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I remember this moment because I had that much fog inside the foot well, that I was blind even when I drove out of the hangar. I knew, there was an expensive professional camera in front of me, but didn't knew exactly where. Running over equipment, worth several thousands Euros would be a...

Here is the promised TV presentation

Thanks for your kind words. Currently I'm without phone and internet at home, because my provider changes the entire cable based system from analog to digital. I think, i will have full access in two weeks again. Only with the mobile phone it's a pain to upload photos, or editing posts. So don't...

Hello guys and a happy new year to you all. I forgot to update the thread, so here is the current progress. You can see a lot more pics in my recent blog posts here and here. At the moment I have difficulties inserting all the photos, 'cause I'm posting from my phone.

Christian from the local steampunk community made some color simulations. Quite useful, I think. Better than paint it first and hate it afterwards. He also suggested to change the grille from oval to a horseshoe shaped one. Now it looks more like a Bugatti or Morgan, than a Jag. My wife just...

The front is nearly ready built now. Here are some pics:

I hope to save 20kg or at least 15kg in comparison to Mk I. Means 65-70kg empty weight of the Mk II (including 2x NuVinci hubs).

Front fenders are under construction now.

Pics from the Critical Mass Berlin, we joined last weekend

OK, I was very lazy, since the last posting. The new velocar is still not ready, BUT here are three recent pics. I photogrphed both velocars for comparison. Next steps are transmission and front fenders.

Last Thursday I made a rear window for the cabrio roof: To get an oval shape without wrinkles, I made an additional plywood frame for the window, nearly 1 inch wide. I clamped the frame and window together and drilled a row of holes through both. These holes are necessary for stitching...

After nearly a year I'm working again on the color scheme of the velocar. The front part (birch plywood) developed a lot of black fungus spots in the not so dry garage. It looked horrible ugly A remarkable fact is that all pine plywood parts (the rear body sides) are still in good condition ...

In fact I have planned to use stitch&glue method for this project. But as it turns out, I was too lazy to try new things. Only the chassis frame is glued with epoxy, using square edge stringers (20mm square) for taking up the tension/pressure forces Due to the long curing time and the mess...

A short building update: Doorframes glued and doors cut out. With outside hinges the doors will be able to swing 180°, as shown. Almost Lambo doors !!! Top panel temporarily attached with screws and partly trimmed edges. The hole in the front will be closed by the headlights and a hood...

Dashboard "planked" and view into the partly assembled front luggage compartment Controlling the shape of the front curve Knee clearance is a bit tight. I have to shift the dashboard 5cm forward Additional cutouts in the dashboard to get more room for the knees