How to build Moonbeam, a 100 MPG microcar

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Moonbeam's Activities 2008
Specifications
The Microcar Concept
Why three wheels?
Why Not Electric?
Street Legality
Safety
Test Drives
How to Build Moonbeam
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Some more Pictures
Improvements you might make
How you may use this information
Links to Check Out
Report from Boston's Altwheels Festival 2006
Maine to Santa Monica at slow speed
Report from Santa Monica's Altcarexpo
Some interesting videos to look at
The upcoming Automotive X Prize and the Maine Team
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In this picture, you are the driver.  You can see the heater off to the left, the wiper motor, the Honda speedometer cluster, and two toggle switches.  These control the headlights, and the heater vs. defroster choice.  Where the steering rods go through the side panels, there are stretched inner-tube rubbers to minimize road splash.

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 Here you see the canopy closed, and my coveted inspection sticker stuck on the windshield.  Moonbeam  looks fairly respectable from this angle.  My original name was " l'oeuf roulant", the rolling egg.

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 Moonbeam is easy to get into.  The center strut is offset to the right which makes it easier to enter from the left.  The seat, though, is pretty low, and not too cushy.  My 92-year-old mother thinks it needs more foam.

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Here the canopy is snapped in the half-open position, which is great for travel to dispell the excess heat from the heater and give a nice sunroof feeling.