1960 Electric shopper Before/Afteranyone else have one or seen one?

I found a run down 1960 Electric Shopper originally produced in Long Beach California and decided to restore it to run my kid to school in our neighborhood and flex on all the golf cart dad's. I fell in love with this weird unique vehicle because of the fact it has alot of cl***ic car inspiration with the fins and curves.

I stripped it down to the frame, sand blasted it and fully rebuilt it with modern upgrades. The original car would only go 10 mph, I have installed a 48v lithium ion batter, speed controller and new 48v motor. It now goes up to 40 mph which is extremely terrifying with 3 wheels. I have installed a stereo, redone all the chrome, sectioned and shaved a car bumper to fit the rear of the cart etc. It has a roof but I'm currently running it in a roadster style. It's about to go to upholserty but I thought I'd share and see if anyone else has one of these?

 

Now that is very cool. But I bet it gets moved to the off topic board.

 

Damnit that is cool! Great work on bringing a funny old thing back!

 

That’s awesome!

 

BJR is soooo right, but I have to add........COOL, as in big capital letters two feet tall COOL!

Just dress it with a little striping, and you're golden.

Roger

 

Why , it's a pre '65 automobile .

 

Very COOL! You rock, Dad!

 

Looks traditional to me.

 

So sweet! Looking at the stable mates in the background, I figured it would end up beautiful.
Can't remember one exactly like it, but foggy recollections are of others like that.

 

That is very kool, all it needs is a set of twice pipes sticking out of the back

 

Cooler than "Dang It"!!

 

Walk around of the vehicle.

 

That’s way cool. If I had that in Palm Springs’ I could probably steal someone’s Trophy Wife out of his Ferrari golf cart. And having been around some 30mph carts with 4 wheels, just looking at the tiller terrifies me.

Great job. Enjoy.

 

Hey @Blake84
So far, your very cool "Electric Shopper" is the current (no pun intended) undisputed KING of the kick *** electric utility carts!
This particular gas powered cart (TIZ BAD) is an annual attendee at the CHRR at FAMOSO, its similar, but not as cool as your rig,
Thanks from Dennis.

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Man that's cool.

 

That’s a Taylor-Dunn electric golf cart circa about 1960.

 

Very Kool Kart!

 

This is so awesome, love to see people doing stuff just because it’s fun.

 

I am sure you are correct about it being a Taylor -Dunn brand, but if you zoom in and look, it does have an exhaust pipe sticking out past the rear bumper!

 

That it does. But Taylor-Dunn did not make it that way. They only built electric vehicles. Mostly for warehouses, mill and stadium usage.

 

Again, you are very correct about the Taylor-Dunn production of electric carts and burden carriers, I have visited their website many times, because I own a Kalamazoo K-45 burden carrier which is supported by Taylor-Dunn.

As stated, the (Tiz Bad) vehicle, which was seen and heard by me at FAMOSO, belonged to a hot rod person, who obviously decided to modify it as you see it in the photos I posted!

 

That turned out great!
I have an Autoette, also built in Long Beach. We leave ours over in AZ and that heat kills battery life so I changed to gas power with a little 125cc engine. I like your's better. Guy that had a shop across the street from us in the late '80's had one like yours, tough to find.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1949-autoette.1218739/

 

@Blake84 They would make nice cruisers at LARGE car shows. You did a very nice job there..........

 

Market place here a come, I need one of those!!!

 

Upholstery is complete! Here is a before and after video.

https://youtube.com/shorts/hXO3YoA54RQ?si=hbuzNchFKuveG81S

 

I used to see these kinds of scooters when I was growing up. There seemed there were lots of them. There were a lot of old people living in the area at the time.

 

Sweet!