1981 EZ-GO XI875-A "Miami Dolphins" Medical Cart      This is a 1981 Miami Dolphins EZ-GO Medical Cart. The story, as I understand it is that this golf cart was bought new in 1981 for use at the Orange Bowl. The Orange Bowl was the original stadium that the Miami Dolphins played in. This stadium was built at some point in the 50s. In 1987, a new stadium was built, Dolphin Stadium. Then known as Joe Robbie stadium, this was to be the new stadium of the Dolphins. They took everything with them of course and this golf cart was supposedly put away in storage for 20 years, only to resurface recently during space clearing for the Miami Hurricanes. However, I have come upon some pictures which show it in use for the "Orange Bowl Game" in 2005 at Dolphin Stadium. You can see in those images below pictures of a player being carted off the field in it. Since this was their only medical cart, it's safe to say that any injured player that couldn't walk off the field, utilized this cart during it's years of service.      I came into posession of this cart when I first saw it parked out in the sub concourse outside of the main Gate "C" offices. It had a flat tire, and was pretty much neglected. They were apparently going to put it in a dumpster, but a single employee from engineering said that we should keep it. I inquired about it to the lead mechanic. He said that it would cost them too much to fix it, so if I wanted it, I could have it. He told me to run it by Operations first. So I asked Operations, they had an estimate done on it, and determined it would cost too much to fix but said that before I could have it, they would need to ask the Vice President of the stadium. So... after a span of 2 months, I finally asked again, and they told me to have it out in two days before the start of the Marlins season. They didn't have to tell me twice! 02/07/2008 - First pictures, taken on the phone... On February 7th, I took some pictures of the golf cart as it sat, where I first found it, in the sub concourse. The pictures are horrible (I apologize), but you can see how it was left neglected. One rear tire was completely flat, and the other was pretty low. The engine lid was left open (as seen), and there is at least 2 CMs of dust that's collected across the entire body. . 03/19/2008 - It's mine! Finally bringing it home! After a lengthy ordeal, the golf cart is finally mine. It's definitely in rough shape. The batteries are dead, and it clearly needs a bit of TLC, but it's a solid, rust free cart. I'm going to try to restore it to it's former glory. Hopefully this will be cheaper than my other projects! In these next series of pictures, you can see the golf cart strapped down to the trailer in the parking lot. I parked WAAAY out into the Orange lot so as not to attract attention from other employees. My buddy Tommy helped us get it out there with his fork lift. (The other person in the picture is my my friend / co-worker Mike). I decided to take a couple last shots of the golf cart at the stadium, which it'll probably never see again. After getting it home, I unloaded it, filled the tires, and gave it a quick wash. As you can see, I pushed it to the side of the house with my other vehicles that don't fit in the garage and the driveway (my wife loves me). I'm pretending to be an injured player in one of the shots... 03/19/2008 (Late) - Proof that it was used POST Orange Bowl days. Not to be confused with Orange Bowl stadium, there is a college football bowl known as the Orange Bowl (there is one for basketball too). This was originally held at none other than "The Orange Bowl Stadium" hence it's original name. They have since moved to Dolphin Stadium. In any case, the two pictures I found below were of the Orange Bowl game at Dolphin Stadium in 2005 (still known then as ProPlayer / Dolphins Stadium). You can see clearly this is the exact same golf cart, which proves to me without a doubt, that this golf cart was in fact used here in the new stadium. Although the stadium has plenty of flat-bed golf carts, we do not have any that have the "third seat" for the on-board medic (as seen in the shot). In the last two years I've been here (2006-2007, and now the upcoming 2008 season), we use "Miami-Dade" Fire Department carts to pull players off the field. I'm sure they'll eventually realize that they need another cart like this, but for the time being, they don't have one. If I find more pictures, I'll post them. 03/20/2008 - Charging the batteries... I thought I'd try to charge them with a car charger. I noticed these are deep cycle and support up to 75 watts. My car charger only charges up to 6 watts? I don't know how big of a deal that's going to be, but I have a feeling it will be. I'm charging two at a time at 12 volts, and 6 amps. We'll see how it works out for me by tomorrow morning. 04/05/2008 - Fully charged, and running great! I got the golf cart running this weekend, and it runs great! In the near future, I want to replace more of the terminal ends on the heavy gauge cables, but for right now, it runs, and it runs well. I had charged all 6 of the batteries with my car chargers individually. I charged them each to about 5 volts. It was only enough to bring the batteries back. I ordered a PowerWise II 36 Volt golf cart charger on eBay. It was expensive, but I got a good price for it. The charger was a little dented (I already banged it back into shape with a rubber mallet), but otherwise couldn't have been more than a year old at most. I fashioned an adaptor cable and charged it over night. It has decent power and runs well. At peak, I'd say it runs maybe 13 miles an hour. I've also ordered a battery gauge which I'll install in the "dash". I'll post pictures when I get it installed.