| College students electrify 1939 Pontiac Jake Lingeman's Big Rhonda , this ain't. , and purchased it for $1,500. The project began in 2010, when a group of environmentally minded students founded RC Electric, a club devoted to making the campus more energy efficient. Since then, they've set about restoring the body shell, painting it in a school-spirit-inspired burgundy pearl. We're always heartened to see college kids tackling hands-on automotive projects, whether it's the bleeding-edge techy business happening over at Stanford, Formula SAE programs across the country or labors of love by a group of forward-thinking students. Though currently sans powertrain and interior, the student group hopes to have the car ready for the college's spring 2014 Alumni Weekend. This particular DeLuxe began life as a station wagon in the strictest sense of the word, employed by the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia to fetch its tony clientele from the rail stop. Good on RC Electric for choosing an EV platform outside the norm. |
Friday, 8 June 2012
College students electrify 1939 Pontiac
