That's a nice truck... The statement that it might be considered heresy to make a classic hotrod into electric is confusing... for years, people have been putting in drivetrains that are not original into restorations... putting chevy engines into fords and studebakers, putting big block V8's into trucks that originally had 4 cylinder engines. What is different about putting an electric drivetrain into it as part of the restoration? Unless you are going for completely stock restoration, I don't see the heresy. Plus... if you are going for high performance, the modern electric drivetrains are now able to achieve that quite easily.
On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 3:20 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://gas2.org/2014/10/01/1939-dodge-truck-converted-into-ev/ > 1939 Dodge Truck Converted Into EV > [2014/10/01] > > [image > http://gas2.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/al-gadja.jpeg > e-truck > ] > > Self-taught electric engineer Al Gadja has committed what some may consider > to be historic car heresy, converting his 1939 Dodge truck into an electric > vehicle. But to you and me, this is the 21st century of hot rodding, and > this pre-war pickup has a longer driver range than many brand new EVs found > on dealership lots. > > The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that Gadja spent many of his 74 years > on > this earth working for IBM, despite never getting a college degree. Over > his > lifetime he built up a wealth of electrical knowledge mostly by learning it > himself or going to IBM-provided classes. He’s also a fan of old hot rod > pickups, and dragged the ‘39 Dodge around the country with him with the > hopes of hot rodding it. Then electric cars got popular, and Gadja decided > to replace the inline-six engine with an electric drivetrain. > > The lithium-ion phosphate battery packs he used line the truck bed and > weighs nearly 1,000 pounds. Yet he claims he can drive about 100 miles > between charges, and it takes just six hours to top off the battery pack, > allowing him to put an impressive 5,000 miles on the odometer in the first > year of driving. It took Gadja three years to perform the conversion, and > many people don’t even realize it’s electric. > > Though the classic Dodge truck lacks power steering, it does have LED > lighting, a digital gauge cluster, and the electric motor transfers power > through the original three-speed manual transmission. This is a homemade > hot > rod of the highest caliber, the vanguard of a new tradition of shade tree > mechanics electrifying classic vehicles with powerful and practical > drivetrains. There’s a whole gallery of pics of Gadja’s Dodge that you > should definitely check out if you’re into this sort of thing. > > I have a long list of classic cars I’d like to convert into EVs, starting > with my 1969 Mercury Cougar. > [© gas2.org] > > > > > For EVLN posts use: > > http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble+template%2FNamlServlet.jtp%3Fmacro%3Dsearch_page%26node%3D413529%26query%3Devln%26sort%3Ddate > > > http://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2014/09/29/how-to-be-energy-smart-about-the-car-you-drive/tab/comments/ > wsj writer thinks she'll only save $10/yr if she drives an EV > > http://www.asianage.com/delhi/city-buses-set-go-electric-012 > Delhi.in city buses set to go electric > > http://ecomento.com/2014/10/01/europe-wide-charging-standard-to-be-adopted/ > Europe-wide charging standard to be adopted > + > EVLN: Leaf EV powers reverse-graffiti artist's Waterloo.uk clean up > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Gadja-s-1939-Dodge-e-Truck-w-li-ion-phosphate-pack-r-100mi-tp4671952.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141020/306c44da/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
