FS: 48 volt Geo Metro ... the ForkenSwift ... $700 ... eastern Ontario
 

http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...1&d=1401737309

(Car may not be exactly as shown... rockers are shot, and it's not quite this shiny at the moment...)

OK, I guess I'm getting serious about this now. Here's my dedicated "for sale" post...

ForkenSwift is up for grabs! This is primarily due to extensive underbody rust, brake failure (probably a line... I didn't even bother to confirm), and generally too many projects crowding it off the "to-do" list.

It was a really fun project and a useful vehicle as a low/medium speed EV runabout. (It was always my first choice to drive if I had to use a 4-wheeled conveyance within its range.)

Full details/specifications are at: Electric car conversion on a beer budget - ForkenSwift.com Everything's included: charger, worn out batteries, EV grin, the works! Car is in working condition, however "rough around the edges" is probably a generous overall description.

My buddy and I put a grand total of about ~$1400 in the project, but THIS WEEK ONLY, WE'RE HAVING A 50% OFF SALE! That's right, yours for just $700! If you know of a solid Metro/Firefly/Swift, you could have it back on the road in a weekend.

You can come get just the EV bits, or borrow the tow bar and drag it to your destination.

But I will be removing various non-EV parts & body panels from the car to keep as spares for another vehicle. It will be stripped/hacked but will still roll.

I already have someone interested in the motor, but would prefer to sell the whole thing before the end of June.

This is your chance to own a small, blue, rusty piece of DIY EV history!

Here's another misleading photo:

http://forkenswift.com/offsite/motor...hiny-angle.jpg

In B.C your car would sell fast , we have lots of fireflies still on the streets, mostly rust free and owned by frugal forward thinkers.


It would also be great for someone to make a hybrid electric diesel car / trike like Mechs with..:)

If I were in B.C., I'd be in serious trouble. Too many cheap, old eco-cars still around!

I believe in reincarnation! Hopefully someone else does too, and puts the EV bits into something else.

Classified ads have been posted around the web. We'll see what happens...

Sure, sure.. steal all the viewers away from

>>> *** my civic hx for sale *** <<<

with a cooler car and more fun ad. I'd love to play with that thing, bring it and some cash and drive my hx home.

Ha! Very clever threadjack!

(Kidding) :D

I fixed your post so your HX thread can ride the ForkenSwift wave.

Who, me? What? HaHa. Thanks for the hyper-link. You would think I'd have done that if I was truly devious.
Can't a guy get a little jealous at the rate someone else is getting views? You'd think folks had an alert set in their computers for anytime the word forkenswift popped up.
I can't believe you are giving up on her. I guess she'll go the way of all those metros, death by oxidation cancer.

Man, would you ever. "Pssst, hey, hey you! You want some Sprint? I got the best ones, no rust! How about some VX? Ya ya, it's the good stuff, right from Japan!" :snail:

forkenbump

War_Wagon: Stop. Just stop.

Distance makes me immune.

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Update! The guy who was interested in the motor says he's likely going to take the whole car. Will know more this week.

Cool. Did he say what his plans were for it? EM member?

Not a member. He says he'll either use the motor/adapter plate/coupler in a higher voltage conversion, or he'll use all the 48v bits in a side-by-side ATV.

Excellent! So you have space and money to spend! You sure you don't want to come back out to Vancouver? I have a rust free Metro that I'd donate to the cause just to see the story and pics of the road trip back - whether or not it would actually make it would be a totally different story ha ha. Synchros?? Pffft, those are for people that can't shift! :snail:

Well, no, not yet. (You know better than to count your pre-chickens!)

Synchros? I don't need no stinkin' synchros! And my asking the following question represents no particular seriousness on this matter... but what year is it?

The Plot thickens

Im still waiting for my passport. :confused:

It's a '96 I think? I am pretty sure it's still there, I haven't seen it in a while but next time I'm up there I'll have a look. It's the last one I have, and it was one of the first ones I bought, I think you saw it when you were in town. "Ran when parked" as all the best old Buy & Sell ads used to say! :snail:

Kijiji is a good site to advertise on , i found my car on it.

I received a deposit on the ForkenSwift parts. The transaction should wrap up in a couple of weeks.

If you come out here to pick up your newly donated Metro, remember I still owe you a case of beer! Add that to the plot.:turtle:

I'll feel like an outlaw transporting beer across provincial borders!

Congratulation plus to the new owner !

Yup it's still there, I looked yesterday. "One of us, one of us" says all the west coasters ha ha.

Also, transporting beer across the line was the premise of "Smokey and the Bandit", and I know you didn't just say that wasn't a worthy cause ha ha

Oh man. This may turn into quite the meet up.

I'll say. I've been driving a Tahoe around while I wait for it to get shipped south, and am starting to like it. I need and intervention, and Metro needs, well, a Metro!

reincarnation
 

Now thats what a green metro looks like. :thumbup:

Doesnt burn any coal or gas. :cool: