Paul Compton and the 100mph electric Scirocco
<p>In this episode of DIY EV chat I speak to stalwart of the EV conversion scene, Paul Compton, a man with an incredible car history and some fantastic projects underway. We talk about EV racing in the US (check out the YouTube clip below), taking on other people's dodgy conversions, and his upcoming Lotus projects. And we cover the restoration of his ground-breaking electric VW/Karmann Scirocco.</p><p>If you want to follow those projects, you can find Paul's YouTube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/EVguru">https://www.youtube.com/user/EVguru</a></p><p>EV Racing in the USA in the 90s: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://youtu.be/Ux2BxFVIW_k" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Ux2BxFVIW_k</a></p><p>Paul's appearance on Scrapheap Challenge: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5y096y" target="_blank">https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5y096y</a></p><p>Here's a bit of Paul's car history:</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://projects.tc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/unnamed-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-740"/><figcaption>"Long before the Lowcost/Haynes Roadster there was the JC Locust"</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://projects.tc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/unnamed-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-739"/><figcaption>"The Moss Monaco"</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://projects.tc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/unnamed-3.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738"/><figcaption>"Moss Roadster 'Sprint'"</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://projects.tc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/unnamed-4.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-741"/><figcaption>"A pile of cheap steel from the car breakers, Triumph Herald suspension<br>and an abandoned Honda Benly 185 (one of my Fiat X1/9s lurking to the<br>left of shot)"</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://projects.tc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/S1580001-1024x576.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-742"/><figcaption>"The Scirocco before I bought it back"</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://projects.tc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/S1580004-1024x576.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-743"/></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://projects.tc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/unnamed-8-742x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-746"/><figcaption>And the Scirocco in its glory days - in Top Gear magazine no less!</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://projects.tc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_1587-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-744"/><figcaption>"The Cagiva Freccia 125 I built back in about 2006<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/YAMNs7HdaeahVTso6" target="_blank">.</a>"</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://projects.tc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_1701-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-745"/></figure>
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Episode Duration: 53:39
File Size: 76.6MB
Recording Date: 2021-12-21