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PS. I forgot, I have actually seen a companies that did 1 car, and that's all, one. then they hope they can get investors to pour in the money. But everyone has their own way of doing business

OK , I looked at all of them, they all have the same thing, NOT MUCH. you have to do all thew work, these are just components, motor, controller, a set of batteries, I didn't see if they include a charger, their web site gets a little fuzzy on some things, Thats how they work it. you have to do all the work. A LOT OF WORK The prices are out of this world. One thing I did see that was encouraging , NO real photos of converted or factory running EVs. Just nice computer graphics. This has been going on since the 90s there's a lot of money if you get a system working and can prove what you do, Lots of money. I made Lots of money, LOLOLOL.. Now were doing commercial delivery trucks. and we can prove performance, not with dumb data, come take a drive. again, these sites didn't say anything about how to couple the motor to the trans , manual or automatic, EXPENCIVE , we do this all-in house or they didn't mention any type of battery management system. VERY IMPORTANT . . They didn't mention any type of motor cooling or controller cooling . But I guess that's how they want it, I have seen this all too much, " you bought it, it's yours", in this business. just be ware. because if it sounds too good to be true. It is

Here is a question, will it have to be inspected by your State and what about emissions . That can make you cry if it has to be inspected . Soon you will need a Cat Converter on your weed eater

I dont know it this will help anyone. But I have found that corroded ground, {earth} can cause a lot of problems. if it site to long, it builds up a "no connection" film on the connectors. I run into this all the time. also, Ford at one time had such bad wiring they had a " wiggle " test, grab any wires in suspect area and wiggle them, NO JOKE, that's from Ford. this was from the late 90s to early 2000s , there wiring was so bad the insulation would rot off and do a lot of shorting damage

you might want to try a ship gimble holder, they move all about and are always in the "right" position . Nothing spills or falls out . made for cups, glasses and cans . even oil lamps

I completely agree with you , I have been building cars since the 70s , electric and hot rods and European Classics . I truly believe with some minor help any one can do this , build one from scratch , it's a dirt simple car to build . Maybe welding could be a hardship for most . I really can say after going over every receipt ,I had just a tad over 9 K$ total , Yes that's not adding labor cost , how do you bill your self ? I kept wiring down to not more than 8 in the engine compartment and 6 in the rear , not counting gauges I maybe doing another one , A person came to my shop twice now asking questions , it would have to be stretched for his height and widened for his butt, and he wants an automatic trans ,even easier to do , so we will see , but it fun to drive them , every one looks and honks

Either was done , a direct dive unit to a deff was really hard on the chassis bent it way to much torque , but yes just about all the ones I have done were motor to trans .on unit I sent out had 2 11 inch DC motors couple together , that as 400 HP but the torque was 1460 lbs Instant power it's actually deciduous, but I do what the customer pays me to do , but all had a short range. The technology on good batteries wasn't there yet

Please don't take this wrong ,,, I built mine from scratch .started in March , finished in August. Did you have to pay a VAT ,with your order .

I built a locost , just bought the book for the frame plans , had them blown up to full size at a custom print shop . It was as easy as building a model car , started in March finished in August . What I should have done was make it longer and wider , very little foot room with my ,,V6 and T5 trans . With the real lotus 7 , you get a lotus 7 , I don't know if you can order with engine options up to A V8 of what trans, any automatics ? With the locost you can stretch the thing 6 foot longer if you want make it 3 foot wider I.E. , do what you want , your building it .. I did look at a photo of a lotus 7 frame . With mine I put a tri angel cusset at every joint , I wanted strength , safety is more important than speed to me .. and it was only about 10 more pounds , With the Real Lotus it has a much better resale value , So IMHO , they both have good points one is much much cheaper to build , one is more expensive to buy .... But that's why they have chocolate and vanilla ice cream ,,, something for every body ....just my 2 cents

More stabilizer......

This is not new at all I have sent motors and controllers to a few people in the UK to do a 7 , in conjunctions with my motor builder , it was done about 10 years ago and yes the acceleration was out of this world .As it was told to me by the owners . So far I have converted a lot of cars including A 09 Porsche 911 , a MGB and a number of Miatas MX5 ,. All toll over 450 cars , trucks , vans , air port equipment.and aircraft tubs . We are now doing large trucks

How long have you been waiting from the order date?????

