Restoring a Vintage Electric Car - 1976 Vanguard Citicar Project

[@mvslice]

I saw your reddit post!

[@johnruschmeyer5769]

That pump for the windshield washer was actually common for the era, even on regular cars. IIRC, my '73 Plymouth Duster had a similar setup (but with a bottle under the hood).

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Interesting!

[@Adam-ox6zy]

What a find. Love it. So quirky and cute. Costco shopping trolleys are about the same size 😂

[@blue68chevelle]

I had one of the Sebring/Vanguard city cars (double badged ) It was made during the transition period. Since they only made something like 3 to 5 a week I doubt they were very many of them. an old guy I worked with who was retiring found out. I had it and hounded me incessantly until I finally sold it to him. I delivered it one day into his backyard next to the shed. He was planning on cleaning out to store it in before having it updated with drives by the local electric motor supply company. Instead, it sat for years in the backyard until after he died. I would drive by occasionallyto see if it was still there and one day it wasn’t

[@Electronzap]

Very cool, they had one of those on the show grounded for life. Funny episode.

[@johnfunk4313]

I found out about your project by chance. I look forward to seeing how you progress in this. I just saw one at a museum, and I've wanted one for years. Maybe some day...

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Thanks! If you want to see the step by step process I'll be posting all the updates over at: kzbin.info the major updates will be posted here.

[@stevesilsby5288]

Be wary of the brakes! Perhaps later models as yours were upgraded (we can hope). Back in the day I read that these sometimes has the front suspension ripped out of the frame on hard braking.Be sure to check this out and beef up those components as necessary. Good luck! This willbe fun to watch.

[@TheRedstonelabz1]

Do you know tgat you can chemically weld abs with acetone? You can make abs filler putty by mixing abs with acetone in a jar. It disolves and bonds the abs together like new.

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Yup! I’ve been doing a little bit of everything depending on the damage. I’ve been cutting up abs 3D print filament and mixing it with acetone.

[@aguywithledissues9639]

There is a nice red one in Ypsilanti, Mich at the Hudson car museum.

[@JayWye52]

this is basically an enclosed golf cart. People in The Villages of central Florida probably have much better vehicles they use as "daily drivers". but this looks interesting. Good luck to ya !

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Most of the running gear on this is golf cart components, this was/is essentially a hopped up golf cart, with skinnier tires, a body, and a license plate.

[@drjekelmrhyde]

The CyberTruck grandfather.

[@gacattack1234]

That dirty roof is prime for solar panels for free motoring. Add a big navtainment screen, bigger motor. Electric Aircon. More batteries. It will be worth making things less golf cart. With those upgrades might want a roll cage.

[@DoItYourselfDad]

With those upgrades I need all new suspension and brakes as well. The suspension on this thing is straight axle from and back, leaf springs and no linkage (the axels are located using the leafs only).

[@gacattack1234]

@DoItYourselfDad Yeah, didn't want to make the list too long.

[@CaptApple]

I recall these being called "El Cars."

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Yes! Those were very similar cars, same era too.

[@troy4393]

The defroster *switch* was required to be installed, even in the absence of a defroster element, which is not required. Had to do with laws simplifying overly complicated HVAC controls. The washer fluid isn't a legal requirement in the states afaik, but hand pumps and foot bulbs are fairly common, especially on British sports cars. VW and others famously used overpressure from the spare tyre. The brake calipers infamously sheared off during regulatory testing, so maybe you don't want the brakes to work tooo well.

[@JayWye52]

I hope you keep a running total of major parts costs.

[@DoItYourselfDad]

I definitely am, Im hoping to keep the cost as reasonable as I can while still upgrading batteries and controllers.

[@greggv8]

IIRC another KZbinr with one of these has made a fiberglass body.

[@DoItYourselfDad]

There definitely is, can’t remember the channel but I’ve seen it.

[@UrsJägeer]

Mein City Car hat 72 V gibt es da auch ein Lösung?

[@ATHIP12]

Dropping 450lbs, is the equivalent of losing 1 mother-in-law.

[@bigburly4057]

😮😅😂

[@henvan8737]

Does it pass the crash tests ?

[@DoItYourselfDad]

lol…. No, it definitely won’t.

[@Rckid28]

Gail or gehl?

[@HughCStevenson1]

Interesting video! How do you guys pronounce epoch as if it was epic! I'm an Aussie and we pronounce it e pock!

[@DoItYourselfDad]

That’s what I thought too, but before I made the video I reached out to the company to double check and this is what they told me 🤷

[@TheRedstonelabz1]

And also lithium-ion is not the same as lipo. That would be lithium-polimer. Regular lithium-ion does indeed burn tho.

[@DoItYourselfDad]

I tent to use the terms interchangeably, which I know is wrong, I need to break that habit! I’ve had a few of my lithium RC batteries “release the genie”…. It’s quite a show.

[@greggv8]

There's a company making Sodium-Ion battery upgrades for Toyota hybrids. They also make LiFePo4 upgrades for them.

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Interesting, what generation Prius’s? I’ve got a gen 3

[@bigburly4057]

​@DoItYourselfDad "Release the Genie" ? I will use that one . Hoping my Pecron, solar power stations L-ION batteries, DON'T !

[@bigburly4057]

​@@greggv8 Do u remember the company's name ? 😊

[@gedtoon6451]

Is the name of the batteries not pronounced "EE Pock"?

[@DoItYourselfDad]

I had thought the same thing, but before making the video I reached out to them about the pronunciation of the name and they confiemed "epic".

[@vjnobody]

LoL this bothered me too haha

[@clarkleakins879]

When you are done, buy another. Use 2 Tesla Model S modules (24V, 70 pounds). And upgrade the motor. HEHEHHE!

[@DoItYourselfDad]

As tempting as that is, Im pretty sure my wife wouldn't be thrilled with me dragging yet another project home.

[@Freelancingzahid]

You need a manager to look after your marketing site and Ads

[@DoItYourselfDad]

This is KZbin, we have no control over the ads.

[@Freelancingzahid]

@@DoItYourselfDad i am Freelancer your KZbin channel is grow

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Neat, this isn’t the way to get business.

[@jomhdz]

LiPo are lithium ion phosphate. You probably meant LCO lithium cobalt oxide is the type that has the thermal runaway problem.😮

[@DoItYourselfDad]

The burnt hole in my workbench is from a lipo…..

[@Y2Kvids]

liPo is lithium Polymer . LiFePO4 is the safe one with Iron