Hi, all,

Thanks to John and Tim, of White Zombie fame, for rescuing me along the way
back from the Greenwood show to the parking lot. After getting home and
checking my batteries, I found they were resting at an average of about
11.7 volts (very dead!). They charged back up and, after a couple of
hours, are still holding at 12.7 average. There didn't seem to be any one
battery weaker than the rest. They're five years old and getting tired.
Last year I was able to get the full round trip and still have plenty of
charge, maybe five miles worth of range. This year, three miles was the
limit.

More important than winning an award was getting a chance to speak briefly
to the Classic Car people and put in a plug for the Seattle Electric
Vehicle Association.

I had a great time at the show and I want to thank Steve and his wife for
putting on the post-show party at their house. My little truck made it
home without any problems, if somewhat slowly. This trip was its first
test run, although it was on gasoline. Sometime in the near future my plan
is to turn it into a hybrid.

I was extremely impressed with Dave's ingenuity and his ability to create a
working hybrid in three days, although he looked like he might be suffering
from lack of sleep over the ordeal. I enjoyed Dave's comment that the only
difference between his hybrid and some of the others at the show was
approximately $30,000.00.

Thanks to everyone who participated and helped make a great EV showing in
Greenwood.

- Father Time



> [Original Message]
> From: Steven Lough <stevenslough@...>
> To: <seva@...>
> Date: 6/24/2007 12:27:50 PM
> Subject: [seva] "Gasless on Greenwood 2007" In the History Books
>
>
> More people, More Electric Cars, More interested people. The Greenwood
> Hot Rod Show in North Seattle is a BIG one, and our EV-Exhibit was the
> best and biggest ever. 16 vehicles! And the crowds Loved every one of
> them.
>
> Special Thanks have to go out to John Wayland, and his group. What an
> EV Trooper to drive two cars all the way up from Portland. He was
> swamped with interested spectators all day long. Thanks to Stephen
> Johnsen and his relatives and their beautiful S10-GM-EV, Thanks to
> Craig Vinton and His S10-EV and Segway. Thanks to Dan Davids and his
> mint condition Toyota RAV4-EV, Thanks to Paul "Neon" Gooch bringing his
> beautiful purple Electric Dune Buggy....and we pass to him our
> condolences over his Controller Failure. Story goes, it Failed ON, and
> almost put Paul and the Buggy into his neighbors motor home. Lucky for
> Paul it did not decide to Fail, until he got home. Thanks to Kent Bakke
> and his Red VW Bug driven to the show and back by Steve Marks.. Lots of
> people were drooling over his new $$ mult Thousand Dollar $$ pack of
> Li-Ion batteries. Thanks to Dave Cloud and his "Plug-In Hybrid Geo
> Metro" Very ingenious... a separate 5th electric drive wheel.. all
> manually controlled however.. Thanks to Ryan Fulcher and wife for
> bringing their Manzanita Micro PHEV Toyota Prius, along with constant EV
> Videos all day long from the trunk of the Prius. Thanks to Don "Father
> Time" Crabatree and his EV Drag Bike which actually Won a Prize for Best
> in Show for Scooters. Too bad he had battery problems on the way back
> to his truck n Trailer, but John Wayland caught up with him and gave him
> a helping hand. Thanks to Jeff Douthwaite and Kirby Jacobson for
> bringing a pair of 3-wheel Chinese Zap Xerba's. They were both crowd
> stoppers. Thanks to John Marshall and his new EV VW Rabbit Pick up. A
> wonderful example of a home conversion. Thanks to Dave Barden and his
> Electric Honda 600. Thanks to MC-Electric and Steve Mayeda for letting
> us bring a Dinasty IT electric. Lots of folks were excited to know such
> things were For Sale
>
> And special thanks to my wife Donna who helped get our back yard in such
> wonderful shape for the SEVA Picnic after the show.
>
> A personal apology to those folks who came late, and found that we
> were running out of food. Even though we could have made an EV Dash
> back to the store, some had to get going, without a proper meal. Sorry
> to the many folks who could not make the picnic. It was a good time to
> De-compress from a very active day on the streets of Seattle.
>
> Thanks again to everyone.....
> --
> Steven S. Lough, Pres.
> Seattle EV Association
> 6021 32nd Ave. N.E.
> Seattle, WA 98115-7230
> Day: 206 850-8535
> Eve: 206 524-1351
> e-mail: stevenslough@...
> web: http://www.seattleeva.org
>
>
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