Another ‘65 C20 14-bolt conversion

[azdeltawye]

Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

Post number six, does that say "Electric" on the back of that VW ?

Yes – I converted a 2001 Jetta to electric drive for my daily driver. It only costs $0.04 per mile to operate. More info at http://www.diyelectriccar.com/garage/cars/253

Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

And, your latest picture is a beauty. I hope you appreciate the nice scenery where you live ….

Thanks, yes I fully appreciate the desert southwest! Some time ago I had to spend 4 months in the Lewisville/Ft Worth area for work – I went through some serious Mountain withdrawal…

[Tx Firefighter]

Originally Posted by azdeltawye

Yes – I converted a 2001 Jetta to electric drive for my daily driver. It only costs $0.04 per mile to operate. More info at http://www.diyelectriccar.com/garage/cars/253

After reading your build thread over there, I can see this rearend swap wasn't much of a stretch for your abilities.

Don't take this in a negative way.....Did you build that electric car stuff right there in your shop ? It looked like a lot of jigsaw and drillpress work was done. I didn't see any high tech machinery or discussion about three axis CAD files and other similar rocket surgery. There's guys out there doing half the work with equipment that costs in the millions.

Oh well, I'm off to spend the rest of the day reading about electric car conversions on that other board.

[azdeltawye]

Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

After reading your build thread over there, I can see this rearend swap wasn't much of a stretch for your abilities.

Don't take this in a negative way.....Did you build that electric car stuff right there in your shop ? ….

Actually I did the EV conversion at my last house where the ‘shop’ was just the back porch. Since then I’ve moved to a house that has a garage which is where I did the Chevy axle swap.

Fortunately I still have limited access to a machine shop at the University for when I need to use a mill or lathe for hardcore mods…

[Captainfab]

I've done a little reading on EV conversions and it seems to be within the capabilities of someone with decent mechanical abilities. If I had the funds I'd give it a try.

[azdeltawye]

Originally Posted by Captainfab

I've done a little reading on EV conversions and it seems to be within the capabilities of someone with decent mechanical abilities...

Yes, especially an older vehicle where you don’t have to worry about integrating the new electronics with the vehicle computer modules…