Love that story. Sigh, if you came to my place it would go something like this:
I just arrived back from vacation in Edmonton and had an opportunity to visit Mike's EV workshop at nearby Hastings Lake. The house is on a beautiful lake, a foot and a half low this summer because of the drought, the beach scummy with mud and dried up weed. We saw pelicans and cormorants, and purple martins swooping around. The garage is an amazing array of clutter - discarded furniture, junk hardware and scattered tools. There is a faint odor of rodent nest. Some of the insulation has fallen out of the rafters from the weight of squirrels and mice. Indeed, we saw a mouse scurrying across the floor while we were there. Not a place for someone worried about Hanta virus. Dominating the garage is the skeletal remains of a Citroen D. Body parts are balanced on the top of the frame, piled up in the loft or covering the back of the frame. There is a coating of dust on everything - pollen from Alder and Poplar trees, according to Mike, blown in under the door. The engine compartment is the only relatively neat place. A big Kostov sits in the engine bay, painted electric blue, attached to the polished tranny by a beautifully machined adapter plate from Randy Holmquist. Mike drove the tranny out to Errington to get the adapter plate, and came back with all the electric parts. Mike's favorite phrase when he is working on the project is from Star Trek: "I'm a DOCTOR, not a mechanic" ... I could be the poster boy for the rest of us, muzzy headed guys with little knowledge of metalworking, ten thumbs and a few hand tools. But I have to get the ev grin first. My most common expression these days is the "ev puzzled look". Mike Hoskinson Edmonton At 12:17 AM 16/08/02 -0400, you wrote: >Hi all, > >I just arrived back from may vacation in England to visit my wife Monica's >family, who lives just north of London in Hatfield Heath. > >While I was there I had an opportunity to visit Paul Compton who lives just >an hour away in Luton. I also had a chance to meet the father of the Lynch >motor, Cedric Lynch himself. Cedric just happened to drop by Paul's house >in his EV while I was visiting. >... >It was quite a trip. One I'll never forget. > >Visit Paul's site at http://www.sciroccoev.co.uk > >Also check out the Lynch Motor site at http://www.lynchmotor.com > >Cheerio, > >Chip Gribben
