With the backdrop of anti-EV banter I got from my earlier inquiry on this forum... I will start this thread and would like your feedback and ideas as I go along.
The car is a '73 Capri, in its earlier life it was raced in Vancouver, Canada in the late 70's. It is a blank slate on the interior and the body is relatively clean and rust-free.
The next 2+ years will be spent on stripping it down, planning and designing a rear electric motor set up with a balanced battery pack to enable a range of approximately 150 miles.
It’s great your really going for this and it can’t be cheap to do , i like the thought of electric but at the moment in the U.K. we don’t have the infrastructure of chargers also it’s the time they take to charge .
But I will be watching your progress on the build and wish you the best of luck .
Thank you! yes I think the cheapest component of the project will be the purchased Capri itself
My hope is to have around 150 miles range, and able to fully recharge in around 5 hours. That way I can commute to work (not a short distance) and even go for trips a couple hours out as long as I have a long stay. Local runs including to Cars and Coffee also will be possible.
It should cover 95% of my driving habits. For the rest, I'm usually not driving without my family and this project will likely not have back seats.
Hoping this will take 2-3 years; pretty much every little detail needs to be figured out. Cheers
Update: All moving parts are off, Capri was loaded and taken to have it media blasted and primered.
A bit tricky to set up the lift to trailer hand-off. A driveway rose bush was (at least partially) sacrificed... don't tell my wife!
