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Published: June 26, 2007
Calera man converts gas-guzzler into an all-electric automobile
By Ja’Rena Lunsford
CALERA — Mike Barkley is no mechanic. In fact, he's a computer technician who can change his own oil.

But when he realized his gas guzzler was slowly dying as gasoline prices were steadily rising, he decided a change was needed — an electric change.

Now four months later, Barkley is turning heads in the Lake Texoma area as he drives around town in his all-electric 1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse .

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