One of their more exceptional efforts just came out of Kart King, and it is an awesome example of the style and quality workmanship for which this team has become known throughout the country. Dubbed by the team with the name “Deadline”, the build was created, planned, and built in an amazing 2-week period. There had been a friendly challenge in the Georgia cart community to come up with a unique custom build in a short period of time, and the guys at Kart King stepped up in a big way. “I still am amazed at how my guys conceived this, made the parts that needed to be made, fabricated, painted and built the finished product in just two weeks,” says Hall. “I couldn’t be prouder of my guys, the way they all were one hundred percent on top of it and the way Deadline turned out.” Deadline came together with the exacting specs that Barry and the team felt would be the most functional and fit the overall street rod style they were looking for. Many of the staff at Kart King are avid hot rod and custom car enthusiasts and wanted to put some of that inspiration into building Deadline. 24 www.GolfCarting.com
Hall says, “We wanted to keep the cart as stock-looking as possible in terms of limiting the amount of aftermarket parts we bolted onto it but still give it a kick-ass look and stance. Our main goal was a clean, smooth fit and finish.” The cart is a 2007 Club Car DS model, and Kart King began by stripping everything off down to the bare chassis and prepping and painting everything from the ground up. The undercarriage of Deadline is as clean and perfect as what you see on the body. They then created the wide-body look they were after by cutting the rear body in half and adding two inches to the width. The fenders were re-fabricated to add more tire clearance and width, and the stock bumper and mounting brackets were completely removed. The rear of the cart was designed with a smooth, unadorned sleekness reminiscent of an old street rod from the 50s. In the front, the cowl was cut and re-fabricated to allow for wider tire clearance and improved turning radius. The paint work, all done in-house at Kart King, is a masterwork in Ford’s Kona Blue Metallic with a lot of added
