COVER STORY: A '34 LEGENDS CART

If you have been following us on Facebook or on our website, you just might know that you can submit your cart to possibly be featured in the magazine. For those of you that have high quality photos and detailed information, you can go to https://golfcarting.com/builds/ to submit your cart.

This issue’s "Custom Golf Cart" feature comes from Fisher Carts of Garden City, SC. Owner Andy Fisher is one of the original golf cart builders from back in the day, a real golf carting OG.

In 2007 Buggies Unlimited hosted an event called Buggy Bonanza, and I remember Andy showed up with his modified ’89 E-Z-GO Marathon. This unique ride was outfitted with dually tractor-style tires, a shorty windshield and some custom diamond plate mods in the rear. And, of course, the most memorable quality about this cart was its ability to pull the front wheels off the ground with two full-sized grown men in the front. Andy was obviously talented back then, and I’m glad to see him still building carts 15 years later. Today, we are featuring his ‘90s E-Z-GO with a custom Legends body. We sat down with Andy to find out more about this build.

GCMAG: Andy, thank you for submitting your Legends build. This is an amazing cart that I wanted to share with our readers. I’d like to ask you some questions…

What can you tell us about the build?

ANDY: This custom golf cart is a ‘90s E-Z-GO with a custom one-off ’34 Legends body installed. The cart has fiberglass body from the front cowl area to the back with a metal front tilt hood. The cart is sitting low for handling, with 12" wheels up front and 14" wheels on the back wrapped with 215/35-14 tires.

I bought the cart with 36-volt stock controller and wiring. The cart ran, but it was slow…really slow. The cables were bolted together to make them long enough to reach from the back of the motor to the front to the controller -- about 8 feet of cable for each one. I took all the stock E-Z-GO stuff out and rewired everything for 48-volts, moving the 48/400-amp Alltrax controller programed by me into the back of the cart and adding an F/R contactor. I have less than 4 feet of cable now on any one cable. All the cables are 00 welding lead, also made by me. I put in a D&D motor built by none other than Vic DeJohn. I installed the remote key switch in it also with a GM rearview mirror that has auto dimming, compass and temperature. The body is part fiberglass and metal. The front is hand-built metal

that tilts forward; the fire wall back is fiberglass. I put all six batteries behind the seats along with a black diamond plate tray to house the electronics.

GCMAG: It’s impressive how much custom fabrication you incorporated into this build, and it turned out very authentic. What other aftermarket parts did you use?

ANDY: I installed a Curtis foot pedal, 48/400amp Alltrax SR controller with fan, 400amp solenoid, D&D custom high-speed motor, go-kart racing bench seat, 6 fuse block with 48/12 reducer, 12-volt GM truck rearview mirror with compass & temperature reading, auto dimming, a third brake light, and I installed 12" wheels up front and 14" on the rear.

GCMAG: How did you get involved in building carts?

ANDY: I have been building carts since back in the ‘90s. We bought a house in North Myrtle Beach, and I bought an ‘89 E-ZGO that first summer and drove it with no major upgrades. The next winter I took it apart and had the frame bed-lined and the metal body painted. I built my own lift kit for it. I made all the diamond plate parts myself and had Plum Quick rebuild the motor. Carson, Robby & Rick Steen are all good friends now. That is how I got started into carts.

Buggies Unlimited was the only supplier for parts at the time before they were purchased by Nivel. Bart, who owned BU back then, was a good guy and a heck of a businessman. He sponsored a couple of cart shows back then before selling the company. I drove 8 hours to each one with my golf carts. I have been hooked ever since. I like them to go fast, so I like mechanical mods more than cosmetic ones, but both have their place. I drag raced golf carts with them also. I have also had several custom carts and even a gas off-road cart that had a full custom V-twin in it that ran 55 MPH. My 72-volt dragster ran 60 MPH on a 1/8-mile track at Shady Side Dragway in Greer, SC.

GCMAG: That’s awesome! I remember that first E-Z-GO you built and how much fun we had at the Bonaza. Do you have any future plans for your company?

ANDY: I plan to continue building custom carts and doing regular maintenance on them. I've owned about 200 carts total and at one point I had 5 running carts to drive.

GCMAG: Well, if you continue building great carts like this one we can’t wait to see more carts from you in the future.

ANDY: Yeah, the cart has gone through some tough times, but it’s better now than ever. I remember when I only had the cart for about 6 months. We invited some neighbors over for a fish fry at our house and some neighbors decided to invite their own guest to our house. There was a lady that I didn’t know and had never seen before sitting on my neighbor’s cart. My cart was parked under my carport so I could charge it up, and my neighbor’s cart was parked in front of it. While sitting there, she floorboarded the skinny pedal in the cart and ran

into mine, shoving it between my house and the building. It broke the rear fenders loose, bent the front axle, broke the headlights, taillights, and broke the front frame in 2 places. I spent close to $3000 getting it back together, and she didn’t pay me a penny! That was over a year ago now. The cart is doing great, and my plan is to put an A/C kit in it this winter, I hope. It runs around 30 MPH now, but I would like it to get it up close to 40 MPH. I plan to do disc brakes and bigger wheels on the back.

GCMAG: Well, it looks great, and we are glad we are able to show it to our readers. - GCMAG