Body repair, was got to sell my 78 Citi-car?? Baltimore MD
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Hi ?? and All, That is? some extensive damage. ?The front isn't available so what I'd do is take a piece of FG, alum or SS and make a stripe with it from the bumper to the windshield wide enough and glue it with 3M 5200 or other suitable glue, epoxy. The other pieces I'd make a ply/wood backing, glue in? and fill in with FG and fair, paint the whole car.? Or make a FG piece and butt block glue it in, fair. These would be the fastest, lowest cost ways. Some of the other panels are available , just not the front. The original contactor set up works well and has the power you need a 800amp electronic controller to match. And they are rebuildable if needed.? Not a bad idea to buy some spare contacts ahead of time.? A group buy might be in order to get quantity price. You might want to change the motor brushes and maybe brush holder as the brush leads get weak with age. And clean the commutator then break the brushes in.?? Since in there might as well replace the bearing and have a near new motor.? All up only $100 in parts and a couple hrs including R+R. You'll have significantly better performance with used EV lithium batteries,. especially Volt, other LG cell? modules, not Leaf.? And if shopped well or buy a Volt pack, as cheap as new lead just 30% of the weight.? With the lighter weight an E controller can be smaller, 400-600amp. I'm not on the facebook list as many others are not so if someone wants could put this up there..?? ? Jerry Dycus?
On Friday, December 25, 2020, 03:42:52 PM PST, bw.hal via groups.io <bw.hal@...> wrote:
Hello everyone,
I am the one who bought Bob's Citicar. It is a 3.5hp, 48V, 1976 model (2134). Ideally I would like to restore it to as close to original as possible as most of the originals electronics are still intact(have not tested them yet), but it does have some major body damage to the plastic. I included some photos below, but these are a couple weeks old from when I first got the car into my garage. I have since cleaned the entire outside and have moved on to cleaning the interior. I am already a part of the Facebook groups and this list.
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