WeeWoo Story
Dive into the quirky origins of our Piano kei truck’s evolution at the Oregon Country Fair as a part of the Ambiance Art crew.
The kei truck debuted in 2019 while carrying Jay Hogan (retiring coordinator of Ambiance Art crew) playing an upright piano through the fair grounds to the Thursday night crew meeting at the Love Lounge.
Hence, WeeWoo began it’s morning runs delivering books to the library and picking up batteries for recharging while being accompanied by incredible pianists. The music parts the flow of people for our passing, leaving smiles in our wake. With zero-carbon emissions, our journey through the fair family would be much more pleasant and show our commitment to making the world a better place to live.
While idle, WeeWoo has seen many people sit down to play a spell, many times becoming a stage for adhoc acoustic music ensembles..
The Artists
Nat, member of Ambiance Crew painting the kei truck, 2025.
Nat, 2026 and Olivia in the background adding the bling.
Meet WeeWoo the Electric Ambliance
Electrify WeeWoo the Ambliance is our community quest to turn a beloved piano k-truck from Oregon Country Fair into a quiet, zero-tailpipe-emission EV, keeping the magic rolling while cutting fossil fuels and inspiring playful, practical sustainability.
Meet Seabass, on the right, with his awesome electric powerhouse in the foreground, conferring with me about what is ailing the kei truck. After a series of diagnostics, we have determined that the piston rings are excessively worn and require replacement.
Sounds simple, not so fast. Replacing the rings means disassembling the engine, removing the top head and bottom pan to gain access to the core and get at the the rings. When diving in to replace piston rings, you are talking a complete engine overhaul. That means replacing piston rings, honing cylinder walls, replacing main bearings, replacing all gaskets and seals, and having the head, valves, and guides rebuilt. A complete rebuild kit for this engine is $2400 and that does not include any labor and machine shop services. All said and done, I’m looking at $3000 to $4000 to rebuild the engine and 80 hours to remove, rebuild, and reinstall the engine.
And, it will still spew out hydrocarbons.
After a couple weeks thinking through the different options, I have decided to throw my hat in to electrify the kei truck. If I can pull this off, the kei truck will return in 2027 better than ever. If I do, it will be because others are helping in this effort bringing in many different expertise’s to the campaign. I will be posting about the process and progress of converting the kei truck to electric and giving credit to those who have helped make this effort possible.
Nitty-Gritty Details
Electrify WeeWoo the Ambliance 