07-23-2020, 04:38 PM | #261 |
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Re: Poorboy Carts
ty for the welcome!
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12-02-2020, 12:00 AM | #262 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Augusta ga
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Re: Poorboy Carts
This is my latest build. Finally able to get ahold of the old school gtx-804 ezgo. Last pic is engine as it is now. Got 18amp charge coil on new engine and did away with starter/generator. I paid $500 for 2 of them and only bought motor, clutch, tires and spray paint. I fabricated everything else. Probably less than ~$1000 into it. Plus time, labor and catching hell from the wife
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12-02-2020, 10:00 AM | #263 |
Happy Carting
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southern California
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Re: Poorboy Carts
Wow That is a super clean cart for $1k, hang onto that one.
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12-29-2020, 12:59 PM | #264 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Poorboy Carts
Okay, I will bite. With the effect COVID has on folks here in PA, the value of golf carts has gone up so that make these "beaters" even more awesome! I would also guess that mean more folks are saving carts that would have otherwise been scrapped.
My cart lives on an island in the middle of the Susquehanna river. With the island being remote it's susceptible to theft and vandalism and that makes me want to keep the investment low. Being on an island also means it's difficult to get to and that means I need a reliable unit because putting a 600+ pound golf cart on my little jon boat is no easy task. Picked this Yamaha G1 up for $250. A compression test let me know that I needed a topend. I reached out to Don Plowman for a top-end kit, while I was talking to him he upsold me on a muffler and a shaved head. https://www.plowmanscarts.com/carts....1595537975&v=2 Put the carb in the ultrasonic cleaner and bolted it all back together. It ran great, pulled about 22 on the flats with the governor in place. Next I dressed it up a little. I mixed up some brown and white rustoleum and gave it a spray. Then I added a few aluminums bits to hide the rust. Lastly I put a wooden bumper on and called it done. I have under $1k into it now with the seals and odd bits. It's proven to be reliable and the fastest on the island |
12-29-2020, 01:56 PM | #265 |
Gone Loco
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: South Florida
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Re: Poorboy Carts
Very cool! Was it hard to redo the motor? Rings were ok?
Now tell us about the S10 in the background...350 powered? |
12-29-2020, 05:01 PM | #266 |
Getting Wild
Join Date: Jul 2020
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Re: Poorboy Carts
Here’s my G9 for 400.00
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12-30-2020, 09:37 AM | #267 | |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Poorboy Carts
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The S10 is another sign of my sickness, I take on too many projects. Yes, I swapped a 350 in there I started to document it here but I am slacking, I will update the post eventually. https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/sbc...ocess.8319385/ |
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01-12-2021, 06:06 PM | #268 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jan 2021
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Re: Poorboy Carts
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Po’ boy project soon to be silver, thus, the Silver Bullet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
01-12-2021, 09:00 PM | #269 |
Gone Loco
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: South Florida
Posts: 1,123
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Re: Poorboy Carts
I found a diamond in the rough DS AQ cart and would absolutely love to grab it and make it sing, but simply don't have the time, so I'm assisting a new member here pick it up and turn it into the diamond that it can. Ah, I wish we could have them all...
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09-15-2022, 07:35 AM | #270 |
Happy Carting
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southern California
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Re: Poorboy Carts
This thread deserves a bump.
I bought this Marathon for $500 and converted it to modern TXT48 electronics. |
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