Pleased to report that things are moving ahead on the car repair and my physical repair. I've retired both the walker and the cane, and am getting around pretty well without the assist devices. I'm still regaining balance and strength, but less awkward than before if a bit slow. Even better, after nine months of rehab my physical therapy team has reduced my visits to every other week. I need to keep up the home exercise and hope their evaluation holds. Now to lose the twenty pounds I picked up with steroid meds and sedentary lifestyle while healing.
Adventures in EV Land
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Progress on Several Fronts
Sunday, June 9, 2024
New Page, New Chapter
My Porsche 924S EV has been on the road in one form or another since late 2015 and has served well as a daily driver and occasional show car. Since re-adding the eBugeye "Sunshine" to the fleet and later the Tesla Model 3, the Porsche has been relegated to shuttling between the garage and street parking, no longer the prime buzz around town ride it was. It hasn't helped that since my back injury, it has become very difficult for me to get in and out of the driver's seat.
After offering both the Porsche and the evTD for sale, the Porsche has found a new home with Ian Harris, whom I knew from EVCCON. I trust Ian's experience with EV's and know he will do a great job taking the PorschEV to the next level.
In the meantime, he can enjoy tinkering and updating the car, driving it often, and increasing his own skill set through re-engineering the stuff that I put together.
Ian made the road trip down from Cape Girardeau, Missouri with Mckinley (hope I spelled that right) and his friend Robert Dunn, who hosts the Aging Wheels Youtube channel.
All the best to Ian as he starts a new chapter for the PorschEV.
Friday, May 31, 2024
Hooray for NACS
When I got my Tesla home, the first thing I bought was a J1772 to Tesla charge Port adapter so I could charge from my existing charge stations in the garage. The wall unit was installed in 2011 to support my first Nissan Leaf and has since faithfully served the second Leaf, the eBugeye, the evTD, and the PorschEV. Not surprisingly, it worked perfectly with the Tesla.
While the eBugeye was in the shop for body repair I got to thinking about adding a charge port to the flip-up gas cap so it could be charged from an exterior port. Obviously this was not an original idea. My friends at Bugeyeguys.com showed one on one of their FrogE conversions (starts at about the 34 second mark). I asked Mr. Bugeyeguy himself if they could sell me one and he declined saying that there was too much fabrication involved.
NACS charge port assembly |
NACS to J1772 Adapter |
Adapter fitted to NACS charge port |
J1772 charge plug in place for a very tidy and elegant fitment |
Postscript:
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Battery Box Fabrication
Robert Juarez posted this to Facebook:
"Meanwhile back at the day job almost have this Bug eyed Sprite battery box finished and ready to paint. This is what you have to do when there’s no trunk lid but you want to stuff a bunch of batteries in the back of your ride. Cut a big hole in the back floor and fabricate a box that will drop down from the bottom with all the batteries installed in it. I’ll have this little electric Sprite cruising around town not making a sound soon. Almost done Fred !"
Big hole in the boot floor also let Robert get inside to do some of the sheet metal work without crawling in from the cabin |
Excellent fit for the batteries (note: trial fit, not correct battery orientation |
Mounting brackets added |
View from the underside |
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Transformation
The eBugeye "Sunshine" its looking good! Robert Juarez sent this photo of the finished rear bodywork and it's better than new.
Next step is fabricating the rear battery box, then rewiring everything. Here are some of the steps along the way:
Friday, February 23, 2024
In the Paint Booth
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Thinning the Fleet
The time has come to let the Porsche and the MG move on to new owners. I'm out of garage space (truthfully have been for some time now) and since my back injury have been unable to enjoy the garage time that I used to.
1988 Porsche 924S EV - SOLD
1952 MG TD Replica
Ongoing Development Blog: http://adventuresinevland.blogspot.com/
This is a high quality fiberglass replica of an early 1950's MG TD built on a 1974 VW Beetle chassis. Every moving part has been replaced as well as the floorboards. The paint and interior are stunning! It's literally a brand new vehicle.
I anticipate around 50+ miles of range with a new battery pack, perfect for around town use. A custom tow bar is included if you'd like to take it to destinations that are out of range. The MG TD charges from standard J1772 public or private charging stations.
Please contact me at fred.behning@gmail.com or text (512) 689-3595 if you are interested. I'll be happy to provide additional photos or other information.
PorschEV and evTD on display at the Fully Charged Live event |