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Caddyshack Golf Cars Will Build You a Golf
Cart That Looks Like a Real(-ish) Car
You can golf cart better in these Shelby
Cobra, Mustang, and Porsche lookalikes.
Back in 2008, Tim Martin got a phone call
from his friend Carroll Shelby who asked him
what he was up to.
“I told him I was thinking about building
some golf carts and he said ‘let’s build some
Shelby Cobra golf carts’ and we did,” Martin
tells MotorTrend. And that is the story of
how, today, you can buy an officially licensed
gas or electric Shelby Cobra golf cart from
Caddyshack Golf Cars in any one of six colors
with painted stripes and ultra-suede Shelby
logo’d seats. Options include a ball and club
washer, dash and roof fan, custom Alpine
stereo system with Blue-tooth, ice chest, and
much more.
Speaking of more, next to the links-ready
Shelby Cobra 427, Caddyshack Golf Cars also
offers carts in myriad real-car costumes.
There is a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500,
regular Mustang Fastback, and Chevrolet
Camaro, for example. The Camaro not only
sports far more outward visibility than the
real thing, it is electric and includes 14-inch
wheels and can reach 19.5 mph.
If you need something tougher to jump
those sand traps in, check out the compa-
ny’s new Ford F-150 Raptor cart that goes
on sale this summer. The cart seats two and
the mini-Raptor sports a fiberglass body,
fold-down windshield and tailgate, louvers
and side vents, and a rear cargo box for your
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