Re: Gasless on Greenwood - The EV Alternative

[Rich Rudman <rmanzan@tscnet.com>]

Steven S. Lough wrote:
> 
> Mixed RESULTS.
> 
> Forboading weather Friday night, rain showers, might have scared off a
> few dozen hot-rodders, and custom-car freaks, and vintage car fans,
> but it did serious dammage to our Seattle EV Turn OUT.    Only 25% of
> the folks who were Pre- Paid For in ADVANCE showed up.  The scene, a
> well known avenue in North Seattle, was filled with nearly 2 miles of
> cars, on BOTH sides of the Street from 70th street, to 90th street, by
> 9:30 a.m.   Weather broke sunny, but windy.  Thousands, and I mean
> THOUSANDS of spectators roamed down the closed off  Avenue from 9:30 to
> 4:30 pm. There were every conceivable type of hot rod, and custom car,
> and street rod to look at and drool over.
> 
> Our poor showing ( the reasons there-in) ranged from broken tow-bar
> hitches, to broken alarm clocks, to down right lack of committment.
> The guilty will go nameless.  It was there loss, not ours.....    We
> were busy talking to interested folks ks All Day Long.....
> 
> So in the End... hundreds of EV broshures were given out, and no doubt,
> the role call at the next Seattle EV Association meeting will be
> overwelming.
> 
> Thanks for the help of:   John Frost, our Tres., and his 914 E-Porsche,
> John Marshall and his beautiful  VW EV Pick up, Dave Clouds crew, Geoff
> Shepherd for comming down and helping with crowd controle, Don Meyer and
> his wife for moral support,  Roy LeMeur - from EV Parts, Don (Father
> Time) Crabtree, for stopping by with insight, Rich Rudmand for offering
> to come all the way cross Puget Sound,  ( but we really did not need him
> ), Terry Parkhurst, our resident freelance auto writer,  Several prior
> SEVA members, and EV owners, and My wife Donna, and Son Zachary Shane or
> ION Lough for moral support in our hour of need.
> 
> --
> Steven S. Lough, Pres.
> Seattle EV Association
> 6021 32nd Ave. N.E.
> Seattle,  WA  98115-7230
> Day:  206 396-9189
> Eve:  206 524-1351
> e-mail:  slough1@mindspring.com
> web:     http://slough1.home.mindspring.com/seva.html
sigh.... and thanks. I got the new gate drive circuit up and running,
Playing EVer in Seattle with y'all would have cost me a day in getting
chargers buildt.

Sigh....
But progress has been made. 


-- 
Rich Rudman
Manzanita Micro
www.manzanitamicro.com
1-360-297-7383,Cell 1-360-620-6266