My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 8man

What are the seats out of?

they come from early 90s GMC Sierras it's what they call the 60/40 seat the 40% being the drive seat and the rest is what I would call a mini bench offered in Smurf blue or hideous red, so both of my seats are both from the drivers side

you might find this thread helpful How to fold down 60/40 bucket seat from 90s GMC Sierra

and here's what they look like recovered in cow skin

[notsolo]

Windscreen? I thought hot rod guys only had goggles and a bandana.....Looking good, great progress.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by notsolo

Windscreen? I thought hot rod guys only had goggles and a bandana.....Looking good, great progress.

lol, but it's California the land of regulations

[8man]

I put that seat in the 48, as the split bench. I now remember you saying you did the two drivers seats. Interior looks good.

[notsolo]

Here's one for the quiz.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by notsolo

Here's one for the quiz.

luv it, and the answer was: D All of the above

[Gregski]

so I went to my favorite mum and pop metal house and got me some alumininininumnum to mount on top of the battery tray

this was from their remnants ie left over pile so I did not pick these sizes on purpose we gonna work with what we found, fortunately our battery tray be 30.5" long so these were perfect length

[Gregski]

I don't usually drill perfect size holes, but when I do I make sure my measurements are off by 1/2 an inch !

[Gregski]

pretty happy with the result, wish each of the plates was about an inch wider, but oh well not bad for ver 1.0

[Gregski]

just thinking outside the box


Electric Truck Battery Tray

[8man]

Lookin' good!

[Gregski]

I will fax a six pack of beer to anyone who can find me the following bolts

7/16"-14 full thread (no shoulder)
1 3/4" long
hex head
zinc plated
Grade 5

I need two, not 50, and I would love to get them this week not next month, ha ha

[Pick]

You're in luck, these high-quality, medium strength fasteners from McMaster-Carr come in Grade 5, 7/16-14 fully threaded, 1 3/4" length, zinc plated, hex-head, and 2 ea.

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[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Pick

You're in luck, these high-quality, medium strength fasteners from McMaster-Carr come in Grade 5, 7/16-14 fully threaded, 1 3/4" length, zinc plated, hex-head, and 2 ea.

But wait, there's more!

Order now and we'll include an extra 3 bolts! (just pay an additional $5.02 ea) Plus, as a bonus we'll throw in an extra 1/4" in length on each bolt for free! (just trim to achieve the desired length)

2" Fully Threaded __ Coarse ASME B18.2.1, SAE J429 5 92865A675 $5.02
Medium-Strength Grade 5 Steel Hex Head Screw, Zinc-Plated, 7/16"-14 Thread Size, 2" Long, Fully Threaded
Packs of 5

I just spat my coffee all over the keyboard reading this, I could hear that infomertial voice in my head from the 80s

[Gregski]

what if ? could I ? would it ?

[Gregski]

Our Mission: Connect the black BMW "Safety Box" to the Lexus Inverter

... using the stock OEM connectors as much as possible

turns out the BMW connection from it's Safety Box to the orange external plug on the OEM battery box is very modular and I luv that

[Gregski]

so this is the empty OEM BMW battery box that's what my batteries came out of, and that's where the orange connector is from

[Gregski]

time to transferize that hole to the alumininium plate

[Gregski]

nothin' to it but to do it

[Gregski]

let's see if she'll fit

[8man]

You're so smart! Good job.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 8man

You're so smart! Good job.

you're too kind and why you up so early?

[Gregski]

drilling these four blind holes to secure it with them OEM screws was a bit tricky

[Gregski]

So everything below this plate is always live and lethal, 351 volts just waiting to make it a bad hair day, anything above this plate is only live and lethal when we turn on the truck to drive it or are charging the battery

[Gregski]

that black box is arguably the most important component in this entire operation, I say arguably because some would say without the aftermarket open source VCU (Vehicle Control Unit) you can't drive the car, but in terms of safety without that black Safety Box your truck goes BOOM! and makes black smoke