Construction began and took place over the Winter Quarter of 2019. It started with the deconstruction of the previous electric vehicle at Central Washington University. The body of the old vehicle was chopped up in order to provide clearance for other parts of the vehicle, including the rear suspension and drive-chain. A rotary cutting tool was used to slot the rear panel so that it could slide over the frame. This came with safety hazards, as noted in Appendix J-1. Once all the cutting was complete, the modified body needed to be fastened together.
Construction of the mounting pins and welding them to the frame was next. Manufacturing these pins required cutting AISI 1020 steel quarter-inch rod into the desired lengths and cross-drilling them for a hitch clip to run through. Once they were welded on that the desired locations, washers were welded onto them to act as spacers for the body to align correctly. Holes were then drilled in the body for the pins to go through so that the body could slide over them.
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