Flintstones-Style Golf Cart on BaT Bring a Trailer
Here’s a vintage car of a different sort, straight out of cartoon prehistory.
It’s instantly recognizable from The Flintstones TV series, which ran from 1960 to 1966.
Unlike the original, this replica is battery-powered.
You’ve got your prewar coachbuilt cars, you’ve got your Brass Era machines of the roaring ’20s—but what if we wind the clock back further? Then you’d find something like this yabba-dabba-doozie of a machine: an electric powered golf cart built up in the style of that Hanna-Barbera modern stone age family, the Flintstones—and it’s up for sale on Bring a Trailer (which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos). Hear that whistle blowing? Time to slide down your hard-working Brontosaur and hit the road.
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The Flintstones debuted in the fall of 1960, and lasted six seasons. The fact that it remains culturally relevant (I bet you can hear the theme song playing in your head right now) underlines its ground-breaking nature. The first prime-time animated sitcom, it followed the antics of Fred and Barney, and their long-suffering wives Wilma and Betty, in a prehistoric setting that was a lot like contemporary suburbia.
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Officially, Fred Flintstone’s main transportation is noted as a Canopysaurus Flintmobile, but you wouldn’t have to give it a name to recognize its iconic design. The animated version is propelled and stopped by Fred’s two feet, but this tribute golf cars relies on six eight-volt batteries and a rear-mounted electric drive unit. Naturally, there’s a “YABADO” license plate as a shoutout to Fred’s signature catchphrase.
As this is a golf cart, it’s not a street legal machine, but imagine showing up at your local course in this thing. One of those signature hats of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes would seal the deal, and you could get a set of clubs mocked up to look like they were made of wood and stone rather than steel or titanium. Cue a prehistoric pelican playing the role of a golf bag with, “It’s a living.”
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This replica has two rows of seating to cram in Pebbles, Dino, and Bamm-Bamm for a joyride. None of the stone or wood is real, as that would make it heavier than a woolly mammoth, but is well executed in cloth and composites. Top speed is noted as 9 mph, which is brisk by Bedrock standards.
An immediately recognizable fictional machine that’s the equal of KITT or Ecto-1, it’s sure to take home the Best of Show trophy at this year’s Fruity Pebbles Beach Concours.
The auction ends on January 22.
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