Solved -PJ507- Bill Gingras 'No-Gas' electric car 1974

[kwgibbs]

Was it called Fisher electric?

[Paul Jaray]

Not the name I have.

[kwgibbs]

Was it a prototype,for an electric company? but failed.?

[Paul Jaray]

Nope.
It was a self-built one-off.

[kwgibbs]

Was the builder,s name Dale Ashenfelter?, Im taking a wild shot.

[Paul Jaray]

Not him.

[kwgibbs]

Was this little car built for speed ? it,s aerodynamic in shape.

[Paul Jaray]

Was it built in the 1960,s?

Was this little car built for speed ? it,s aerodynamic in shape.

Not built for speed and it was built in the 70s.

[kwgibbs]

Even though it was electric,did it have anything VW about it?

[Paul Jaray]

I don't think.

[kwgibbs]

Was it,s name ,something like samba?

[Paul Jaray]

He did not named his car but he took a particular license plate for it:
XX-XXX

[kwgibbs]

Did the plate say something like volt or something similar?

[Paul Jaray]

Yes, definetly!
It was a sort of a joke...remember it was an electric car.

[WayneB]

1974 Bill Gingras built Electric Car

[WayneB]

The license plate is NO GAS (Maryland)

Its currently in the Baltimore Museum of Industry

[kwgibbs]

I think this little car is really cool,so it was street legal then? I figuered it was to small for the roads?

[kwgibbs]

I,ve never heard of bill gingras or his car,to bad that he didn,t try to mass produce it.pretty neat just the same.                                                                                         

[Paul Jaray]

1974 Bill Gingras built Electric Car

That's it!
It was street legal and with a quick search you should be able to find an article about.
Well done, point for you!