Golf Car Classics: 1949-1969

Golf Car Classics: 1949-1969 by Ron Lyons. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780988106505.

Golf Car Classics is richly illustrated with more than 500 photographs and ads from the period 1949 through 1969. It includes over 200 different golf car designs, 142 different manufacturers and 85 golf cars that can be found in the Legends Golf Car Museum. It provides a glimpse into the innovative designs that saw not only a rapidly developing market niche for entrepeneurs but also a means to grow the game and give access to the game of golf to all, irrespective of physical ability. This book traces the development of the golf car from the first patent of a 5-man golf car through 2 wheel, 3 wheel and 4 wheel golf cars. It explores collapsible, electric and gasoline golf cars plus golf cars that would go 1 mph to those that reached speeds up to 55 mph. As Ron Lyons traverses through an incredible two decades of the golf cars evolution, the reader will discover a new appreciation for the rich innovation and invention that surrounds one of golfs best known pieces of equipment.