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Mission for 2007 Accomplished: Convert an ICE to an EV.

Hi my name is Manny. In March 2007 I picked up a nice '69 VW pan with upgraded disc brakes,shocks and an electric motor already mated to the tranny. I also acquired a '71 pan/'74 SuperBettle ICE based/'79-'80 styled Bradley GT2 (non-electric version with an '88 title.) from eBay. Took pretty much the whole month to get legal (not me, I was born here) with the DMV and CHP. Now the fun begins. Update: EV completed in December 2007

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Friday, June 27, 2008

Sunday, April 20, 2008

4-20-08 Sunday @ Long Beach Grand Prix

Day 3:
Tesla uses a cool light up fill inlet that I will need to copy:
Somehow more pictures of Patron Girls ended up being taken:(I blame blurriness on the tequila)



Oh yeah, I was getting a lot of flak for not sharing the wealth.
So, I introduced my new friends to Mike of SSI-Racing

Mike used his own magic by having the Drift Queen show her skills in 2SSIC:

Saturday, April 19, 2008

4-19-08 Saturday @ Long Beach Grand Prix

Here's a cell phone vid of the races.

Unlike Electrics the race cars were very NOISY. Glad they were handing out ear plugs.


Make Mine Electric was there with a plug in Speedster replicar.


I got autographs from Linda Nichols and Chelsea Sexton of Who Killed the Electric Car fame.


Bubba Gump Shrimp sporting an EV Grin.

Friday, April 18, 2008

4-18-08 Friday @ Long Beach Grand Prix

Finally got to see and touch a Tesla:
... and of course the electric vehicle everyone Really came to look at:



Yep, the Electric Glitter Poop on the same expo floor as the Tesla. Who knows, maybe after looking at mine they'll consider using a transaxle from a 70's era bug.
;)
And finally another reason to go to these EVents:


EZ Lube Ladies Love Electric Vehicles

Friday, March 7, 2008

March 2008

It is sweet driving an EV to and from work.

Lots going on:
Joseph's childhood friend is a programmer and was able to make the PakTrakr module for my Digital Dash into a reality.
Joseph named it the Electric Vehicle Intregration System (engineers...)
I nick-named it ELVIS.
Here's the 1st Draft at a logo:

Here's my cell phone video of the beta:


Plus the reason behind high gas prices:


Thursday, January 31, 2008

Electric Dragin' Top Pix


70's Paint job? Check.
Disco Ball? Check


Here are some pictures of my car from attendees at the EVent.

Forgot to mention the chrome magnetic pop-up fuel door. Inside is a spooled retractable electric cord and plug.

Notice the lightning bolts on the headlight covers, a gift from Mr. Q.

Electric Cars kick Gas! sticker courtesy of www.DriveGasFree.com

My favorite video so far (maybe because of all the footage of my car).

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Black Lightning

I was there for Lloyd's EV Grin.
Lloyd and Joseph restored a 2000 Hyundai Accent Conversion. They bought new Batteries, took out the rust, and repainted the old battery boxes. They added a battery watering kit for the 24 6V 200 amp/hr Crown CR225's; and are waiting for a PakTrakr kit.

Here's the video:

Sunday, January 6, 2008

San Diego Auto Show EcoCenter

Dec 26 - 30, 2007 | San Diego Convention Center
Met up with Mike Kadie, Bob VanGorder, Joseph GottLieb at the

Here's a slide show :

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Mission Completed with 1 week to spare!

EV Grin

Took it for a test drive today for the 1st time.
There is still a some more work to do before I take it home, but it is now a fully functioning Electric Vehicle. Here's a re-cap.

Engine In.

Engine out.

Electric Motor In ....
plus Belktronix EV System (Controller, DC/DC, Battery Charger, Pot Box, Contactor, Fuse, Vehicle Integrator.)

Ok, here' some video.

I offered Bob, 1st drive, but as he didn't convert it, he wasn't willing to drive it out on the street. :P
Here I am taking it out into his Ramona neighborhood.


I told Bob the brakes were a bit squishy (technical term for not at all like power brakes). So He gets in to try them out. Luckily they work or else that would have sucked. It would have been a more exciting video though...

Friday, December 14, 2007

T-Rex Lightning Freeway Trip


This man-machine had no problems what-so-ever of eating up freeway speed traffic.
Turns out quite a few cars either sped up or slowed down to take pictures of our 3 T-Rex caravan. Thundersky Lithium batteries held up all day long, we didn't even see a dent on the meter.
Scenic Route to Hotel.

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Monday, December 10, 2007

More T-Rex Lightning Pix


Slideshow of T-Rex Lightning Demo
More pictures will be added as I get them.

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Awesome Electric T-Rex Lightning Vehicle

12-09-2007
T-Rex dropped by to show off their incredible Electric Reverse Trikes today to the Electric Vehicle Association of America. We all met up at the Kearney High School parking lot.

I had the pleasure of meeting the Chairman, Richard Groome, whom I'll end up naming a puppy after for his letting me drive one the Bad Boyz from the high school, up the I-805 freeway and all of Mira Mesa Blvd to the hotel he was staying at. Map of the route at end of this post below.

Richard Groome of T-Rex with open top Lightning, Keith (Lightning Bug-E) and yours truly.
Here's a video of the parking lot experience; excuse the Expletive ( I guess that's why I'm not a new anchor.)

Frackin' Sweeeeet.


Lloyd, Bob and Keith trying to harness some Lightning.



T-Rex will be coming out ( I kid you not) with a version for women called a She-Rex.


Here's the best part:
I'll post more pix as I get them from the freeway ride taken by passenger Joey G.
This man-machine had no problems what-so-ever of eating up freeway speed traffic.
Turns out quite a few cars either sped up or slowed down to take pictures of our 3 T-Rex caravan. Thundersky Lithium batteries held up all day long, we didn't even see a dent on the meter.
Scenic Route to Hotel.

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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

EVS 23 and Electric Vehicle ( EV ) Conversion 12-5-2007

Got up super early this morning to accompany Keith on the drive up to EVS 23 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Keith and I picked up a BugE slated to be auctioned for charity.
http://musicindustrynewswire.com/2007/12/01/min400_164612.php
more pictures here:
http://www.harveyev.com/cgi-bin/emAlbum.cgi

Here's Keith tying it down to the bed of the pick-up. You might notice he's wearing the Official Electric Dragin' long sleeve t-shirt .



Keith and I, also drove by Aptera to beg them to attend the Electric Dragin' Event coming this January 26-27 @ Barona Drag strip here in San Diego County.
Super Secret Blurry Spy Photo:


When we got back I had just enough time to attach my BelkTronix EV System Controller and DC/DC Convertor +Charger.

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Why I'm doing this.

Yeah, I care about the environment as much as the next guy. And yeah, I'm a nerdy geek. But, when it comes down to it, what really made me spend my free time and money on this endeavor, is knowing that: every time I put in any gas in my car, some money (a penny is too much) is going to people that want to KILL our kids.
"You don’t have to be a military strategist on the order of Sun Tzu or Carl von Clausewitz to understand: It is a bad idea to fund your enemy’s war effort. But every time we fill the tanks of our cars with gasoline we put money in the pockets of terrorists intent on killing Americans."
Clifford D. May

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