The car I'm about to build doesn't use any lotus parts , all I really need is the rear fenders and nose ,I found a place out west that has them at a real good price . Can't remember their name off hand right now ,kinetic something or other . I have to make an est.of time and cost for a longer , wider 7 ,and he wants an automatic trans , no big thing even simpler to do .So as far as OEM lotus parts go , I really don't need any . Hope you can find all you need for yours

Frank, All I can say is trying to find OEM parts for any 7 is next to imposable, the auto parts stores here don't even know what a Lotus 7 is. Besides all the parts on their shelves are from Asia. not Japan. about 90 % as I'm told by one chain is from that mythical land beyond the sun. and what thery have is pure crap, gotta remember buy cheap as you can find, sell as high as you can, and screw the warranty. they actually change vender ever 6 months so your lifetime part is no longer warrantied. I was lucky my background made it easy for me to build my own parts, make what I needed, and mix and match things that don't go together will, and it works. As far as finding Lotus 7 parts, they're going to be expensive and far and few between. I made my own wiring harness, that was the easy way to go, The steering and suspension were from a Mustang 2, much stronger safer and had everything in a bolt on package, which I welded to the frame I wasn't looking to build an exact 7. just a car to drive and have fun. I was asked at a small car show, How much to build one with an automatic trans, . That is better and much simpler to do and give more foot room in the toe box area. He asked, How much , I said ,, all of it LOLOL

I have the Brookland's also, I like the look, resembles the old school of the 30s race cars . To me, and my opinion only the full wind screen looks out of place on the 7, but thats just me. And after all bug juice isn't that bad tasting . LOLOL, I use a set of WW2 aircraft goggles repos . they look good and do a great job.

Fiberglass is easy to repair , but sanding and grinding can be very dusty and hazardous to your breathing , I have done a lot of fiberglass work on different things , boats as well , and a few vettes , You can find a repair kit in most auto part stores , usually it had the glass matt ,hardener and of course the resin all in one can, either quart or gallon size . Getting the paint to match just right is like pulling gold out of a chickens ass with a straw

I bought a tube bender for 700$ , it was crap , so I made one , it's very simple and works every time and does not kink the square tubing at all . All you need is some common sense and simple math , I'm useing to make hood braces on my 7 . I machined a piece of aluminum to the under size of my bend radius , then used a serpentine belt pulley as the bending device attached to a 4 foot bar . Mount the one piece to a work table and attach both round pieces to the bar , insert the square tube ,,, after you make correct measurements . Put oil on oth rollers and clamp the tail end of the square tube to the table , then roll the long bar around to what ever radius you want ,, it works every time I did this for less then ten dollars , I sent the Pro Tube Bender back it was crap . I found this on U tube

It's simple, stretch it to what ever fits you comfortable. Make it wider too , I don't recall seeing any rules that state this has to be this and that has to be that , but , this is for building your own 7 , is not a bad project at all , actually very simple

How much does a " kit " cost plus shipping

I take it , it's a complete car , ready to roll

I have to finish the hood on my 7. then its going up for sale. I driven it about 15 miles. and have a few things to work out. It on this web site under my name. all the photos of the build. I build it to see if it was what I wanted, OK now It has to go. It has a GM V6, 2 brl carb and a T 5 trans with a 2,73 rear end everything was rebuilt, all new bearings in the trans . I have made the front fenders and there on the car, I have to make a square tube bender to make the hood bracing, easy new clutch assembly and slave and master cylinder, all new brakes front and rear, Mustang 2 front steering and suspension, all new. nothing from a junk yard, first word in JUNK YARD IS .... coil over shocks in rear all new , Its fast, real fast, If you want more info, contact me here or through e mail

You have to admit , they take ugly to a high level

I can't take this car any where with out a crowd of people standing around it asking questions , it's a good feeling .And most of the questions are ,, how much and where can I get one

Like all laws there ment to be broken , I for one don't think this will fly . I see to many people going against it and it may be reversed if it ever becomes a real law . Electric cars are not the answer ,my company builds electric vehicles and have been since 1974 . There just for a few people that really want them , there not fo every one , and the electrical grid could never Handel the charging load. It will fail and fail big time . recycling is a huge issue . No one will take LiOnP4 batteries or NiCad so now what ????? Like I said ,I build electric vehicles but I don't own one .nor do I want one....

Turn signals switches ,, I went through 5 or 6 , all garbage from China , after connection of small jumpers ,I knew better to wire it in with this crap. No flash either right or left , the lights would light but not flash on or off , the dash indicator would light up too , no flash . So by testing it with a test light ,I found it would flash when the tester was put on terminal P of the flasher , I was told by the person that writes all the soft ware for our electric vehicles says I induced a false ground to the switch unit , true , the flasher gets warm this way but will flash .I added a wire from chasis ground to the turn signal switch it's self ,, no luck , still wouldn't flash So , all these garbage chi com turn signal switches are no good they have no ground connection . Here's the good thing , E Bay had them for 26$ the auto part store here where I live sells them for 98$ . Same exact thing ,, junk , that one didn't work either . It's getting very hard to find reliable garbage