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Old 09-04-2013, 06:30 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
What I've been thinking about for the last day or so is this:

The distance across the middle of a VW Beetle windshield is about the same as center to center on the tail-lights. If I took a roof clip from a Beetle (cut 27" down from the crown, I measured) and pie cut it so the back window and vents are gone, it would make a teardrop the height of the rear fenders. Ultracapacitors to the rear, a caster wheel with hub motor on a bulkhead built off the old door frame, and the space between the old door windows could be a cargo compartment. The electronics would be sized to capture and expend kinetic energy, probably controlled via wi-fi.
Your Sawsall/plasma cutter/welder would have a good time!
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