Hey guys! So yesterday I went to A tractor show in Denton NC with my Friend and he picked up a super rare "pickup" Style Mower for 100$. we think is made by General Power or Bolens. It looks exactly like this but With no paint and surface Rust. The cast aluminum grille was a gold or yellow color.
Well we took it home and The briggs engine was shot so we took it out (Going to keep it but put in a Predator engine for now) then we replaced the front end with a golf cart solid axle and plan on putting a 1" axle with chain drive in the rear.
Long story short Today I inherited a '75 Club Cart Caroche
Its batteries were shot and I have no need for it so I plan on snagging the steering, Brakes, Front suspension and pieces from the frame and making my own mower then selling everything else I can to fund my new project. I plan on buying a large Wheel Horse 8 speed from a neighbor and using the parts from the cart.
The cart has independent front suspension with a leaf spring and shock set up. Is it unheard of to have a lowered independent front suspension setup? and is there a certain width that the mowers need to be? This was a fairly small club cart so its not that wide. I was looking on a few of the Racing mower association pages and most said that the mower would just be inspected at the race and I would hate to finish this thing and they say its unable to race.
Any help is greatly appriciated. Thanks!