Dandy Dave Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 What y'all think of this 1899 Beauty? Push Here! Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Nice golf cart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 They've been trying to sell that silly thing for over a year. The "greater fool theory" would suggest that someone would have bought it by now. It is cute and seems well built, though the rear seat controls are stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Way to hokey for Disney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdome Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 This is what is called a car with "prominence". Not necessarily a real or original car, but it was once owned by a friend of a friend of a famous person. That makes it worth twice as much. It does have an original 1899 body although one of the photos is labeled "all new woodwork." Hummm? Makes you wonder what the rest of this dealer's inventory is like?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Yes, that seller's cars are always " interesting? ", but I have never seen one that I would consider bidding on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Definitely an antique! I may have ridden in it in Yesterdayland when I went to Dizzyland 50 years ago. I don't know if I believe the blarney about part of it being from a horse-drawn carriage or not, but there were a number of people who dabbled with building "replicas" of turn-of-the-century cars in the 50's. Some were home-built and some were actually manufactured somewhere, but the main theme was to use a lawnmower engine and then throw together something that looked kind of like a car.Most of the replicas I've read about were based on Curved Dash Oldsmobiles. I think someone who decided to build an accurate replica of a circa-1899 car would have his hands full -- whether it was an 1899 Packard or a 1901 Locomobile. Can you imagine the work it would take to construct, say, a 1903 Cadillac from scratch, to the same standards as the original?Maybe we should have an award similar to the Golden Raspberry Awards for worst acting: "Best Fake Car of the Year", "Worst Fake Car of the Year", etc. Any nominations from the floor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimkf Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 There was an amusement park near here in northern Ohio that had several of these that you could drive around on a track. They had 2 or 3 styles and some had front seat steering. The park closed last year and the cars were all sold. Most were well worn so I'm sure this isn't one of them. I'll bet the seller's opening bid would have bought all at the defunct park...including the track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nice golf cart. </div></div> Where's Tiger Woods when you need him??? It might sell faster if they listed it in the Golfing section. Some rich old fool would have to buy it just to show up his buddies at the 19th hole. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Don't forget that besides having "prominence", it has "Provence", what with those genuine California historical plates and being an electric start car built in 1899! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elmo39 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 If my memory hasn't failed me to much in old age , i think you could get plans to build something like this out of the popular mechanic's magazine back in the late 50's -60's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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