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Monthly Archives: December 2011
EV Midget Build – Part 8: Finishing Touches and Adventures
35 days had gone by since I decided to do this build. With a lot of help from my friend Sam and my dad, this thing was up and running in time to take it to the Wells Fun Run … Continue reading
Posted in Custom, EV Midget Build, It's Electric!, Race cars
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EV Midget Build – Part 7: Wiring, Body, and Test drive!
This crazy idea of mine was about to come to life. The midget only needed wiring to be fully functional car. (Car? Toy? I don’t know, or care.) So, off we set, plying our electrical skills. Click it for more … Continue reading
Posted in EV Midget Build, It's Electric!, Race cars, Sweet videos
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Very Want: The 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth Edition
This is a commercial for the new (as yet unreleased in the U.S.) Fiat 500 Abarth. So far, it has aired on television zero times. Yet, it already has over 2.5 million views. Hit the jump for the omg-she’s-hot video.
Posted in Imports (Euro), New Cars, Sweet videos
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EV Midget Build – Part 6: Odds and Ends
The next item on the to-do list for the midget was brakes. We could roll and steer, now we needed to stop. ’40s midgets did not use a brake pedal. Instead, they had a lever on the outside of the … Continue reading
Video: Pre-war Lakebed Hot Rod Racing
A great video of hot rodding days gone by. It is described by its creator, Tommy Lorbeer, as follows: “My dad raced his AV8 roadster at the dry lakes when he was in high school, prior to WWII. My Uncle … Continue reading
Product Review #1: Dynamat
In September, I took a trip to St. George, Utah in the Need That Car Scion xB. It is about a 300 mile drive. While I was there, a 16 year old girl turned left and narrowly missed my xB, … Continue reading
EV Midget Build – Part 5: Metal Work
I now had a midget that could roll around the garage – and even be steered – at my whim. It was a real gas. But there was more work to be done. Despite the decision to stay with a … Continue reading
EV Midget Build – Part 4: Rear Suspension
With the front suspension done, all I needed was rear suspension and I’d have a roller. The original midgets of the late ’40s used a transverse leaf spring and either hairpins or split wishbones. The look of the hairpins is such … Continue reading
EV VW Beetle (There’s a theme brewing.)
This 1974 VW Beetle has been converted to full electric. 100% green, emissions-free driving. (Yeah, yeah, coal-burning power plants produce emissions, but per unit of energy, they produce far less than a ’74 Bug.) Anyone who loves Mutter Earth should … Continue reading
Posted in Custom, Imports (Euro), It's Electric!
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EV Midget Build – Part 3 Front Suspension and Steering
Now that the golf cart was stripped, I had pretty much all the parts I needed to build this thing. Now the task was just to meld together two different sets of parts that really, let’s face it, have no … Continue reading
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