The forward control van's of the 60's were very light as were the pickups. Ford Doge and GM made them. Similar the the VW vans. Ford never gave the E-series pickups a V-8. It was straight-six power only. Probably for the better too, as the weight distribution was horrendous. So much weight was carried by the I-beam front axle that the E-series was factory-fitted with a 165-pound counterweight just over the rear wheels. That is a significant chunk of weight for a vehicle that tips the scales at roughly 2500 pounds. So by pulling that counter weight and replacing it with batteries you could really balance an old van or truck for use as an EV. Lawrence Rhodes That puts the Ford at 2,335 pounds "CURB" weight as opposed to GVW or Gross Vehicle Weight which some people here are confusing with CURB weight. _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
