Thread: Orbis Wheel
View Single Post
Old 08-08-2019, 12:51 AM   #27 (permalink)
freebeard
Master EcoModder
 
freebeard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 27,695
Thanks: 7,775
Thanked 8,584 Times in 7,068 Posts
Rich Benoit (Rich Rebuilds) is putting one of the same [brand] motors in a Model A lowboy roadster. Clutchless, on a three-speed (prolly 1939 Ford (last year of the floor shift)).

I could see a pure EV, with 100hp driving the rear wheels. Here's an example with a golfcart motor and lead acid batteries:



You could put thin fenders and running boards on that and hide a Tesla or Rav4 battery pack. Frunk 'n trunk.
__________________
.
.
Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster

____________________
.
.
"We're deeply sorry." -- Pfizer
  Reply With Quote