RANT: Electric Conversions, Not what you think...... Options

[KaptKaos]

There's a fellow selling a motor in the classifieds. Here's the link:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=92077

Seems normal enough. I assume, maybe wrongly, that this person is using the car for an electric conversion.

I have no issue with people converting their cars to electric motors. However, I am wondering if it is reasonable to ask or inform the people that are looking to do this to please try to use '76 cars? This is particularly important in California, as the smog checks in California aren't required on Pre-76 cars.

There are two counter arguments that I can think of and they are:

1) '76 cars are fairly rare, and therefore either more expensive and/or harder to find.
2) The point of an electric conversion is to reduce emissions, so using a car that has higher emissions makes more sense.

I am not sure if this is practical/possible/reasonable/feasible, so I figured that I'd ask.

Am I out of line here?

Please note that I mean no ill will to the seller above.

[smontanaro]

I've been thinking about an electric conversion but have decided the 914 isn't optimal, at least not for my needs. On the one hand, 914s have two trunks, they are light, etc. I am, however, not in the land of eternal sun. I have been thinking a late-70s to mid-80s 911 conversion might make more sense. It's has a more rust resistant body, is a bit newer so non-ICE replacement bits will be a bit easier to find. The downsides are the lack of a second trunk and a bit more weight, but I think with newer battery technology both will become more tractable problems.