Make your own Moonbeam

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Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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July 26th, 2007 4

Earlier in the week, we covered the Boston Globe piece about the Moonbeam, a three-wheel microcar. Bre Pettis pointed me to builder Jory Squibb’s website where he has background info, numerous pics, video and a “How to Build Moonbeam” project journal.

How to build Moonbeam, a 100 MPG microcar – Link

4 thoughts on “Make your own Moonbeam”

Bre says:

July 26th, 2007 at 10:34 pm

I heard about this walkthrough from my pal 3!
CRS says:

February 3rd, 2008 at 4:59 pm

YES, please teach us how to spend months and thousands on a car that you could never legally drive. Then you could teach us how to make a sawed-off shotgun that is a felony to even own.

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Make your own Moonbeam

By Gareth Branwyn