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   > charger/batteries, etc.   
   >   
   > I really want to do something with this truck.  Its to nice to throw   
   > away, but in the end I may just haul it to a salvage yard.   
      
   I had a guy touch base with me with a complete package for a 1/2 ton   
   Dodge truck that he wasn't going to use.  $58,000.00  At the risk of   
   offending your sensitive natures.  F__K THAT.  Okay, at that price it   
   did include a new battery.   
      
   I actually found a "package" sans battery for $6500.  96HP (72Kw), 144   
   volt, controller, inverter, & charger.  A rough calculator estimates the   
   0-60mph (0-96kph) at around 18 seconds with a single 96HP motor with a   
   5000lb (2267kg) vehicle.  Pretty darn slow.   
      
   They make an adapter for that motor to tie two of them together, so 6500   
   + 6500 + 500 + battery and I'm close to the minimum of 20 grand.   
      
   I could put the truck back together with a remanufactured (not repaired)   
   engine that is a match to the OEM with all new parts on top and in front   
   of the motor for 6 grand.  I just don't have the time for that.   
      
   I still think I am looking at putting it on a trailer and hauling it to   
   a salvage yard.   
      
   EV just doesn't make any sense financially at all.  I don't have the   
   knowledge to boot strap a wrecked EV into it.  That is the ONLY way I've   
   seen anybody do an EV conversion even half affordable.   
      
   To be fair that 90HP package would be fine for a small light car like a   
   first gen Miata or an old Chevy Luv, but for anything substantial it   
   would just incite road rage in other drivers.   
      
   That being said, I keep an eye out for a first gen Miata with a blown   
   motor and good chassis at a deal.  I passed a couple years ago, but now   
   I wish I'd snatched them up.  I like the old pop-up head lights with the   
   bug eye conversion.  There was also an outfit in California with that   
   made a fastback hard top for them.  Extreme aerodynamic improvement and   
   it already wasn't bad with the top up.   
      
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