07-13-2021, 08:22 PM
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It's all about Diesel
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Then I don't know, but the owner told me it underwent a restoration after he inherited it.
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07-25-2021, 03:27 AM
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Bob fixed a hole in the gas tank!
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07-25-2021, 12:36 PM
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I have a Superbeetle gas tank I could do that to, but I'd hang it from a rafter by a rope to slosh the stuff around inside.
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07-28-2021, 03:36 PM
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07-28-2021, 05:02 PM
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VW electric conversions were very popular at the EV West open house this month.
A beautiful, tattered dashboard in an Adam West Batman fight scene:
Same bus, after defeating the Riddler and righting itself:
A old VW thing with a Tesla motor:
A clean paintjob bus with a modest Warp-9 motor going in (my favorite motor choice):
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07-28-2021, 05:31 PM
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I'm not so favorable to EV conversions into classics, but I have already lurked about making a hybrid setup to fit into a campervan.
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07-29-2021, 10:31 AM
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It's a motor swap that can be done with no changes and can be returned back to original leaving only carpet compression marks. So why not?
Better than some of the "restorations I have seen
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07-29-2021, 10:40 PM
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It's all about Diesel
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Piotrsko
So why not?
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Range anxiety, and me disagreeing with some political aspects of all this push toward EVs. Not that I would fiercely oppose to someone who eventually wants to get an EV, but I still would prefer resorting to the ICE. |
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07-29-2021, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
It's a motor swap that can be done with no changes and can be returned back to original leaving only carpet compression marks. So why not?
Better than some of the "restorations I have seen
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Yeah... I agree... the EV swap is way better than lots of "restomods" too. Ooooo, another loud LS engine swap! 
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07-29-2021, 10:54 PM
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It's all about Diesel
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I must confess I would enjoy a Kombi with an LS swap 
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