{"id":6279,"date":"2021-12-16T10:53:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2021\/12\/16\/dad-enlisted-help-young-daughters-build-his-own-bmw-electric-car-during-lockdown\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T10:53:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:53:55","slug":"dad-enlisted-help-young-daughters-build-his-own-bmw-electric-car-during-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/dad-enlisted-help-young-daughters-build-his-own-bmw-electric-car-during-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad enlisted help of young daughters to build his own BMW electric car during lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A LEVENSHULME dad built his very own electric&nbsp;vehicle over lockdown with the help of his family.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by his daughters\u2019 love of cars, father-of-two Tom Cheesewright gained an interest in \u201860s BMW roadsters.<\/p>\n<p>The car are very expensive to buy new, so Tom decided to build his own.<\/p>\n<p>He describes the car as a \u201cFrankenstein\u2019s monster\u201d but saw the potential to create the car of his dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Tom said: \u201cThe car itself was a very cheap purchase off Gumtree. It was an MOT failure and it turned out we had to do a lot of remedial work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter did quite a lot of welding on it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we ripped out the engine and the exhaust and sold those off along with the ancillary parts, recouping most of the cost of the car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI began buying bits and trying to smash them together following advice from YouTube and forums.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe then welded them all up and eventually 15 months later it passed its MOT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Tom and his daughters aged six and nine worked on the car during lockdown.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Electric car\" data-delta=\"1\" data-fid=\"7944\" data-media-element=\"1\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2021\/12\/ev_man.jpg\" width=\"600\"><figcaption>Motoring: Tom Cheesewright in the BMW he converted to electric<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The girls keenly followed their dad\u2019s instructions having inherited his passion for engineering learning, as well as giving their creative input into the DIY project.<\/p>\n<p>Tom had to make his own engine testing rig as well as a workstation to convert the electric car.<\/p>\n<p>This was built in his back garden with machinery put together during the long months when no one was allowed out.<\/p>\n<p>Electric vehicles emit fewer greenhouse gases and air pollutants than petrol or diesel cars.<\/p>\n<p>This won\u2019t be the last we have heard from Tom, he promised.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI\u2019ve bought a second one. 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