Thanks vette and swamper Hey vette, the guys shop is in Santa Clara .ca. The phone number is 408-748-6949 I thought about calling many times, but did not want to engage the owner in a long discussion knowing all the while i probably could not afford the kart let alone shipping and border duties. Never know, if it is reasonably priced, would give me incentive to sell some of my toys. Starting to really take a liking to that machine. If you have time that would be awesome if you could follow that one up. cheers.