NOS Clinton engine kit on ebay

[JohnnyTillotson]

Anyone else see this ebay item?: 152040741796

The stuff of dreams. Hope he gets on butt ton for it.

 

[YOOP]

this it Johnny?

I like the father/ son project on the box,very cool
too bad they still don't do stuff like that anymore

Clinton Engine Vintage Clinton Engine Kit 3 5 HP | eBay

 

[manchester1]

That's really, really nice. Has the shipping at 85.00 for me.:laugh:

 

[KustomKartKid]

Notice they used a graphic of a Cheeftah mini bike which came from the factory with Clinton 4 strokes :

 

[markus]

Notice they used a graphic of a Cheeftah mini bike which came from the factory with Clinton 4 strokes :

thats because Lomart owned Clinton

 

[KustomKartKid]

thats because Lomart owned Clinton

Yeah here's the whole history I posted a few years ago for anyone interested...

http://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/m...-suppliers-dealers-post499833.html#post499833

 

[RobertC]

That is so cool !

 

[JohnnyTillotson]

this it Johnny?

I like the father/ son project on the box,very cool
too bad they still don't do stuff like that anymore

Clinton Engine Vintage Clinton Engine Kit 3 5 HP | eBay

Yup that's it. Incidentally, same model I just found last week. Although mine is a 3 1/4 HP. So says the decal at least.

 

[Havasu Dave]

That is very cool. If I had one of those mini bike museum deals going on with advertising pieces and whatnot, I'd do whatever I could to get this.

I'm sitting here wondering how many Father and Son fights there were during the timing process of the EZ to Assemble kit.

 

[Sprocket86]

This is most definitely a very rare and cool time capsule minibike artifact and I wonder how many were produced or sold!

I have a vivid memory of seeing this along with a gokart kit in a old book many years ago.

 

[massacre]

Very cool

 

[Rupp 72]

This belongs in the Clinton museum!

 

[pomfish]

Yeah here's the whole history I posted a few years ago for anyone interested...

http://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/m...-suppliers-dealers-post499833.html#post499833

Great Read, even though I have read it before I to re-read it and of course read a bunch of the other coampany histories also.
Thanks KKK for your work on the history.

What's with pool companies making mini bikes?
Cat was owned by Muskin and Cheftah by Doughboy.

 

[KustomKartKid]

Great Read, even though I have read it before I to re-read it and of course read a bunch of the other coampany histories also.
Thanks KKK for your work on the history.

What's with pool companies making mini bikes?
Cat was owned by Muskin and Cheftah by Doughboy.

:thumbsup:

It's nice to know some folks enjoy reading that kind of stuff. I used to write a lot more of it but after a while I got the feeling I was talking to myself.

Heathkit and Stellar were both electronics companies... I guess everybody was cashing in on the craze while it was hot. Stellar also made sulkies for harness racing. In fact they patented a torsion arm design that isolated the shock waves created between the horse and sulky resulting in less stress on the horse and a smoother/faster ride for the driver.

As Paul Harvey would say...."and now you know the rest of the story!"

 

[pomfish]

Built some Heathkit's in my day, good quality and good support.

 

[bikebudy]

Very Kool and should never be built.

 

[Mark G]

There was one of those kits on ebay a while back. The guy had a huge price on it and it was listed for a couple years. I wonder if it's the same one?

 

[KustomKartKid]

There was one of those kits on ebay a while back. The guy had a huge price on it and it was listed for a couple years. I wonder if it's the same one?

That one is already in the Clinton Museum...it was in mint condition.