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.

[jtg]

My 2 cents:



147 mile range, 106 mph top speed, 0 to 60 in less that 10 sec, expected life of batteries = 500,000 miles.

That's what I feel you can do now and have a home made electric 914. Practical, easy, relatively inexpensive. A great way to take a car that would have probably gone to the junk yard and give it another 30 years or so.

Info on mine: http://evalbum.com/3439


It's just too fun to drive,

Jim