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Old 12-26-2016, 07:31 PM   #1
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Default 1978 Royal Ride Conversion Part: 1

I recently purchased a 1978 Elmco Royal Ride. It was all original and ran fairly well, however I wanted to upgrade its drive system from 36 volt solenoid system to the newer 48 volt PWM system. Elmco used Club Car chassis's and in my case a 1978 Club Car Caroche.

After speaking with some Club Car tech's familiar with the old Caroche's, I decided to buy a 2008 Club Car DS and swap the bodies. The following photos illustrate the steps necessary to do the exchange.

Step 1: Disassemble and remove current bodies. Pretty self explanatory and really nothing special here.
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Old 12-26-2016, 07:33 PM   #2
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Default Re: 1978 Royal Ride Conversion Part: 1

Step 2: Modify DS frame to accept Royal ride body. The front frame needed 1" spacer added but no welding. The rear frame needed a new metal welded to get the new mounting hole locations. Finally the aluminum trim around the storage boxes need to be removed for the front body panel to fit.
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Old 12-26-2016, 07:36 PM   #3
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Step 3: Cut the front and rear body panels to fit on the new DS frame. The involved cutting the " tabs" from the bottom of the panels and modifying the piece that holds the radio to fit around the passenger storage box.
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Old 12-26-2016, 07:38 PM   #4
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Default Re: 1978 Royal Ride Conversion Part: 1

Step 4: I relocated the forward reverse switch to the front panel and reinstalled the turn signal switch with new heat shrink.

Currently the body panels are at the fiber glass shop where a new back seat is being custom made where the old cooler was.

Updates to follow.
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Old 12-26-2016, 07:42 PM   #5
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Default Re: 1978 Royal Ride Conversion Part: 1

Compared to the Royal Ride retrofit it was much easier to put the 2008 DS body to the 1978 Caroche frame.
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Old 12-27-2016, 09:57 AM   #6
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Nice !
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