Pargo Golf Car

     Pargo was first manufactured around 1954 by the Columbia Car Co. Located in Columbia County, near Augusta, Georgia, the company was named for the county in which the the car was made. The company later moved to Charlotte, NC, but retained the Columbia Car Co. and Pargo name.

This company is not to be confused with the modern day Columbia ParCar company that is the offshoot of the Harley Davidson/AMF breakup in the early 1980's. They have always been completely different companies. In 1975 the Pargo golf car line was discontined and the company moved production to Dallas, TX. They continued to make personnel and burden carriers under the name Eagle but no golf cars. Later still the company was purchased by the E-Z-GO Golf Car Co., and was moved back to Augusta, GA. For a while E-Z-GO continued to produce the line of carriers but eventually they redesigned the line to where today it is unrecognizable as a Pargo product.

Serial numbers are just about useless for determining what year model golf car, or carrier, you might have. More important is the number of wheels on the car and the number of solenoids used in the speed control system. Pargo also employed various brake systems over the years too. We will discuss some of these variations in the Detail Information section.

For a discourse on the very early days of Pargo golf cars, please refer to our exclusive interview with Beverly F. Dolan concerning the startup of E-Z-GO and his association with Paul Corley and E. J. Smith, the founders of the Pargo golf car and Columbia Car Co.