Public Charging - My J1772 Inlet
Posted by: scott on Saturday, January 19, 2013
In December, I wrote an article about converting the gas filler to a charging inlet. This is great for my home charging needs. But recently I found some places to charge at public charging stations such as ChargePoint or Blink. Those stations required a J1772 inlet and circuit. Here is what I did to add that capability to my car.
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Heater box conversion
Posted by: scott on Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Although I don't plan on driving the car much in the winter months, I still want to get the climate controls working. To start this off, I modified the heater box to use electric ceramic heater elements.
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Gas Filler to Electric inlet conversion
Posted by: scott on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Now that the car is running, I have some odds and ends projects left to finish. This blog shows how I modified the gas filler to a charging inlet port. Because the Spitfire has the filler on the top of the car, I had to ensure that it is protected from the elements but still retains the stock look.
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Batteries Installed and Car is Running!!
Posted by: scott on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
This is a long overdue post. I got the car running in September. It is super
fun to drive.
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Seat Restoration
Posted by: scott on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Restoring the early 70's highback seats frames.
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Carpet and Battery Box Insulation
Posted by: scott on Monday, July 02, 2012
I did various projects on the car this weekend. I got most of the carpet installed. I also started insulating my battery boxes. Read more to see how I am doing it.
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Batteries have arrived!
Posted by: scott on Thursday, June 07, 2012
The batteries have arrived! 40 CALB SE100AHA 100AH LiFePO4 cells.
Thanks to Mike at LithiumStorage.com.
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Battery Boxes and HV Wiring
Posted by: scott on Saturday, April 07, 2012
It's been way too long since my last blog post. Lots of progress has been made - this may be a long post. Steel battery boxes have been constructed, painted, and mounted to the frame. The controller box is completed and high voltage main cables are installed. Read more about how we did it...
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Throttle Pedal
Posted by: scott on Wednesday, December 28, 2011
How I adapted the Spitfire's stock gas pedal to a Curtis FP-6 potbox/pedal.
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Netgain Impulse Mounting
Posted by: scott on Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Mounting the motor and some new pics of the car.
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