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CitiCar: Electric Vehicle Project – part 3
The new dash is done: vinyl wrapped, new switches, restored dash lights, and I mounted an lcd battery monitor. Just needs to be wired up. I cut out all the…
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CitiCar: Electric Vehicle Project – part 2
I have patched / repaired all the holes and cracks in the body panels. The interior was full of dirt dauber and wasp nests; everything was extremely dirty. I thoroughly…
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CitiCar: Electric Vehicle Project – part 1
I have always wanted a CitiCar and I finally found one: The first commercially produced street-legal electric car. These were made In Florida in the 1970s-1980s and ran off lead-acid…
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Robie Jr. – Toy Robot Repair
I came across a non-working Robie Jr. robot from the 80s. After taking it apart, I noticed that some solder joints were broken, the wheel treads were falling apart, and…
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Vintage TV turned into a Media Server
I found this vintage black-and-white CRT TV at an estate sale and decided to turn it into a KODI Media Server using a Raspberry Pi. I had to edit the…
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1930’s Tesla Coil
I found this early Welch Scientific Tesla Coil at an estate auction and did a light restoration on it. I intended to keep this one as a display in my…
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Decade Resistance Box
I was at a local estate sale last Saturday and found this beautiful vintage EICO Decade Resistance Box to restore. The steel box was a bit rusty, and it was…
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Antique Radio to MP3 Player
I found this beautiful antique wood radio at an antique store for $12. The electronics were pretty far gone, so I thought it would be a great choice for a…
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Traffic Signal
I found this awesome vintage Eagle Traffic Signal at an antique shop; It’s solid aluminum with glass lenses. I wired it to a controller that allows me to program the…