My golf cart

About a year ago I decided out of the blue that I just could not live another day without a golf cart.  I enlisted the help of Bill, my brother in law.  He lives in north Ft. Meyers and knows everyone and what is going on.  I told him to find a good deal on a golf cart for me.  He did.  I got a used Club Car for $500.  It had been repainted blue and had two rear facing (made at home) rear seats.  It had batteries that were just a year old.  I won’t say that I stole it but I wrote the check in a hurry.

My buddy, Jim, helped me haul it home.  As soon as it arrived here the homemade seats disappeared and it got a much needed bath.  Now I had to concentrate on things that would make it unique.   The first thing was to give it a name.  I settled on “LITTLE BOY BLUE”.  Two inch decal letters were centrally aligned on the front to proclaim the cart’s new name to the world.  I had planned to add the phrase “come blow your horn” in half inch characters next to the name.  I was persuaded by un-named parties that this phrase could be interpreted in a variety of ways, mostly bad.   No phrase needed.  We have a security golf cart in the park.  It has “SECURITY” emblazoned on a sign on the rear. Seniors sign up to drive the cart on specific times on specific days.   Several others in the park have also added the same sign to their carts to make all the boogie men think that these seniors really keep an eye on things. People take turns driving it around with the rotating yellow light on.  Naturally I installed a sign on my cart that read”IN-SECURITY”

My buddy Jim has two marine batteries assembled to the rear of his cart.  He uses the batteries to power a 110 vac inverter.  He is able to run several strings of Christmas lights at a time.  He can change the outline of the lights to form hearts or shamrocks or other seasonal decorations.  I decided to do him one better.

The cart came equipped with one headlight and two tail lights.  I added four turn signal-stop light combinations to the four corners of the canopy.  Next was a yellow strobe light on the center rear of the canopy.  I rewired the whole apparatus to run off an auxiliary implement batter.  There are also two blue clearance lights assembled to the new battery cover.  The reason for the aux. battery was to preclude undo imbalance of the six, six volt batteries that power the cart.  The last addition was a running light to act as a dome light. In all there are 14 lights controlled by five switches on the cart.

Jim retaliated by installing an oogaa horn.  I responded by adding a bulb type bicycle horn.  He added floor mats.  I added a kitchen clock and an outdoor thermometer.  He just shook this head so I added a vase of flowers in a cup holder.  I then installed a high end steering wheel cover.  Jim gave up.

I have a plan for next year.  I will find some kind of fuzzy critter, preferably a dog or cat and drape it across the front fender.  This will probably cause some of the older women in the park to faint.    

Dal