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Looking for a custom-built golf cart? Colt’s Golf Cars
may be just the place for you.
Born and raised in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania,
Colt Stewart joined the Marine Corps in 1980 af-
ter he graduated high school. When he left active
duty with the Corps 12 years later, he went to
work for the Department of Corrections in Penn-
sylvania. Stewart stayed with the Department of
Corrections until he retired in 2015.
“I just didn’t want to do winter anymore,” said
Stewart. “I’m not shoveling snow ever again.”
And, upon retirement they moved to Clarendon
County, SC, Stewart intended on spending his
retirement hunting and fishing. However, after
two months, Stewart realized he needed some-
thing more substantial to occupy his time. One
day, Stewart went shopping for a golf cart at
Graham’s Golf Cars in Manning and ended up
coming home with a new job instead. Stewart
went to work selling and fixing golf carts.
After working over a year at Graham’s, Stewart
decided to build a shop behind his home. He
began custom building golf carts, both gas and
electric, and servicing golf carts as well. In late
2017, Stewart realized it was too much work to
continue to do both, so he put in his two-week
notice with Graham’s and committed his time
solely to Colt’s Golf Cars.
Stewart purchases golf carts on their last legs
from golf courses and rebuilds them from the
ground up. He rebuilds the frames, installs new
engines and parts, customizes body styles and
paints and can add features at the request of the
customer.
Stewart builds two custom carts per month on
average, and he does quite a bit of service work
as well. Local golf cart dealerships often refer
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service work to Stewart, and he has worked hard
to maintain a good working relationship with
each dealership.
Colt’s Golf Cars also sells batteries at competitive
prices, and he stocks many commonly needed
parts for repair, special ordering the less com-
mon ones as needed. Service calls cost $25 for
Stewart to pick up a customer’s cart on his trailer
and return it when he’s done with the repair
work, plus the cost of the repairs.
Together, Stewart and his wife raised his four
children, her two children and four children they
adopted. Stewart’s grandmother was a foster
parent, caring for 64 children over the years.
After her death, he and his wife decided to honor
her memory by becoming foster parents. Over
time, the Stewart’s fostered 26 children, adopting
the last four. Along with their five sons and five
daughters, they now have nine grandchildren.
CONTACT
To learn more about Colt’s Golf Cars, visit his
Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/
coltsgolfcars/ or call Stewart at 803-460-5620.