Hi Eric
The white(light tan) is still for sale . This is the best conversion I have done yet. Mostly because The truck I started with was in very good shape. I kept a log book of all expenses and time ($20/hour) and the price is based on that . There was a lot of time that didn't get written down but that's just water under the bridge. The whole money end of this is very hard to make work. I had my friend/neighbor/renter Dan helping me and found myself pushing him to work fast/do that for free/ lets just call it 2 hours(when 3) to keep the price down . Dan has the EV bug and agreed to do the work first and wait to get paid when the truck was done and sold(rent has eaten into that). If I lower the price then that comes out of my pay and could even start costing me money (wouldn't know what that's like, ha ha ). The Video of it being done is being edited (slowly) now . I would consider payments . If you were here in Fort Pierce I would have you driving it NOW! I look at EV's like life boats on the Titanic . We will need them soon . We need people building them/driving them /own them. When the boat goes down nobody will be saying "they were just to expensive" . I'd like to see EV builders get a fair shake for there work and can't blame anybody for turning there back on the whole thing (I got my life boat don't bother me now) . To anybody out there doing conversions and making money at it, my hat is off to you.(please tell us how). From: "Eric Penne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 11:00 AM Subject: Re: Where to start? > The last 3 issues of home power magazine has had articles by Mike Brown > about buying a conversion car. Sheri Prange has also had articles in > those issues dealing with the same subject. Correct me if I'm wrong > Mike and Sheri. Check out http://www.homepower.com for these great > articles. The magazine is available in PDF format so it can be viewed > in any operating system. It is a wonderful magazine. I subscribed to > it for the renewable energy info and Mike and Sheri's articles came as > a bonus. > > Eric Penne > > PS. I'll also put in a plug for Steve Clunn's video on converting a > pickup to electric. http://www.grassrootsev.com Steve is the white one > still for sale? > > > --- Tony Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I just joined the list. My wife and I were at the > > Chico Concours this past weekend and saw a karmen ghia > > converted to electric. She was immediately sold on > > getting one of these. So, we've decided to find an > > older car and convert it. My question is where do I > > start? Any good books out there for a beginner? Any > > clubs in the Sacramento, Ca area that I can hang out > > with? I've been doing some internet searching and > > found recommendations for a book called "Convert it" > > and "Build your own Electric Car" (or something like > > that.) Are these books still up to date on the latest > > technology? Any help would be appreciated. > > > > I've worked on cars and motorcycles before but this > > electric thing is all new to me. > > > > Thanks for any tips. > > > > Tony > > > > > > ===== > > Tony Perez > > Sacramento, CA > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > >
