The Bucy Lectric Kar

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March/April 1976
 
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Now, about that "fuel" . . . isn't it true that when you plug into your power company's lines to charge something like Lectric Kar's set of batteries, you may be tapping energy from a plant 100 miles away that's spewing smoke into the air? "True," says Bucy, "but electrical generating plants today pollute the atmosphere approximately 100 times less per unit horsepower than the internal-combustion-engine vehicles which are causing nearly 70% of America's air pollution."

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With a Lectric Kar, then, you'll not only save bundles of money on gasoline— and lessen your impact on the environment—but you'll never again need to buy or change motor oil, antifreeze, spark plugs, fan belts, or any of a hundred other items that are required to keep a Detroit iron running.

Bucy says that the Lectric Kar conversion costs $400 to $800 and is something "the average do-it-yourselfer can handle". Maybe, maybe not. You may need a machinist's help to fit the flywheel to the forklift motor and, if you don't weld, you'll have to find someone who does when it comes time to fabricate your vehicle's new engine mounts. However, these are things you can pay someone else to do (using the money you receive from the sale of your Renault's, VW's, or whatever's old engine).

Want to get started on your own Lectric Kar? If so, conversion plans (not fancy, but they'll tell you what you need to know) are available from Robert Bucy, 8191 Hunnicut Rd., Dallas, Tex. 75218 for $22.50 a set. Tell him "MOTHER sent you".

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