Terra Knife's 1970s Fiberglass Buggy: When Indiana Built Fun for $X
A Crawfordsville, Indiana builder named Terra Knife turned out this blue fiberglass go-kart in the '70s—steel frame, Tecumseh engine with centrifugal clutch, chain drive. It's the kind of DIY contraption that existed before liability lawyers killed the genre. Simple, purposeful, probably terrifying.
These hand-built go-karts are finally getting their due as the original maker culture—built before 'maker culture' was a branding term.
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