Well, I managed to get lucky on Craigslist, and the old rear axle, leaf springs, shocks and brakes are gone. I’ve brought the new axle housing down from the attic and put in in place where the old one was, but not without a small snag.

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Between the less-than-successful but still enjoyable EAA conference near Chicago last year, the release of Who Killed the Electric Car (which AustinEV supported with a car show at a theater in Austin), another great showing at the Renewable Energy Roundup, and most recently our successful and encouraging showing at the Sustainable Shopper’s Ball in south Austin, 2006 wasn’t exactly a slow year for EVs, AustinEV or EAA. It has however, been a very slow year for the Ohmbre project, but this is fortunately beginning to change now.

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