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Old 01-17-2008, 06:50 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Teenager built an electric mazda pickup truck

From abg: http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/01...-pickup-truck/

This is pretty interesting it not necessarily for the fact that it's a truck, but that he went out and just did it...I bet darin's jealous he didn't do it all those centuries ago when he was a teenager,

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Old 01-17-2008, 07:25 PM   #2 (permalink)
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$*@#&$^*@#&$^ kid. Probably learned to ski when he was 3 years old too.

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Old 01-17-2008, 09:47 PM   #3 (permalink)
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That is awesome!

He needs to join the forums and make a build thread, hehe.
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Oh man, I didn't even think of emailing him,
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gee.... i wonder where he got $6000 from. His parents? I should ask them for a loan.
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Old 01-17-2008, 10:27 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Being a lifegaurd it says somewhere.
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Hey, glad to see you found my story. Just joined here.

Anyway, yeah, I paid for the conversion myself... I lifeguarded for a while and saved up money for it. Adds up if you don't spend it all on stuff like movies and video games!

P.S.- I don't know how to ski either.
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Absolutely amazing Greenflight. I am totally jealous of your do-it-yourself talents.
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It's great stuff to see more and more people exploring these things.

If you guys are interested in the DIY EV conversions, http://www.kiwiev.com/ is a great journal account of a guy converting a car, from buying it to getting it certified - which should happen on Feb 4th! Gav is a good guy that I have communicated with some. He bought most of his parts from a company right near me called EV America.

Maybe greenflight can give us some nitty gritty details about his conversion.

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Hey, glad to see you found my story. Just joined here.

Anyway, yeah, I paid for the conversion myself... I lifeguarded for a while and saved up money for it. Adds up if you don't spend it all on stuff like movies and video games!

P.S.- I don't know how to ski either.
Whew! That was close. I saw a good picture of the engine bay. The workmanship is verrrrrry clean. Thanks for stepping up to bat for the planet and stuff.

Great Job !

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