Owner | Adam Bohlmann | ||||||
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Owner's Other EVs | 1972 Volkswagen Super Beetle 1980 Comuta-Car | ||||||
Location | Duluth, Minnesota United States map | ||||||
Vehicle | 1975 Sebring-Vanguard Citicar I named it "stinky" because it had been sitting for 22 years when I bought it and was full of mouse crap. | ||||||
Motor | General Electric 3.5 hp Series Wound DC Would like to find a direct fit replacement that would offer more power for hills. | ||||||
Drivetrain | Terrell axle, stock 3.5 hp motor with 48 volts | ||||||
Controller | Original Contactor Controller | ||||||
Batteries | 8, 6.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, Flooded 6 exide batteries and 2 sams club golf cart batteries | ||||||
System Voltage | 48 Volts | ||||||
Charger | Lester Original charger that came with the car still works but the timer quit! Anyone know where to buy a replacement timer? | ||||||
Heater | None yet, I am looking for a good suggestion here | ||||||
Instrumentation | Original Citicar dash & instrumentation | ||||||
Top Speed | 33 MPH (53 KPH) | ||||||
Range | 40 Miles (64 Kilometers) | ||||||
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Seating Capacity | 2 adults & one Beagle. | ||||||
Tires | It had 4.80x12 trailer tires on it and I hated them! SUPER ROUGH RIDE! None of the local tire dealers had or could get radial tires anymore. So I went to the junkyard and dug around and found the spare donut tires out of ford tempos which are the original size replacement of 135/13 tires in new condition. I bought them for $5 each and paid another $8 each for mounting and now my car rides better! Don't torture yourself with trailer tires!!!! Get some radials!!!! | ||||||
Conversion Cost | I Paid $1500 for the car as is, Brakes cost $300 to get rolling, plus a set of batteries. Battery cables / odds & ends $200, getting it home $400 so about $3000 total | ||||||
This car has been sold to Tom Galazyn of Bayfield, WI. tomgalazyn@hotmail.com |