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freebeard · 01-16-2017, 02:45 PM

Home of the "Volks-Air" Air Compressor
"When it has to be Dunn-Right"

Instead of cutting down the engine, do a Dunn-Right air compressor conversion. Add a 60 gallon compressed air tank, twinned alternators and a battery bank.

Wherever you go, you are the local utility company.

Use hemp oil lubricants.

Edit: Why I like this idea: It ties the vehicle to specific functions, but if you had the air tank and batteries between the driver and rear axle, then you could have a 4ft tall tool chest behind the axle that could drop down onto it's own casters. They you'd have a shop truck that you could drive indoors on compressed air.

Instead of an APE or Cushman, I'd want a fiberglass Ed Roth tricycle body. Maybe a C-cab. Here's an (admittedly rear-) Ed Roth VW engine:

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/04/ed-big-daddy-roth-tribute-trike-and.html

01-16-2017, 02:45 PM	#60 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,582 Thanks: 8,101 Thanked 8,894 Times in 7,339 Posts	Dunn-Right Incorporated Home of the "Volks-Air" Air Compressor "When it has to be Dunn-Right" Instead of cutting down the engine, do a Dunn-Right air compressor conversion. Add a 60 gallon compressed air tank, twinned alternators and a battery bank. Wherever you go, you are the local utility company. Use hemp oil lubricants. Edit: Why I like this idea: It ties the vehicle to specific functions, but if you had the air tank and batteries between the driver and rear axle, then you could have a 4ft tall tool chest behind the axle that could drop down onto it's own casters. They you'd have a shop truck that you could drive indoors on compressed air. Instead of an APE or Cushman, I'd want a fiberglass Ed Roth tricycle body. Maybe a C-cab. Here's an (admittedly rear-) Ed Roth VW engine: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/04/ed-big-daddy-roth-tribute-trike-and.html Last edited by freebeard; 01-16-2017 at 03:22 PM..