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.

[bernbomb914]

This is a great discussion but you have missed one product that is clean readly avalable and cheep and should be easy to convert. NATURAL GAS

[914Mike]

This is a great discussion but you have missed one product that is clean readly avalable and cheep and should be easy to convert. NATURAL GAS

Still, it's not renewable.

"There's only so much oil (or gas) in the ground".

Tower Of Power

I can get all the electricity I need for driving from my solar panels.

There you go, solar, it's nuclear power at a safe distance! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)