[ausev] Little Car

[Erik Bigelow]

The short answer is yes, I will definitely be working on my car this
weekend - there are still a few things to do before it's a daily
commuter =) My goal is to map out where the major components will go and
start clearing up the tangle of wiring from this kit and finding the
three wires out of the original harness that I still care about. There
is some smaller stuff to work on, some painting here and there, and a
little more head scratching on the rear battery rack to get it to fit. 
 
Are there any other projects that need attention to help make it to
Fredericksberg? Tom? Anyone else? I can volunteer some time on Saturday.
 
I will be outside working on my Cabby 9:30 am Sunday until 5 or so, but
I don't need to be the official Open Garage of the weekend. I'm not
trying to hog the help! Chances are I'll also be out for a good chunk of
Saturday as well but I'm not sure what times yet.
 
Erik
 
-----Original Message-----
From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On
Behalf Of tunafish at io.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:53 AM
To: AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion
Subject: Re: [ausev] Little Car
 
To the Group: 
   ERIK HAS NOT SAID YET IF THERE WILL BE AN OPEN GARAGE THIS WEEKEND.
I just realized the e-mail I just sent sounded like Erik had definitely
said there would be an open garage this weekend, sorry Erik & Sarah
(sp?).  If there is, I'll be happy to help!  Hope this has not caused
any confusion!!! 
Tanda 
  
tunafish at io.com wrote: 
I can help Sunday (27th?).  I'd be excited if it was "on the road again"
for the Roundup (& it's not even my car)!!  How does the primer look?  I
like the name, Little Car.  Have fun! 
Pacem (that's latin for Peace... but you knew that probably), 
Tanda 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
ebigelow at mail.utexas.edu wrote: 
We got a good amount done Sunday: 
-fixing rusted through front rack 
-scraping rust and sandblasting front battery racks 
-priming front battery racks 
-rebuilding both rear struts with heavier shocks and springs 
-welding up funky bracket to mount shift linkage to new manual steering
rack 
-painting said funky bracket 
-finishing cutting for rear battery rack (I think! It's not in yet) 
Thanks for all the help this weekend from Chris, Tanda and Vivek. My big
goal is 
to get the car on the road for the Renewable Energy Roundup at the end
of 
September. There's still a sizeable amount of work to do, but things are

looking bright. 
Erik 
Quoting Mike Delany <mike at p1800s.com>: 
> Sorry that I missed the build this weekend, I got tied up with yard
and 
> housework all weekend.  How much progress was made? 
> 
> Mike 
> 
> Certified heathen and reformed pacifist 
> 
> http://www.p1800s.com 
> 
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Erik Bigelow wrote: 
> 
> > Hi all, 
> > 
> > I'll be hosting another open garage Sunday starting 9:30am. Thanks
to 
> > Chris, Mark, Tanda, Dan and the adorable three year old with dad in 
> > tow(sorry I'm horrible with names!) for braving the heat to help
out. 
> > I'm starting earlier this weekend to dodge some of the afternoon
heat. 
> > I'll be there working most of the day Sunday so come on over
whenever is 
> > convenient if you'd like to see a car in progress, chat, or dive in
and 
> > get your hands dirty. 
> > 
> > Last weekend we got the front rack mounted and rebuilt the front
struts 
> > with heavier shocks and springs. 
> > 
> > My house is at: 
> > 
> > 201 E Longspur Blvd 
> > Austin, TX 78753 
> > 821-1879 
> > 
> > http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address
<http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&add
r> &addtohistory=&addr 
> >
ess=201%20E%20Longspur%20Blvd&city=Austin&state=TX&zipcode=78753%2d4203&

> > country=US&geodiff=1 
> > 
> > Chances are I'll be puttering around on the car Saturday afternoon
as 
> > well. Give a call if you'd like to come over for Saturday. Hope to
see 
> > you there! 
> > 
> > Erik 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org]
On 
> > Behalf Of tunafish at io.com 
> > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 12:22 PM 
> > To: ausev at austinev.org 
> > Subject: [ausev] need help this weekend 
> > 
> > Happy Friday!! 
> > Does anyone need help with an EV this weekend?  I can help a few
hours 
> > (not all day though).  Erik?? 
> > 
> > Sincerly, 
> > Tanda 
> > 
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