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Neil Young's Car Heads West
Neil Young's 1959 Lincoln has been converted from a gas guzzler to a lean, green, fuel efficient machine. The Lincvolt is now on its way to California to demonstrate its capabilities to the world.
Reporter: Chris FrankEmail Address: chris.frank@kake.com |
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The '59 Lincoln is from the days of when cars came with lots of chrome, lots of weight and guzzled more 30-cent-a-gallon fuel than a camel in the dessert.
Over the past 14 months, Neil Young has come to Wichita to oversee some of the conversion work and take it for a spin around town.
Now, the car is headed west.
"This is it. This is the very last day in Wichita for probably at least six
months," said Jonathan Goodwin, H-Line Conversions
Goodwin and his crew have turned Young's Lincoln from a nine mile per gallon car to a car that gets more than 75 miles to the gallon.
They had to completely replace the original engine.
"What we've done is installed an electric motor. And this motor generates
500 foot pounds of torque. That's more than a diesel pickup truck," Goodwin said.
The car makes a popping sound as the hydrogen bubbles from water are being used to enhance fuel efficiency.
"We're not at the point of being able to use water as a fuel source yet," Goodwin said.
They are, however, at the point of using the Lincoln to demonstrate how a car can generate more electricity than it needs to run.
"But you'll probably want to plug this into your house. Not to power the
car, but to actually take your house off the grid," Goodwin said.
That means instead of taking electricity to recharge the car the way hybrids are now, this car will have electricity left over to power your house.
The Lincvolt is now on its way to California, then later to Las Vegas to demonstrate its capabilities to the world.
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