Tracking the cost:

New components-

• Pillow blocks, timing belt, shaft, pulleys. $140.
• PWM controller $275 (PWM stands for "Pulse-Width-Modulation" and is an efficient way to deliver DC electric current.)
• potbox $80 (this is the potentiometer box; it is the electronic "gas pedal" for the controller)
• seat, seatbelt $50 (Did you know you can't buy used seat belts in Massachusetts? Same lobby as the mattress people, perhaps. Just kidding. It makes sense, I think. Who knows what that used seat belt had done to it? Like a used helmet, or other safety device, you want to know it is sound.)
• Miscellaneous bolts and tubing for suspension elements, $15.
• This hurts to reports, but, dammit, I did it: shaft, pillow blocks ($42 each!) and pulley, $125. These are all drive components.
• Steel stock $85
• Four socket-wrench universal joints for ½" drives. These will provide linkage for steering. $37.50.
• Cable, thimbles, clamps, pulleys and two garage door springs (for tilt mechanism control). $60.
• Miscellaneous hardware (1/2" bolts, washers, nuts, pipe). $15.
• Mild steel angle bracket for steering linkage. $10.
• 1" sq tubing, thick-walled, for roll cage; 1" sq tubing, thin walled for steering levers etc. $40.
• Components from EVoA: 300A fuses, fuse blocks, relay. $68.
• Drive components from Olmstead-Flint: shaft coupling, 9" and 3" twin-groove pulleys, shaft coupler. $130.
• Spool of 14 AWG stranded wire, 1 box male and one box female crimp connectors. $36.
• A pair of heavy duty 1/2" vee-belts for the drive. $28.

Used components-

• Honda 175 $42 (used its front end for: odometer, speedometer, wheel, telescoping suspension, brakes, steering, and tail light and directional lights)
• Cushman $0 (freebie in a trade; used its rear differential, axles, and for the moment, tires)
• 36V charger $50 (will be used to juice up the three 12v batteries)
• 36V motor $100 (A Prestolite that came out of a golf cart, I think)
• Steel frame components $0 (scrap bin special)
• Foam rubber for seat $0 (recovered from bench seats in our kitchen)
• Seat upholstery material $0 (scraps from a scooter move - good stuff - black vinyl)

Work done by others-

• Nothing yet

Registration, Title, etc.-

• Application for Vehicle Identification Number, $50.

TOTAL COST SO FAR: $1456.50.