Tony Ackerman

Oh My!!!! Well that's embarrassing. We'll fix that pronto. Thanks, Tony

I'm a volunteer at the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM) in Hood River Oregon. We are working on a 1917 Model 63 Detroit Electric. It was rough with much of the upper wood deteriorated and had not been run for quite some time. We've restored the wood and it's being reupholstered now. We cleaned and rebuilt/replaced the wiring and for now are using a single battery pack of 8x6volts (we only use the first 3 speeds). It's not a Smithsonian piece but it runs great and is a crowd pleaser. WAAAM flies and drives everything in our museum and we'll be giving rides in our DE next Spring. We've 3D printed several parts including insulators, tiller handles and window trim. If you're interested in some details...I have an incomplete and inaccurate blog here https://waaamdetroitelectric.blogspot.com/2021/02/detroit-electric-resources.html and a dump of unorganized images here. https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMe_AKx8iFcPgVlFWKyWcxLpkpC1YfWm-p0lKpJGrc5Zl3Kq8MgTUZ_BykRbnMPuA?key=Uk8yR3VLMkZXaU1lNHFfdm9tRlpQcGFCWW40TU1n We're happy to help out if possible and of course we'd love to see at the museum. https://www.waaamuseum.org/

Erik, Thanks so much for the information and the images. The image of the undercarriage of your Waverly is stunning! What a great restoration. We were able to source this... Nichrome 80/20 Wire .1819" dia. x Coil Commercial Annealed 15-FT $50.00 from... Aimee M. Torres Bob Martin Company 2209 North Seaman Avenue South El Monte, CA 91733 Phone: (323) 686-2220 Ext. 10 Fax: (626) 444-6044 aimee@bobmartinco.comwww.bobmartinco.com We received the wire and were about to wind the coil when the Corona Virus hit. We'll get back to it soon and I'll post an image and our results when I can. Thanks for the information. Tony

I have the same issue on a 1914 Model 63. I'm currently working on a solution and being supported by a fellow with the Vancouver EV Assoc that is very knowledgeable. Finding 5AWG NiChrome II seems to be the problem now but we just started looking. Did you find a solution? Attached are images of our broken coil. Thanks, Tony