My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

[84mpg]

Some feeling when I started cutting up the frame of the prototypes today, hard not to when you have put so much time into something, then execute it ....

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The reason was to retrieve the main roll hoop, stick it in the new car to get dimensions from the new one I will make the next few days.

It may look like it fits the new car, but it doesn't, close but not usable.

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Yeah…. I can feel your pain just a bit. But, it will most certainly be worth it. I go through this process almost daily in my line of work. More mental than physical for me - but it is taxing and can weigh a bit on the mind if allowed. End result is most definitely worth it though. Hang in there. The old frame will just be a vague memory in 6 months.

 

[Mark BEX]

Well it might look like the same picture as yesterday, but it's the new main roll hoop I bent up today using the old prototype roll bar as a pattern, almost the same bend's degrees, but some difference in distance between the bends.

 

[JEBar]

just wondering .... when the time comes to start making parts for assembly, will you have to take it back apart to use for patterns ?

 

[Mark BEX]

just wondering .... when the time comes to start making parts for assembly, will you have to take it back apart to use for patterns ?

Absolutely, that's why I affix many things temporarily.

 

[JEBar]

Absolutely, that's why I affix many things temporarily.

that makes sense

 

[JEBar]

have just seen a notice that GM is extending temporary shutdowns at three of its North American plants due to a global semiconductor chip shortage. The decision to extend the shutdowns is in an effort to prioritize chips for production of GM's full-size pickup trucks and SUVs. GM previously said the North American plants would be closed until at least mid-March.... having no clue how many such chips your trike will have, do you foresee this being an issue for you production

 

[Mark BEX]

having no clue how many such chips your trike will have, do you foresee this being an issue for your production

Not at all.

 

[JEBar]

good to hear -- NO -- make that great to hear

 

[84mpg]

good to hear -- NO -- make that great to hear

My son just bought a new Corolla hybrid. I dropped him off to pick it up. I bet the dealer had only 15 new cars on a lot big enough for a Major League Baseball game. Lack of chips is suppose to be the reason for the empty lot. Crazy times....

 

[W. WIllie]

I imagine the chips were probably on the ship stuck in the Suez canal for 106 days, or one waiting for access to the canal back in Mar. 2021. IMHO