Category: MOTORS

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CitiCar: Electric Vehicle Project – part 1

  • April 19, 2026
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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1981 Hondamatic

  • September 28, 2025
I recently picked up this 1981 CM400A Honda “Hondamatic” motorcycle from marketplace. These are fairly rare. Automatic motorcycles never caught on in America; Honda tried for four years to build…
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1973 Heald Minibike – Part 2

  • August 31, 2025
The vintage Super Bronc Minibike lives again! I had originally planned to restore the bike to its stock condition using the original HM80 motor, but I ultimately decided to opt…
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1973 Heald Minibike – Part 1

  • July 27, 2025
I have been looking for one of these for a while and I finally located one. This is a rare 1973 Carl Heald Super Bronc VT-8 minibike. For a brief…
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1800’s Bipolar Electric Motor

  • May 22, 2024
I found this very early Bipolar Electric Motor (circa 1800s) at an estate sale last week. It was in poor condition and non-working, but still an amazing find. Since I…