6-26-08 I made the local ABC News.

I made the local ABC News.

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:

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.

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

3-28-08 PakTrakr in Dash

Unfortunately I need to talk to the manufacturer as not all batteries are being read accurately.

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).

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...

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.

EVorBust Store Now Open 12-01-2007

Just in time for X-Mas. EVorBust Gift Shop

Yogurt said it best:

Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made. Spaceballs the T-shirt. Spaceballs the lunchbox. Spaceballs the coloring book. Spaceballs... the flamethrower! Kids love it. And my favorite, Spaceballs the Doll -- me!

Scene from SpaceBalls:

New Logo 11-30-2007

While I'm waiting for BelkTronix to finish fine-tuning my controller (one of his component manufacturers revised a part, so he has to match that revision with his own) I goofed around and created a new logo for the blog. I was going for the '70s vibe with the text. Kinda makes you wanna cruise around and look for a Discotheque.

Electric Vehicle ( EV ) Conversion 11-23-2007

Took some more pix of my Lead Sled.

8 12V PowerSonic PG-12V140-FR in the rear, plus 4 in front all cabled up.
All according to plan:
BelkTronix BatMon battery monitors on each battery.

Will install my PakTrakrs after I'm done testing the TouchScreen Interface...