Layed out & Diesel swapped Western Cart

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Hello guys, this is my first post. My coworkers and I are working on a Western Golf & Country Cart. I wasnt going to post the whole story but I figured you guys would like to hear it.

We work at a Restoration/ RestoMod shop. So we accessibility to the shop tools which are a CNC plasma, hand plasma, finger brake, welders etc etc.

It all started with a Wheelchair that we took to a show in Texas that we have a booth in. I gutted all the factory electronics. I bought an ESC (Speed controller) that would work with the wheelchair motors. Then I was able to use an RC controller to make the wheelchair move. We adapted a car seat for comfort and we drove around in an RC wheelchair. It was the funniest thing to drive the wheelchair with nobody on it and see people's reactions. So from this we decided for this upcoming show we would build something else.

At the shop we build alot of trucks with air suspension so we knew it had to be layed out on the ground. We searched offerup and found a Western Golf & Country Cart that caught our eye. We meet up with the guy and payed $170 after winning rock paper scissors because the guy didn't have change lol. It was a hell of a deal for a complete cart only missing batteries.

So then we came up with the idea that we should find a diesel engine so we can roll some coal 🤔.
We found a local equipment junk yard and found a John Deere commercial lawn mower. We were able to make a deal and just buy the engine for $250. But we had to pull it out. So we verified that the engine still spun and we proceeded to flip the lawn mower on its side to unbolt the engine. The owner of the yard was really cool and said if we needed anything else for that engine we can go and get it from him for free.

We put the engine on a stand and found a decent battery and got some diesel and after a few days (after work) we got the engine fired up. Now we decided that we should add a turbo and turn up the fuel but first we should figure out the clutch and getting the engine mounted in the cart.

Attached are pictures of the cart. We bought Monroe max-air shocks and it looks like they are going to work well.