African Solar Taxi

This evening we added some typical luggage to the taxi’s rear ute tray, including Funky the chicken.
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With the chassis now painted a glamorous coat of orange it’s time to accessorise. With carpet, a swing arm, rear lights, ‘number plates’ and rear mudguards initially.
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The orange door opens to reveal an orange taxi which is very orange.

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See you in five days.

So fabrication of the chassis is finally complete. Finally. And it’s off to the spray painter tomorrow.
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Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been choosing colours for the taxi: the chassis, the mudguards, the carpet and the seats.

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We’re working hard to get the prototype ready to display at Womadelaide (http://www.womadelaide.com.au/). Lots of work to do, and it’s good to have a deadline to work to.

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Despite designing the vehicle using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software, we still make mockups of some components to check that they ‘look right’ in the real world before we make the final versions, and we make templates to guide some material cutouts.
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Whilst completing the chassis, we’ve also been busy working on the detailed design of the front and rear suspension.
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With chassis fabrication complete, we spent a couple of hours yesterday sanding off any high spots and filling any low spots to make the body smooth and tactile, ready for painting. We’re also experimenting with sections of automotive carpet for the vehicle floor areas.
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