Good afternoon, everyone!
I just joined the group, so I thought I'd give a little background on my CCar for anyone interested.
I got my ComutaCar in June last year, from someone who'd bought it in non-working condition in 2002. He was interested in learning about alternative energy, so he did a partial restore and got it working again with lead-acid and the original contactors. I saw it sitting in his driveway, stopped to investigate, and ended up buying it from him for $350. (A steal that even a freshman in college like me can afford!) He was done with it, and wanted it to go to someone who was interested in doing more with it and learning about it and EVs.
I did buy it without the batteries, though--I'm currently working on building it Li-ion packs from cells salvaged from old laptop battery packs. It's a slow process, it's getting close to being able to drive around the block, assuming my hopeful estimations about how much current it will draw are correct.
There have also been a few non-battery things I've done to get it completely road-worthy:
- I replaced the Master Cylinder, and just rebuilt the left rear brake cylinder (I have parts links if anyone wants)
- Designed a 3D printed windshield washer nozzle, because the original was long gone
- Put a new (old, giant, loud, amp-eating) horn in, because the original horn was missing.
- Fixed the horn switch, because it was broken
Attached are some pictures. If anyone here uses Instagram and is interested in following my progress, I have a blog for the CCar @explosive_golfcart. With Li-ion cells, that's pretty much what my CCar will be...
Jacob Field
1980 Gold ComutaCar
The Dalles, Oregon
