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A Brief History of Other Old Carts

In this catalog you will find parts for various other old carts not listed under our other categories. These include Davis, Jacobsen, Otis, Noland, Hyundai, and others. You will find parts listed for Nordskog and Legend in the Marketeer/Westinghouse catalog as these companies were in the lineage of the history of these companies as they were bought out.

The cart in the upper left is a Turf Rider IV manufactured by Ride Around Manufacturing of Hawthorne, California. They were made around the early fifties to the mid sixties. They also made a Turf Rider model, VI, VII, and a Del Mar IV and V, and Catalina model as well as an stretched four passenger version called the Newporter. They also made a 1/3 ton industrial cart called a Ram Truck. I have specifications on all of these.

The red golf cart above with the white top and seats is a Walker. They were first manufactured by Walker Manufacturing of Fowler, Kansas in 1957. In 1963 they sold the company to JATO of Salinas, Kansas. Walker Manufacturing is still in business making lawn mowers. You can read a bit more about the Walker golf cart here.

OTIS S-71 HISTORY

Researched and written by Jim Kaness

The Otis S-71 golf cart was produced between 1970 and 1976 by Westcoaster, a subsidiary of Otis Elevator Company, and may be branded either “Otis” or “Westcoaster”. In 1970 Otis Elevator Company acquired West Coast Machinery Company of Stockton, CA (renamed Westcoaster Company) who manufactured a full line of electric and gasoline powered vehicles for use off the public roads- on airports, factories, farms, ranches and golf courses. In 1976 Otis sold the Westcoaster / Otis product line to EVA-Chloride, who was then engaged in development of electric vehicles for highway use. In 2005 many of these S-71 golf carts are still in use. Here is a link to a free copy of an Otis service manual that Jim has created through his own research: http://www.jimkaness.com/engineering/s71.pdf

A Short History of Autoette provided by Barry Seevers

The Autoette was first manufactured in early 1948 in Long Beach, California (USA) by Royce Seevers. The company was then sold to Blood Sales Co for a short time before being resold to Wayne Manufacturing Co; a street sweeping company who moved to Pomona, California. After some legal problems, the Autoette was then sold back to the Seevers family, lock stock and barrel in 1958. From then until 1970, they controlled manufacturing, distribution and sales of Autoette vehicles. The Autoette vehicles were electric cars that came in a number of forms that range from pickup trucks (that could carry up to 1/4 of a ton), cars, and golf mobiles. Ranging from 2 - 4 seats, the Autoette had tiller steering and was powered by an electric motor which drew its power from large 24 volt batteries. Production ceased in the 1970s.

A Short History of the Westmont Golf Buggie researched by Faron Hermanson

The Westmont Golf Buggie was built in Madison Wisconsin from 1959 to 1963 by George Westmont. Note the red cart above with the steering wheel and totally green grass background. This cart was totally restored by Mr. Hermanson. There will be more information and pictures coming up in our Museum Gallery. George Westmont was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a degree in mechanical engineering. He served in both WW2 and the Korean War. George was primarily a manufacturer of oil and gas burners for the oilfield. He also built Yardman lawn tractors and mowers, and later Moto-Ski snowmobiles. They built golf buggies in the summer when it was slow, to balance the work load for his employees. He died in 2003 at the age of 82. These carts were very unique. They came in different colors chosen by the customers. There were several different engines and a couple of different transmissions. The first ones, like Mr. Hermansons, had an 8hp Kohler engine, later ones had an inline 4 cylinder Continental water cooled engine, and some had OMC overhead valve 4 stroke engines. All these carts have a few features unlike any other carts. First, they had a 3 speed Borg Warner transmission with a cast aluminum shifter housing under the seat. Next, another cast aluminum shift pattern plate on the floor towards the front with the words Hill, Rev, Golf, and Road right in the casting. Also it had a very unique cast aluminum gas pedal, only one pedal. You push it forward for throttle, and rock it backwards for braking. The rear end housing is bolted directly to the frame, using only the tall sidewall tires for rear suspension. It has a springer arrangement on the front fork. The rear end housing has the pinion facing backwards and a cast pulley that runs straight off the pinion with a brake drum machined inside it. It has brake pads on a backing plate and master cylinder that hooks to the throttle/brake linkage. A centrifugal clutch off the engine drives a belt that turns the input shaft on the transmission, then another belt drive out the rear of the transmission to the rear end. The rear end gear ratio is 5:17, and it has 3 forward gears. The body on the later ones was slightly different. The front was rounded like the early models but came to a point in the front. NOTE: Much of the information for this history was obtained from George Westonts son, Jack, who worked at the factory from when he was 14 years old to 20 years of age.