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Lotus Elon

1969 Analogue Lotus Elan reborn without noise & smells. Same weight to keep handling balance

Access - Starting at the bottom - for main cable, comm's and cooling pipes to rear battery modules. #LotusElan #electricclassiccar #tesla #electricvehicle #lotuselon
Still trying to fool this little 'rvi' fella that it's still connected to a coil and points. Taking longer than many other #electricclassiccar conversion bits #itworkedbefore #LotusElan #joy #lotuselon #analog #electronics
Spot the Difference - EV's don't need 3 pedals. I know sacrilege to some 😃. #LotusElan #electricvehicle #electricclassiccars
Marriage of new and old and an 85kg weight saving 👍 (10kg under original, including batteries l) #electricclassiccars #LotusElan #Tesla #batteriesincluded #addedlightness #Lotus
Always frustrated with Meccano ... Not enough flexibility. #CapHeads #cnc #sorted 😆 #LotusElan #electricclassiccars #LotusElon @mitchellmachining
Coupling ...... Check #electricclassiccars #LotusElan
Eye can see you 😎 #LotusElan #electricclassiccars #Tesla #lowenergy #ledlights
Checking alignment of gearbox mounting, coupling, magnets and spare tacho hall sensor. #phew 🤞 #electricclassiccars #LotusElan #LotusElon #cnc
CNC'd Parts (thank you Greg @mitchellmachining ). Add hall sensor for analogue tacho conversion and almost ready for putting the motor in 👌 #electricclassiccar #LotusElon #LotusElan #ev #upcycle
Load Path Criticality: Electric Power connection to existing #Elan chassis mounting (reversible and strong). #LotusElan #electricclassiccar #cad #fea
FEA of motor mounting under full Torque. #Lotus_Elon #Lotus_Elon #electricclassiccar
Light pod lifter 'joint' reinforced - the original was just a hole in the Fibreglass - I learnt a lot about value engineering design from Lotus designer, Ron Hickman eg brilliant concept of using threads as axles, but this hole was pushing it (literally 😆) #LotusElan #Lotus #RonHickman #hero #inventor
Re-Sult 👍 #Strida #foldingBike Fits into tiny #LotusElan . So bike for town, #EV for longer rides. #multimodal #transport #electricclassiccar #Tesla #Elan #nofossilfuel
Finally, some CNC'd parts. Great Quality, Worth the wait (Thanks Gary) #motorcoupling #235Nm #Elan #electricclassiccar #EV #LotusElan #LotusElon
Bumpers #LotusElan #Elan #electricclassiccar
Repairing a 50 year old bump. #toomuchpatina 😆 #Elan #LotusElan #electricclassiccar
Mission Creep 🤭 ended up painting whole front end, while waiting for CNC'd parts. Thanks to @rainbowpaints in Poole for colour matching original, slightly faded 50 year old paint.. #patina #Elan #LotusElan #LotusElon #highonpaintfumes 😆
#LotusElan with a 'clean-bum' 😆 No more 'polution pipe' / 'noise hole' #LotusElon #EV #electricclassiccar
I forgot how much fun Glass-Fibre moulding is 😊... In this case with old estate agent sign for shuttering 😆. Add resin and what was Flexi, becomes structural. #Tesla #batterymodule supports #CarbonFibre #LotusElan #LotusElon
In goes #CarbonFibre battery supports, and new shuttered / floor for fibreglass. (I knew those CF pultrusions from a super light golf cart design, err 20 years ago would come in handy one day 👍) #LotusElan #EV #LotusElon
Out goes the silencer space from the boot. Will keep the Fibreglass in case ever need revert to smell-o-vision 😄 #notinmylifetime #LotusElan #LotusElon
Modern, etching, building, flexible primer is a-mazing. #LotusElan #LotusElon
Even 50 year olds get zits 😆 #LotusElan #LotusElon #faceoff #Tesla #waiting4CNC 🤔
Nerdy Excitement - got the OBC (on-board charger) 😆 6.6kW (32A) I know, not rapid, even 11year old Toadster has 16.6kW, but at least its light and reasonably affordable. #Elcon #electricclassiccar #LotusElan #LotusElon #Tesla
Now Starting on 'rat's nest' ... Mating to 50 year old wiring (surprisingly untouched and in good condition). #LotusElan #LotusElon
Sweet. Even at maximum droop the cv's still work. But I would'nt risk full torque at those angles. #LotusElan #LotusElon #electricclassiccar #EV #Lotus_Elon
Diff Get in 😆 Quite a battle, but finally went in. The 'sprint strengthening bar' made it even tighter. #LotusElan #LotusElon #electricclassiccar #electriccar #EV
Upgraded Diff, ready to Squeeeeeeze back in to the chassis #LotusElan folk will understand 😆 #LotusElon #electricclassiccars #EV
Graph shows why electric power is so good at sensible road speeds. ICE is only brilliant over ~100mph to overcome drag. EV's give 100% 'talk' from zero, no BS 😆 #electricclassiccar #efficiency #electriccar #Tesla #LotusElan #Lotus_Elon
Donuts and Differential ! Electric Torque would have eaten the Donuts 😋 ... but hopefully not the Diff - well, not with upgrades. #Lotus_Elon #electricclassiccar #LotusElan
Access all areas. 'Only' 400+ kg over 'the office' 🤔 #Lotus_Elon #LotusElan
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