I started researching electric vehicles by talking to my brother Tim. He had converted an S-10 pickup truck several years ago. He gave me some internet links and some practical knowledge. His conversion used lead acid batteries so his range is fairly limited.
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No turning back now |
While I was researching EV (electric vehicles) I started dismantling my truck. Fenders off, ICE (internal combustion engine) out. It had been a long time (35 years) since the truck was dismantled. Quite a lot of rust had settled in. A grinder came in handy to make short work of seized up bolts.
Getting edumacated in EV has been difficult. There is so much stuff on the internet. Quite a bit of it is getting dated. Additionally, quite a few people converted their vehicles for very short trips. While this is pretty cheap, it doesn't serve my purpose which is to use it as a daily driver, April - September. Since my commute is about 40 miles round trip, I started looking at fancier solutions.
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I also started looking into body shops. Although I've become more skilled at building and repairing things over the years, I have also learned to realize when I'm in over my head.
For the quality of restoration I wanted, I needed a pro. The first quote was $25,000! Yikes. However, I was then led to a much more reasonable body man.
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Naked |
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New floorboards and undercoating |
I have nothing but good things to say about Tim Everson. He is doing a bang up job. He has cut out all of the rust and welded in new metal.
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Primed |
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Back together for fitting |
Dents are removed and he blocked the whole truck.
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Starting reassembly |
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Here's Tim |
It's looking great. Tim will be wrapping up his work in the next week or so.
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