The strange little Jeep thing

[harleyjim]

Hello, I'm Jim and I am a retired fabricator. I have had a lifelong fascination with steel and odd vehicles. I am currently building a golf cart to use at car shows and swap meets as a pit cart. The stock EV part was cut off and I am in the process of grafting the back half of a 150cc Hammerhead kart onto it. This altered the wheelbase enough that the stock body cant be used, so after pondering on it for a bit I have decided to attempt to build a flat fender body to fit on the chassis. I have done some preliminary measuring and it looks like it might work, it wont be exactly an exact scale replica but I will strive to get it as close as I can. I hope I have chosen the right place to post this if not a moderator can help me out, or out the door, Thanks, Jim.

 

[harleyjim]

I was in the stock room the other day and saw this golf cart that I had stashed away a couple of years ago.

I had put it away for a future project, and started collecting parts along the way. I knew it would become a gas burner but didnt know what that would be.

I bought a Hammerhead 150cc cart that the po had hit a tree and sheared off most of the stock front suspension.

 

[harleyjim]

I stripped the rear section of the Par Car golf cart clean and started measuring.

The original idea was to zee step the frame and put the original body back on it.

But the wheelbase grew almost nine inches in the rear. I considered moving the crossmember forward some and shortening the swing arm some and making it fit but I wasnt really in love with that body anyway and people that know me would not have approved anyway!
So I sat back and thought about what might work, part of that thought process was that I am 64 years old and am on disability from work injurys so I cant get my big butt in and out of just anything.

I have always loved Jeeps.

My wife has always had a Jeep and at one point in her life she raced Jeeps on a local track. So that is naturally the direction I first went in.

 

[harleyjim]

I am trying to locate two rear wheels to match the two that I have, this will help with several issues I am having up front.
They are 22x10x10 from a hammerhead 150

The wheels will look better if all four are the same size and this will allow me to install front brakes.