What's a McCulloch MC-6 motor worth?

[Scotty Overkill]

....twin HL carbs, big open cast aluminum muffler, recoil start, great compression, clean cylinder and piston.......looks like a low hour unit....

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

Pics or you get a spanking.

 

[Scotty Overkill]

Pics or you get a spanking.

Here it is.....






Thinking about buying the whole cart, it's old.......




All I really want is the engine for a chainsaw build though ... .

So what is it worth?

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

I'm more familiar with the pricing on the 101 motors. All I can tell you about the mc-6 is that it is 87cc's and started production in 1961.

@heimannm, @Lee H,

 

[p61 western]

Here it is.....
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Thinking about buying the whole cart, it's old.......
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All I really want is the engine for a chainsaw build though ... .

So what is it worth?

Get the whole thing, and have some fun with it before your saw build. How have you been doing Scotty?

 

[smokey7]

Id be in the cart for 500 as it sits. Does it run? Id likely go 700 if i heard it run. What the hell does a 80 ish cc motor need dual carbs for? There are some very desireable and valuable carr frames out there. My boss has one with a kt100 engine that just rips.

 

[Al Smith]

They hung as many carbs on them as they could .Back in the day I've seen three .Don't ask me how they tuned them because I haven't a clue .FWIW as the story goes the original 87 cc Kart engine MC 10 was a take off of the Super 44A chainsaw engine . As far as Mac engines go the 87's are my favorite of the reed engines .

 

[Duane(Pa)]

Are you nuts? Buy it! You could be peeling around behind the house FFS...

 

[psuiewalsh]

Won't have to mow again!

 

[Lee H]

I'm more familiar with the pricing on the 101 motors. All I can tell you about the mc-6 is that it is 87cc's and started production in 1961.

@heimannm, @Lee H,

Jim I really don't know what the value of the MC6 is worth. You never see them for sale.
I'm more up on the 101's like you and everyone else. best to get on a kart forum where
folks are running them in there class.

 

[Scotty Overkill]

Get the whole thing, and have some fun with it before your saw build. How have you been doing Scotty?

I'm doing good, buddy. Just been busy as all get-out. How are you doing?

 

[Scotty Overkill]

Id be in the cart for 500 as it sits. Does it run? Id likely go 700 if i heard it run. What the hell does a 80 ish cc motor need dual carbs for? There are some very desireable and valuable carr frames out there. My boss has one with a kt100 engine that just rips.

He will sell the complete cart to me for 300 bucks, but I wanted to know of the motor was worth aquiring for a build. ...

 

[p61 western]

I'm doing good, buddy. Just been busy as all get-out. How are you doing?

I'm doing great, but pretty busy as well. So are you going to grab the cart?

 

[CR888]

I imagine MAC back in the day was responsible for pushing around many kids having cheap fast kart thrills. As for what's an MC-6 worth...haven't a clue but like yourself if I saw that for sale locally the inner itch to own it would be hard to ignore. If you let your kids kart around in it at least you'll know where they are with that exhaust horn.

 

[Al Smith]

That aluminum megaphone looks to be a GEM except it isn't embossed in the casting .The drum brake indicates it's early because most ran disc type brakes ,some clamped over a round disc and some over the drive sprocket .

 

[Al Smith]

I would say likely with the exception of the twin carbs and megaphone the engine is probably stock but you never know.It could have a full circle crank .With a recoil starter it doesn't appear to have the compression jacked up very far because you could hardly pull it over .FWIW they used a starter cup and a long shafted Ford starter on a cart with a long vee belt to start the really hot ones . I did the same thing to start the pony motor on a D4 Caterpilar .

 

[drf256]

Is this the same motor that’s in my 1-71?

If it is, and Scotty doesn’t get this one, your welcome to the parts that come out of mine.

Mine is getting a 101b transplant.

 

[drf256]

I would say likely with the exception of the twin carbs and megaphone the engine is probably stock but you never know.It could have a full circle crank .With a recoil starter it doesn't appear to have the compression jacked up very far because you could hardly pull it over .FWIW they used a starter cup and a long shafted Ford starter on a cart with a long vee belt to start the really hot ones . I did the same thing to start the pony motor on a D4 Caterpilar .

Same thing the guy I got my 101 motor from told me. Said “forget about pulling it over by hand, we used ford starter motors”

 

[Al Smith]

That's a little unclear .Some suggest it was the 1-71 and some say the Super 44A which became the MC 10 .Weather the MC 6 is the same I can't honestly answer .

 

[Al Smith]

FWIW I have a Super 44A that is completely stock with the exception of bypassing the air vain governor .It's going to remain as such ,stock .Considering a saw that was build in 1959 it has amazing power .