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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1981)
S i ! sham firm Plays a p a rt in by JIM HAYS Ilf The T"H** 4 of Outlook atnM staff sports c a ■ T» . Page 13 car o f the fu tu re r Th“ Exar' 1 ,00te " ke « •>*<»' £ « *< *« .„ Iaow-slung and sleek in design (he e a r irwUr«, i t. perfectly at home hurtling down the freeway at' tot? ^ Nice, but hardly unusual. leew ay at loo mph It s not until you notice the custom-made tires th.» v suspect this might not be a run-of-the-m 11 six rK h’ ° U T h a i'n ,ettenn«’ ,s th<* *<>rd S e i n e e That s what the Exar-l is all about R,w tn c I owered by 24 s.x-volt lead-acid batteries the Exar . totally electric powered automobile, and m ay be the bis £ 3 coming trend ,n transportation It was cteveined b i 7 L deyeloping t h e -l.m ..I Am « ¡iun“ ' 18 ,h " d " f Edmo" d "» « “ « * . pres,. Transportalion II o rig in a te d ^ i n ^ a developing a toy electric car for h i. M pres,den, a compn^ei c „ m £ ny k '™" E c “ l “R, cal Ha" " r« had for * Ser™ * “ rcal'aulotnobde.-he says*’ S' a r" ‘d " ' inl“ nR ¡ n d X " T h e X 'X T r e “ , ^ cemurv bn, s S e " S ’ """2 ,e™ s ‘ ° 'd “ " » au'° *" " * tical electric car been nrodo<-,»H ’ 19 H has a Prac‘ tempted to develop electric cars m th ? c<Jr” pi,nJeii have a‘ - cluding General Motor? i ? ,ast two decades, in- Powered Corvair in the mi’d-6te,Ch eVe,oped an electric- previous ideas°in‘X s u b ^ r l n d ^aite d°f Amectran, which he formed in 7 ^ built in W S ^ u b T ^ ^ h V 'Y e K C a ^ °,t dlScarded W‘th Var’ Wh>Ch * * * cle with a wedge-shaped front end ¡ s s s s j s a s 3 SQUare Vehi’ The plastic-bodied Kxar ^ ¡ « J e r e d b ^ a t S ? des«gner. F r ^ S ^ b ^ ^ h a d b?!a’ Ub,cb g , „ the hal,an au,° rejected by BMW Electric motor and’ has'l* l o p s ^ d 'mum speed of 75 on a 15 percent gr.de h maX' range of too miles at 55 moh With o . h a cruw,ng ■struments. the car has digital L s h t X 7 r i COn,,rO,,ed monitor voltage, charging h ,tt..rv . d displays that tions and other information * y tondlt,on- brake condi years c m p u i ^ d X 'and ™ 5 d °: ' hr,;URh "'S ^ a d v a n c e d company's plant on Hog. « manufacturing facilities The l u i r i n ^ ^ t ?s ? ? ‘!lr^ d> EroduCes a and highly marketable * ’ h technica,*y advanced "We found out about th»> e « ,, . admits "We contacted th * In a magazine." Kamlow capabilities her 7 2 ., a" d “ h>'" •»» our tooling • ' ,h* ' « '"'ra c ie d wtlh ns bn,1,1 ,h l ,he prudU1- "“ " •■ a c n e ,,.. pected to sell for $7,000 and ace. r 1,ng m u » ' " ,>del '* eX r - ...... 2 2 2 ™ saved ^ " r grand opening ^ Gresham has a uu, „ care center. F . . . r . 1 X ..........■'a '-«’ - - p , “ - r k is ,,,,r 1, ; x , . s , i sL i : i “,'lï satisfaction are your rew ards Free Estimates on all work > Insurance work • Complete Body & Paint Repair • Custom Work & Restoration • All Foreign & Domestic • Fiberglass Work Done • Special Suspension work & lowering Lewis Swan • Owner GRESHAM BODY WORKS & PAINT -------------- 810 H.E. HOOD GRESHAM 661-7795 - ’ * » ’ • I ’ • * .♦ . • v. • « , '• « • •».• < . ; • , • *■. •. •*- 9 9 • - \ /
