Re: (ET) ETs After Bill Gunn

[Peter Schut <schutp igs net>]

I'm sorry to hear Bill is retiring.  One more reason to go the Landis / 
Alltrax route....

I'd be keen to help in whatever capacity I can - maintaining a website, 
FAQ, or spare parts list, particularly for technology that can be 
obtained today to replace the original ET equipment. 

But... what I'd really like to do is set up a company that would buy the 
rights to the ET from Bill Gunn, and arrange to manufacture brand new 
ones based on the original design, with whatever upgrades might be worth 
incorporating.  The time is right folks - gas prices are high, and there 
is a strongly-increasing consumer appetite for green alternatives.  
Witness the commercial success of Black and Decker's battery powered 
lawnmower - they're hard to keep in the stores this year - and I see 
there are two new competitors out there this season.  People understand 
a lot more about rechargable batteries today than they did in 1970, and 
I think consumer acceptance would be quite high.  I've got minimal 
practical business expertise, but an excellent gut feeling about market 
timing and what will sell, and have watched too many of my ideas be 
successfully commercialized by others, even though I thought of them 
years before.  I'm convinced that the time has come to reintroduce the 
Electrac.  The development costs would be minimal, production costs 
should be comparable to ICE lawn tractors, the track record for 
reliability is incredible, the market is really ripe, and there don't 
seem to be other cost-effective alternatives on the horizon.  If anyone 
is interested in joining me, or looking for an investor/advisor for 
their own venture, please let me know.  I don't know if Bill would sell 
us the rights, but it's certainly worth asking.

Cheers, Peter.
Broken E-15 owner.