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Old 12-14-2014, 07:37 PM   #19 (permalink)
JQmile
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Ok, we went a little past "hey, we should do this," and did some poking around the Metro and a little cleaning. Our first thought on looking at it, was "there's no way this will work, it's too low," but there was a surprising amount of room under there...kind of like the book The House of Leaves, which is about a house that's bigger on the inside than the out.

Anyways, looks like the batteries will fit nicely behind the front seat, the motor (which is still in storage, so I used a Cummins diesel crank pulley for sizing) looks like it will fit right by the rear axle with no clearance issues, and I am pretty sure a small generator will fit in the trunk. So far so good, now it's time to get the electrics up and running on a test stand







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