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I have a motor that looks just like that in my garage!
That is a common connector on a hydraulic pump. Not the type of connection you would want for an electric car though.
Like MetroMPG said, perhaps you could connect to the other end of the shaft? Otherwise, talk to a machinist and see what it would take to get some other style of connection custom made for the motor.
Connecting the motor to the transmission is the most complicated part of a cheap forklift motor electric car. (Unless you are making your own controller!)
Tackle figuring this out first. Everything else is still plenty of work, but nothing terribly complicated or difficult.
On my car, I ended up finding a different motor which had a drive shaft on it, but if I hadn't, I would be doing the exact same as you right now - trying to figure out how to make that connection work.
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