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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #25 on: March 03, 2013, 11:10:55 AM »
Was it called Fisher electric?
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« Reply #26 on: March 04, 2013, 03:56:03 AM »
Not the name I have.
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #27 on: March 04, 2013, 04:57:38 PM »
Was it a prototype,for an electric company? but failed.?
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #28 on: March 05, 2013, 11:23:34 AM »
Nope.
It was a self-built one-off.
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #29 on: March 05, 2013, 03:53:47 PM »
Was the builder,s name Dale Ashenfelter?, Im taking a wild shot.
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #30 on: March 05, 2013, 04:20:15 PM »
Not him.
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #31 on: March 05, 2013, 04:35:29 PM »
Was this little car built for speed ? it,s aerodynamic in shape.
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #32 on: March 05, 2013, 04:58:11 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on March 02, 2013, 05:24:55 PM
Was it built in the 1960,s?
Quote from: kwgibbs on March 05, 2013, 04:35:29 PM
Was this little car built for speed ? it,s aerodynamic in shape.

Not built for speed and it was built in the 70s.
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #33 on: March 05, 2013, 05:21:00 PM »
Even though it was electric,did it have anything VW about it?
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #34 on: March 06, 2013, 04:51:06 AM »
I don't think.
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #35 on: March 06, 2013, 10:21:58 AM »
Was it,s name ,something like samba?
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #36 on: March 06, 2013, 12:40:11 PM »
He did not named his car but he took a particular license plate for it:
XX-XXX
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #37 on: March 06, 2013, 02:49:39 PM »
Did the plate say something like volt or something similar?
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #38 on: March 06, 2013, 02:56:33 PM »
Yes, definetly!
It was a sort of a joke...remember it was an electric car.
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #39 on: March 06, 2013, 03:03:52 PM »
1974 Bill Gingras built Electric Car
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #40 on: March 06, 2013, 03:05:57 PM »
The license plate is NO GAS (Maryland)

Its currently in the Baltimore Museum of Industry
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #41 on: March 06, 2013, 05:34:40 PM »
I think this little car is really cool,so it was street legal then? I figuered it was to small for the roads?
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #42 on: March 09, 2013, 07:38:26 AM »
I,ve never heard of bill gingras or his car,to bad that he didn,t try to mass produce it.pretty neat just the same.                                                                                         
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #43 on: March 09, 2013, 02:17:15 PM »
Quote from: WayneB on March 06, 2013, 03:03:52 PM
1974 Bill Gingras built Electric Car
That's it!
It was street legal and with a quick search you should be able to find an article about.
Well done, point for you!
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