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These are photos that I took of the Green Machine/Vortex and thought that I would share.

The vehicle changed hands from Alex Smith to Dustin Stern, and on 4/8/2006 Dustin and I drove out to
Alex's place in Ohio and using my trailer brought the vehicle back to my place in WV where it remained
for most of the remaining year.

During that time Dustin would come out to begin a 'cosmetic makeover'. These changes included putting
the air dams back into the doors by making a tubular steel framework - just like my doors. More work was done to
restyle the front end (making the blocky front end looking very much like a Maco) and moving the headlights from
front bumper area into the fender area besides trunk lid.

In October Dustin brought it out to the DC area where he lived at the time, so that he could continue
with his modifications.

Here is Alex (left) and Dustin (right), as we are picking up the Vortex and loaded it onto my trailer for the trip to WV:

Here a pictures of the dashboard/steering column:

To the left of the steering wheel is a locking lever that engaged (via cable) a mechanical brake (snowmobile caliper) located on the rear brake rotor.
It acted as an emergency/parking brake. Since the steering column had no tilt capability it made it very tough to enter/exit the vehicle.

This picture shows how Alex made a steel bar that bolts to the underside of the dash to hold the steering column:

Inside the front trunk compartment:

And the engine compartment, notice the fans that Alex installed, because the doors did not have the 'standard' large air vents
the engine had a tendancy to want to overheat, no good way to get air in or out:

This picture shows the additional fans that Alex put into the rear deck in an attempt to remove hot air.
The previous picturs with the vehicle on the trailer also show some side vents that Alex put into the sides
of the rear canopy to help bring in fresh air, due to all the fans an additional battery was needed.

Photos showing the detail around the rear tail light area:

As Alex says 'Stay Tuned', this story is yet to be continued:

Dustin has done extensive work on the vehicle, and has currently removed the ICE engine and is in the process of
converting it into 100% electric power. Pictures will be put up upon approval.

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