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Radical cutting, hey!
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09-01-2018, 12:07 AM
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I'm waiting to see if you can cut the rocker panels off the Prius and have the Ghia rocker fall onto the cut edge.
That would be awesome.
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09-03-2018, 05:55 AM
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Well, to me this is pretty awesome already 
You'd never be allowed to do this in the EU
(well, you could, but you'd never be able to get it on the road.)
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09-03-2018, 12:59 PM
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Kek.
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09-05-2018, 11:21 AM
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Something like your idea, but way too expensive.
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Nice idea. I am sure you will wind up with a classic looking ride for far less than these folks:
https://electrameccanica.com/eroadster/
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09-05-2018, 12:04 PM
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According to the website, it has 250 ft-lbs of torque at the motor, but 644 ft-lbs of torque at rear wheels. How does that increase 157.6%?
It claims to be guilt-free driving, but for the price of $124,900 for the base price, I am sure that I could provide clean water and vaccines to a village somewhere.
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09-05-2018, 11:22 PM
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I'm not sure if that would be road-legal in Brazil too, but even though it may be seen by those left-leaning lawmakers as "ruining a modern, safe car" they don't seem to look at the positive aspects of refurbishing an older "unsafe jalopy" to keep it roadworthy and up-to-date with stricter emission standards. Well, most of the older Euro rides were somewhat featherweight, which may lead one converted into hybrid to fare even better in city traffic. Well, I guess such a hybrid conversion would be quite desirable in Madrid for example... |
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09-06-2018, 01:12 AM
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Ridiculous. 1/8th million dollars for a fiberglass replicar. It's not even an aluminum body.
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The Intermeccanica Speedster is a fiberglass kit car based on the design of a 1955-1959 Porsche 356 Speedster.
Since early Porsches were based roughly on early Volkswagen Beetle mechanical components, the fiberglass Intermeccanica Speedster uses the floorpan and usually the engine and transmission from a Volkswagen Beetle.
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https://www.greencarreports.com/news...-old-eroadster
For that money, I'd want an Inrekor flatpack chassis
....and a single-speed drivetrain.
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09-06-2018, 08:58 AM
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According to the website, it has 250 ft-lbs of torque at the motor, but 644 ft-lbs of torque at rear wheels. How does that increase 157.6%?
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A 2.56 drive ratio...
Well, actually probably more like 2.8-3.0 with drivtrain losses.
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Passenger side cut back. Measurements are looking good.
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