This is a 1976 Vanguard CitiCar! The Citicar was the answer to the oil crisis in the 70s. They were made from 1974 to 1976. Some say only 2600 of these cars were made! These Citicars were made in Seabring Florida. You'll notice in the pictures that mine has the steering wheel on the right side. It is the only one that I have found built like this, and I must assume it was a custom build.



I found this buy on Ebay, a Columbus Ohio Sale, the ad read as follows:

WE ARE SELLING THIS FOR AN ESTATE P>

.YOU ARE BIDDING ON A 1976 SEBRING VANGUARD " CITICAR " ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE STREET LEGAL.
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OWNER WAS AN OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND BATTELLE THINK TANK ENGINEER WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME THINKING " GREEN " 30 YEARS AGO. .
CAR HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN SINCE SINCE 1989
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IT HAS 9577 MILES OR HOURS I AM NOT SURE HOW THEY FIGURE WHETHER IT WAS HOURS OR MILES.

MANUFACTURE DATE 6/76
.IT HAS BEEN STORED OUTSIDE AND IS PRETTY ROUGH HAS SOME MOSS AND A LOT OF LEAF DEBRIS ON IT DOES NOT RUN AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL KEY WE DO NOT KNOW IF IT RUNS OR IF MOTOR IS GOOD OR BAD COULD BE JUST THE BATTERIES.
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THE PLASTIC WINDOWS HAVE COMPLETELY SPIDER WEB CRACKLED THERE ARE SEVERAL CRACKS AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLITE

AND A SMALL BROKEN SPOT WHERE THE DRIVERS MIRROR WAS ATTACHED . CAR IS PARKED AT THE LATE OWNERS HOUSE IN COLUMBUS OHIO ZIP CODE 43214.

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A NEIGHBOR SAID HE DROVE AROUND IN IT ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO LAST ACTIVE LICENSE PLATE WAS 1989.

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THIS CAR ON 0 -100 SCALE COMES IN AT ABOUT A 20 IT IS IN NEED OF TOTAL RESTORATION FROM GROUND UP SHOULD BE CONSIDERED NON-RUNNING AND BODY IS COVERED WITH MOSS & DIRT
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SELLER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DELIVERY OR SHIPPING COST BUYER MUST MAKE ALL SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS.
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THIS VEHICLE WOULD FIT INSIDE A LARGE " POD " UNIT

I'd say the description wasn't far off either. The body needs a lot of work. As for the electronics, it appears it all needs replaced. This will be a fun little project!