Friday, August 27, 2010

Start of Final Paint!

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I stopped in at Rainbow today to find they are working on the final paint.  They started by spraying the front trunk, passenger compartment,...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

How much will it weigh? How fast will it accelerate?

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I wanted to know the completed weight of the converted car to get an idea of the net extra weight from the electric kit minus the weight of ...

Cleaning the Dirty Bits

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While waiting through the delays getting the body and the electric kit parts, I've been working on cleaning the items I pulled off the c...
Saturday, July 31, 2010

Guide coat during priming is on

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Rainbow sprayed what they call the Guide coat this week.  It's a light black mist sprayed over the primer to give guidance when doing th...

ElectroAuto story on National Public Radio

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A colleague driving home from work heard a story about Mike Brown and his work with electric cars on NPR (National Public Radio).  Of course...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

Buying the remaining conversion components

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Since we're so close to getting the car back and getting the electric conversion kit, I'm ordering the final components I'll nee...
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Targa Top Restoration

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The targa top came from the factory with a pebbly / textured surface, but the one that came with my car was chipped badly.  I decided to san...

First Primer Coat

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I stopped in to Rainbow on Thursday to see that the first primer coat had been sprayed and they were in the process of filling and blocking ...
Saturday, July 3, 2010

Ready for Primer Paint

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All of the body work is complete!  Woo hoo!  I stopped in at Rainbow on Thursday and they told me it would be going into the booth for prime...
Friday, June 18, 2010

Back from the Blaster

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I stopped in at Rainbow this morning, as they have received the car back from the blaster.  It's funny to see it as bare silver metal vs...