If only the CCars had been made with more durable plastic. If only
someone would make replacement bodies out of more durable material.
Gail Lucas via EV wrote:
As of July of 2016 Peter has replacement parts but I don't know if they
are also ABS.
Good info, Gail!
The ABS plastic actually held up pretty well, considering its age. The
main problem was UV damage from the sun. Painting it goes a long way
towards protecting it.
I had a ComutaVan. It had been painted on the outside, so the plastic
was in fairly good shape. But it was *not* painted inside; so that is
where the UV damage occurred. The plastic yellowed and became brittle
wherever the sun hit it.
It's also pretty easy to make replacement panels. The original panels
were vacuum-formed over a wooden mold. When I trailered my ComutaVan to
Minnesota, the "hood" body panel blew off! I went to a plastics shop,
and bought a sheet of ABS plastic. I made a wooden form (the panels were
almost flat, with bends at the edges. I used a hot air gun to form the
bends. I then used a hot air plastic "welder" to attach it, and patch up
the cracks and missing pieces where it had broken off. It didn't turn
out too bad for a first effort.
'peter crisitel' [email protected]
So, you own an electric Citicar, Comuta-Car, or C-Car Postal Van, and
need body panels for your restoration?
There is precisely ONE person on the planet that has a large NOS stock
of panels, and he is standing by to help you!
Here are links to two pages of parts and prices. When you are done
pondering these lists, write Peter Crisitello and let him know what you
need.
LIST OF CITICAR AND COMUTA-CAR BODY PANELS
http://rci.rutgers.edu/~crisitel/EV/Inventory%20C-Car%20Parts%20w-Price.pdf
LIST OF C-CAR POSTAL VAN BODY PANELS
http://rci.rutgers.edu/~crisitel/EV/Inventory%20Postal%20Parts%20w-Price.pdf
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