All posts by Lewis "Lewie" Moten

Lewis Moten is a full stack developer for web, software and mobile applications as well as interacting with new and legacy hardware devices and mainframes. Most of his popularity on the internet is by writing and freely distributing code that allowed websites to support uploading files with classic ASP code when most shared hosts did not provide that capability. He was also known as "Dedric Mauriac" in Second Life building and selling interactive products, primarily attracting educators and corporate librarians. Mr. Moten has a background in Industrial Design Technology through a scholarship at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and Carpentry at Mineral County Technical School. In his senior year of high school, he was the treasurer of the Future Homemakers of America (FHA) and a member of the Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD). His early career had ranged from being a certified sandwich artist, setting up and tearing down carnival rides, to catching chickens in the middle of the night. Lewie has worked on large financial processing systems, video training systems, and past contracts supporting NASA, USCIS, and the Navy. Lewie is an active member of various service clubs in the community, a trustee at Samuels Public Library, had previously held a public office in the Town of Front Royal on the Board of Zoning Appeals, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce via his small business, Code Jamboree LLC. Professional History: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewismoten/ Lewie is often entertaining himself with various hobbies in his spare time. Some of which are/were 3D modeling & Animation, graphic design, video editing, 3D printing, electrical engineering/robotics, vintage computing (6502/1802/Altair 8800), microcontrollers (Arduino/Raspberry Pi), Lego GBC, artificial neural networks, networking hardware, designing board games, building an arcade system, Minecraft red stone, Second Life scripting, home automation and surveillance, off-grid solar, financial investing, sewing, camping, hiking, painting, obedience and trick dog training, photography, gardening (back-yard and hydroponics), table top role playing games, playing board games, singing along out of tune with his dogs, and watching videos on the Internet. You'll often find Lewie with his companion, Teddy, the Amazing Corgi and Gwinn a Pitt/Lab rescue, or going on little adventures in his 1976 Electric CitiCar.
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A new car

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The first time I saw The Chez in person was on new years day, January 1, 2020 at Burtons Automotive in Fredericksburg, Virginia. I walked away and thought about it for a while. A week later, I was sitting in my new CitiCar.

It looks pretty good for its age. I was told that it was sitting under some blankets for years in a sandblasting shop. I received lots of the original paperwork, and the car was delivered later that week after the snow cleared.

Antique plates allow seven characters. I started thinking about a few names. I settled on “The Chez” as a funny way of spelling “Cheese” and often used in the 70’s. It’s also French, meaning “at the home of” in a humorous way. I felt at the home of my cheese mobile.

Here is a little walk around my antique electric vehicle that just arrived. It is a 1976 Sebring-Vanguard CitiCar. It is often referred to as “1976 1/2” or “Transitional”. It is one of the last ones that came off the line before Comuta Cars were made.