Bobby Keeland via EV wrote:
Right now I’m more interested in working on the 1951 Chevy pickup (we actually use pickups as pickups rather than as a manly car).
So do I. What a strange idea!
There is a guy on YouTube who is showing his complete process of moving a 1952 Chevy pickup onto an S-10 pickup frame. Something like that plus an electric motor and batteries (not lead acid) is what I have in mind.
The EV part of this is pretty straightforward. The challenges will all be in trying to move the body to a new frame.
Is it just the appearance of the '51 that you like? Because I'd guess that the S10 is an all-around better pickup as-is than the '51 ever was.
Another thought: You could keep the '51 pretty much as it is, add an electric motor to the drive shaft, and put the batteries in or under the bed. *Keep* the ICE and all its paraphenalia. Now you'd have a gas/electric hybrid.
For short drives, leave the ICE off, shift the transmission into neutral, and drive electric.
For long drives, start the ICE and drive it normally. The electrics can be left off, or used for regenerative braking to charge the batteries. You could also manually switch between modes any time, to reduce pollution and improve gas mileage.
This is pretty straightforward mechanically. You just have to use an EV motor with a shaft on both ends, put universal joints on each end, and have two short drive shafts made (ICE transmission to EV motor, and EV motor to rear axle).
Another possible project is converting a riding lawn mower and Mantis tiller to battery electric. I watch Jehu Garcia a lot. There is never a shortage of possible projects.
These projects are both quite do-able. You could make them as simple or as complicated as you like. Remember that the perfect is the enemy of the good-enough.
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