03.29.09

Happy Anniversary!

Posted in AC 24, Aquisition, Assembly, Batteries, Body and Fender, DMV, Design, Drive Train, Restore, Sub Frame, Teardown, Time Off at 5:49 am by Administrator

It has been one year since the The California Air Resources Board Voted for me to build an electric car… Lets review. The big 3 auto industry was not helped by the decision as hoped. Tesla however is still on track in spite of the decision CARB made last year. We have voted out the money grubbing, war waging greed mongers. In desperation for an identity, Rush Limbaugh has become the voice of the Republican Party (Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha). We have voted in a man with a vision, intelligence, fortitude, and a realistic plan…Finally! As for the car, The chassis is 98% finished, The body is 50% finished, and I have all of the Parts to finish the entire unit. I have had some wonderful support from friends and family and would now like to thank them.
Thank You
Don and Dolores Bush
Belia Hawkins
Joel Hawkins
Tom Ceirante
Dave Haggland
Greg Hawkins of Bugformance of Stockton
Nancy
Mike and Sheri of Electro Automotive
Jim Cullen
Sean Ryan
Ken Henn
Bruce
Frank
All of the kids across the street
My dog Molly, and her cats, Manx, Tiger, El Sluggo, TC, and Sable

I truly value your love and, the support you have shown throughout this process so far. Thank You from the deepest of my feelings. “Keep On Pluggin”

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10.30.08

New AC Motor

Posted in AC 24, Aquisition, Drive Train at 10:18 am by Administrator

Today I received my new Azure Dynamics brushless AC motor and controller. They came in two big boxes. One of the boxes weighed 100lbs the other weighed 32lbs. I immediately put the 100lbs box on my work bench and opened the box around the motor.

The first picture shows the installation process for the AC 24. It only weighed about 100lbs and I was able to lift it by rigging up a lift with a “come along”. The next two photos are two different views of the motor and clutch assy installed.

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10.27.08

Photo Op day

Posted in Assembly, Batteries, Design, Drive Train, Sub Frame at 12:57 am by Administrator

I have been spending most of my time in the learning curve. The fiber glass and body work learning curve. It was such a nice sunny day though, I decided to wheel the chassis out of the garage so that you can see the progress. These pics were taken by a professional videographer who happened to drop by. That’s me in the photos. Oh and yes, you noticed correctly, the front brake lines are missing in this photo. I have decided to replace them with the stainless steel woven ones.

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08.28.08

Drive Train

Posted in Drive Train at 1:14 pm by Administrator

August was very progressive. I mounted the transmission and transaxle assy, hooked up the linkage, and with help of my friend Belia we bled the brake system. I also gave Greg from Bugformance of Stockton a set of plans for the subframe. We decided to modify them so that they would be stronger and lighter then the original Bradley subframe.