Rat Rod

MDLNB · 11-01-2015, 04:11 PM

When I purchased this home, I got a '97 Club Car DS with it. I was told that it had several previous owners and was used with the home as a rental property before I bought the house. My next door neighbor had once owned it and told me that he think it had a high speed gear put in. It is a 48 volt series and does move along pretty nicely with new batteries. That said, I decided to change the old look a bit, since I bought my wife a newer model golf cart that looks nice enough for her to be seen in it.

Here's photos of before and after. Bear in mind that I haven't finished with it, but if I don't post something now, it may not look the same later. I have a habit of changing my Harleys pretty often, so no telling what this will look like later. I do plan to build a little truck bed on the back that will also allow two grandkids to ride in back. I have heavy duty springs on the back, with the lifting shackles. I have 22"x11"x 8" tires on the back and 3" wide trailer tires on the front. I rattle can painted the cart satin black, with orange pin striping. I upholstered the seats with some waterproof fabric that I picked up on Amazon. I don't know if you can see them but I have blue dot rear tailight lens. I was bumping my head on the overhead bars so I put some pipe insulation on them. I found some cheap chrome lug nuts on ebay that I put on the front wheels. Oh yeah, the front has a toyota or honda grill that I attached and two white led lights on the front bumper for night driving.

This is one very inexpensive job. But, I know that no one else has one like it within at least 20 miles.

gravelydude · 11-01-2015, 05:10 PM

That is cooool!!

mrgolf · 11-01-2015, 05:34 PM

That shows that long shackles work.

MDLNB · 11-01-2015, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by mrgolf

That shows that long shackles work.

And cheap too!

MDLNB · 11-01-2015, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by gravelydude

That is cooool!!

Thanks. The colors were supposed to be Harley colors, not Halloween. But, sometimes you have to go with the flow....

MDLNB · 01-02-2016, 02:52 PM

I added a "woody" style combo truck bed/rear seat on the back. Since the grandkids only come about once or twice a year, I can use it to haul groceries most of the other time. When they come, I can throw a lawn chair cushion on the back and they are fine. What you don't see is that since the photos were taken, I put a bungee net across the back like you would have a cargo net tailgate. The next addition to it will be making a door for the bagwell so that I can store stuff or carry a battery charger on long rides. The rear bumper was kind of a hurried attempt using junk from my garage scrap pile. But, it gives the kids someplace to set their feet.

Revolution · 01-02-2016, 03:28 PM

The wood bed looks great!

Epb · 01-02-2016, 04:33 PM

Very nice.

Tbirddipp · 01-03-2016, 01:38 PM

Awesome job on the bed, looks really cool!!

glassk · 01-03-2016, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mrgolf

That shows that long shackles work.

Up to 4" ,...

11-01-2015, 05:10 PM	#2
gravelydude Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Western NC mountains Posts: 72	Re: Rat Rod That is cooool!!

11-01-2015, 05:34 PM	#3
mrgolf Old Sky Soldier Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,881	Re: Rat Rod That shows that long shackles work.

01-02-2016, 03:28 PM	#7
Revolution Voltaholic Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Close to Navasota Texas Posts: 934	Re: Rat Rod The wood bed looks great!

01-02-2016, 04:33 PM	#8
Epb Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Katy, Tx Posts: 1,027	Re: Rat Rod Very nice.

01-03-2016, 01:38 PM	#9
Tbirddipp Getting Wild Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 134	Re: Rat Rod Awesome job on the bed, looks really cool!!

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