On 29 Jul 2013 at 14:01, Steve Clunn wrote: >> I just finished taking a pack of Lithium Batteries out of a 1995 Neon. >> This car is now on the chopping block.
. <I'm puzzled by this post. I don't understand why you stripped the lithium battery out. Why not offer the Neon for sale as a usable, running EV? Was the battery kaputt? If so, why not drop in a simple, low cost working lead battery, so some buyer can have a daily driver? <curious>> The Batteries in the Neon were in good shape, well cared for and are now resting in ANOTHER Diamond in the Rough, a Ford Ranger that had Lead Acid batteries that were dead. There are just some incredible deals out there. This Ranger that I put the Lithiums in has the MR2 power steering, a heater with water pump, a nice stereo and lots of other amenities, like aluminum drive shaft, fiber glass hood and back fenders. Somebody really did some "loving" on this car. A bit of a rats nest in the wiring, which I am slowly bringing back. I read the log that the person who did the car kept and it started out with a lot of enthusiasm, but at some point I noticed in their writings that their Golf Cart Batteries were getting a little out of sync. I believe it was 3/10th of a Volt. and then the log stopped. Kept of like finding a diary of a hiker and an empty nap sack. So that is the reason for taking the batteries out. I don't believe the owner really has much hope of selling this. He has TESLA OSIS !!!!! And anything BUT a Tesla looks like an old plow horse compared to a John Deere Tractor. This had battery boxes set up for the 160ah TS batteries. The batteries were in the back seat area, the trunk area was never used. Did I mention that it has an Air Conditioning pump and power Steering pump set up to run off the tail shaft of the 9" motor. Air Conditioning looks plumbed, but I don't have any idea if it works. I believe he would be happy to see it go to a good home. I have a short video of it driving, before I gutted it. I would actually consider keeping this for my self.... BUT as Audrey reminds me... I have.. lets see One 914, 2 Porsche 912's, a Ford F150, Dune Buggy, 2 Coco NEV's, 2 golf carts, a Mazda B2000, Mitsubishi pick up, AND the HULK (the 1956 Ford) and then of course Audrey has HER Rav4 and her 1967 Austin. She is NOT going to let me bring this back to Florida. Did I forget to mention the Vetrix and my Suzuki electric Motor cycles? Of course everything I have needs work and they are all diamonds in the rough also. Steve Clunn Audrey here... a little paint, some new batteries and this would be a really nice daily driver for someone CHEAP! $2,500 is cheap. A new motor with shipping is $2,000 so whatever else you get is almost gravy. This has the Curtis Controller and Adapter Plate. Great Father / son weekend project. -- Steve Clunn Merging the best of the past with the best of the future. www.Greenshedconversions.com _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
