High Voltage Hot Rods

Check out the 2012 Palm Beach Super Car Show

The EVGT-40 is Going Lithium

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Since I did not win the Dream Build contest, I recently put in my order for a set of lithium batteries from CALB. The battery racks were redesigned and fabricated and the batteries have been installed. I am currently working on the battery monitoring system.

Calib Power Lithium Ion Cells Being Installed

Warning

Delray Beach Putting in Public Charging Stations

Andrew McClary with the Mayor after announcing that the city will be putting in public charging stations. Click here for full story.

Update: Thanks to the Gold Coast EAA’s own Charles Whalen, the charging stations are installed and functioning. They are located in a garage on North East 1st Ave. and Second Steet. They are free for now but at some point meters will be put in to charge for the parking spots. Great job Charles and a special thanks to the Mayor for listening and believing in the future!! Click here to see the story on the sun Sentinal web page.

Evan Axelbank from NBC Channel 5 West Palm Beach news interviews my son and I

See the EV GT-40 at the West Palm Beach Super Car Super Show

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The EV GT-40 made and appearance at the Palm Beach Super Car Super Show and was a big hit. Check out the photos from the show.

EV GT-40 Featured on The Revenge of The Electric Car web site

The EV GT-40 Featured on the movie site for

Video Slide show of the Entire Build

1968 Fiberfab Valkyrie -Ford GT 40 replica The car was chosen for this project because it was lightweight, simple, and as a mid engine vehicle it would accommodate the batteries required. I was also interested in a fiberglass body which I could easily style. The site is mainly photos but I will try to add in some comments and explanations.

Wayland Green Fair 2010

November 7th – Wayland Living Green Fair

The EV GT-40 is shown at the Wayland Living Green Fair in Boca Raton

Got a chance to show the car at the Wayland Living Green Fair today. The response was overwhelming. I barely have any voice after talking to people all day. I am amazed how so many people even today are unaware of the viability of electric cars.

Computer Monitoring

ZillaConfig Skinned running in LinuxICE

A bit about the iPhone.

Almost 90% of this blog has been written and edited on an iPhone. The iPhone has been an extremely valuable tool for documenting and recording the work I did on this car. Almost every photo was taken on the iPhone and uploaded to this website via a WordPress app. This is often why the text is short and to the point. The phone was also very useful in explaining to dumbfounded auto parts store sales people what I was trying to accomplish and what kind of parts I needed. A picture is worth a thousand words.

The Electric GT40 – EVGT40 Project

The Journey Begins – by Andrew McClary

In August, while sitting on the beach I was browsing through eBay on my iPhone when I came across an auction for a 1968 Fiberfab Valkyrie, a design based on a Ford GT40. I had been looking for a car that I could convert to and electric vehicle for some time. What ever it was going to be, it had to be cool. I wanted a platform that I could work off of to learn the technology involved and look at ways of improving it. I was looking for a lightweight fiberglass car that I could modify. Maybe it was the ocean air and being relaxed on vacation that made me do it, but I pushed “Place Bid”. I was buying the car from only a few photos and what turned out to be a poor description. I had Googled Fiberfab and the Valkyrie, and it looked like just what I was looking for. The next day I found out I was the highest bidder. I was about to start on my electric car.

When I went to pickup the car in Jupiter, FL I was disappointed to find out the condition of the car. The body was in good shape, but the frame and front suspension was in horrible shape. The kit car had been started but never finished. This was going to be a ground up restoration and build. That said, I could see what the car could be. I was going to bring the car to life.

Sponsors

A special thanks to the following sponsors who have assisted in making this project happen:

• EV Source
• Eagle Auto Parts- NAPA – Coconut Creak, Florida
• Green Shed Conversion