http://stamford.itsrelevant.com/content/14778/westhill-senior-revives-old-electric-car [image] Westhill Senior Revives Old Electric Car By Christina Chiarelli Jun 17 2013
[video https://youtube.com/watch?v=0NVhkXNPtH0 Westhill Senior Revives Old Electric Car irstamford Jun 17, 2013 ] Gets car to run after a year of hard work It doesn't run on oil or gas, and for 8 years, it didn't run on electric either until Jacob Maller fixed it up. "I noticed the car just sitting over there under a cover, and I was always curious about it," said Maller. The Westhill High School senior decided to revive the 1979 Lectric Leopard as a year long independent study project. "I saw something that wasn't working, but could be working, and wanted to get it working again," said Maller. "I told him in the beginning, you're going to have to understand how electricity works," said Bob Jordan, who teaches auto technology and wood shop courses at Westhill. The car's fuel source is batteries. And getting them, wasn't an easy task. "Since it's an electric car, you couldn't just get regular car batteries. It has to be a deep-cycle battery which is designed to be drained and recharged, where a car battery isn't," said Maller. "Jacob spent a lot of time just researching and I had him sending out emails, calling places," said Jordan. Finally, a local golf cart company donated old batteries, making the car almost as good as new. "This definitely showed me that if you wanted to do something, you can do it," said Maller. "Jacob is not afraid to get his hands dirty, which is a good thing," said Jordan. "Cleaning connectors that were corroded. There was a bunch of wires that didn't need to be there, so we pulled all those out," said Maller. "He understands a great deal of the automobile and how it works," said Jordan. Maller started restoring old cars at home in 9th grade. But his passion began even earlier. "My first word was car," said Maller. Maller received an award for his work at Westhill's senior awards night. He says he'd like to study automotive technology or mechanical engineering in college. [© 2010-2013, Its Relevant] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: Aspiring-PM Palmer thinks Australia should focus on EVs EVLN: Fraunhofer 3-wheel e-scooter leans into turns (video) EVLN: EPB mechanism electrically locks tires at the flick of a switch EVLN: Lower priced plugins pushes ice mpge higher + EVLN: Queen’s University Belfast students converting an old DeLorean {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Westhill-Senior-Revives-EV-Conversion-video-tp4663794.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
