We started on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 for the conversion! I have a solid crew and more are interested! It was very exciting to go over the process and some of the procedures (mostly about safety) we will use. Some have a pretty good knowledge of the tools, but I began to teach what each tool was and what it was for. On Thursday, we took a picture of ourselves for a newsletter for Rotary International. They have generously made a wonderful donation to the project and they wanted a short quote and photo of the starting crew.
We had an example transmission and electric motor that I was able to borrow from a pioneer in a electric car conversions in San Diego, Mr. Abran Quevedo (Mr. Q). He is a retired auto shop and art teacher and I am currently taking his class on electric car conversions. He will undoubtedly be a great resource for us on this project. I taught the studens about the tools and I had a few dive in and take the tranny and motor apart. Next, the students took out the alternator, which was easy to get to. The car itself is great to work on, there is so much room to access everything in the engine compartment.
Also had some exciting news! The Southbay Expressway (new I-125 toll road) has made a donation as well! In addition, we have a donation of body work and paint from Joey Reyes from Southbay Dent Repair and Auto Service in National City. This is great news as we needed that before we were to be able to put up sponsorship logos onto the hood of the car.
The students will be creating a website and documenting via photos, videos and their own reports on our progress. In addition, I have a couple of students designing a logo for the project. More info will unfold and we are all excited about the start of the project!
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