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Is there a thread about aluminum mail trucks? Because if you spin one off, I'd follow there.
If I was a kid starting out today with no vehicle but a perceived need, priced out of the classical VW market, that's what I'd do. Get a Grumman mail truck (the one with the three-piece windshield and fiberglass nose) as they are being dumped into the market by the Post Office. Begin the electrical conversion with things like the charger, DC-DC inverter, hot water for space heat and battery boxes; follow with the batteries themselves when the price/performance number ramps up; and finish up by replacing the diesel engine with the motor/regenerator. After using it as a mobile back-up battery pack to the tune of 20-100 Kw/h.
Baja the nose so it looks like a 1930s Burney; clip-on pods abaft the roll-up door.
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