 inches, with a wheelbase of 66 ...
A company named "Fibre Fab" was established in the UK in 1970 that produced fiberglass body kits for Volkswagen chassis. Despite the similar name, they were not related in any way to Fiberfab in the US or any of its foreign branches. Fibre Fab was founded by partners Robert Taylor, Anthony Hill, and Trevor Pym in Crowthorne, Berkshire.