Electric VW Beetle - Bolt-in kit
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2023
- In this episode we run through our bolt-in electric conversion kit for the VW Beetle. Whether it's an early oval with swingaxle rear suspension or a late 1303s with McPherson struts at the front and IRS at the back we have a way of converting that old Volkswagen Beetle to electric.
On the IRS models we use a Tesla small rear drive unit, whereas on the swingaxle versions we use a Netgain Hyper 9 motor. - Авто та транспорт
Still got my beetle is got when I was 16.. 2 years till I'm 50 😂❤❤
Cool. Keep it. 👍👍👍
My brother was given a '68 VW Beetle at 18 and amazingly still has it. He's, now, 60. His first car.
Ferdinand Porsche would have loved this, he had a passion for electric tanks and vehicles so this would be a very sympathetic evolution .
Yep. The first car he built was electric. 😁👍
@@wadewilson6628 Electric motors are mechanically far more simple than combustion engines.
@@wadewilson6628 but an ice has way more moving parts… definitely opposite of … simple. The tank failed because of the weight causing crossing issues and logistic issues, but having the advantage of being quite and getting into enemy territory quietly.
I don’t think weight would be an issue with a Beetle, considering the battery is small. The body is light.
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@@wadewilson6628 the bldc motors used are dead simple: two bearings and a single gear reduction if more torque is needed. How many bearings alone does an internal combustion engine have? The controls and wiring are dead simple, no relay logic here.
The Beetle is a perfect choice for an EV conversion. Having a bolt in system is amazing.
I think it would be cool in an original Fiat 500 or even an original Mini also.
As many people drive them to car shows in the summer 150 miles isnt going to get you to many and if you are parked in the show you armt going to be charging for the return journey
Good to know old cars don't die they EVolve.
I'm in Australia and sat here patiently waiting (and saving) for a self-install kit for my 1976 bay window camper, so you know - hurry up lol
Great seeing the electric car conversion for such a classic. My first car was a 1965 Mustang convertible but my parents, brother and later myself all had VW Beetles. Father had a 1967, my brother had a 1967 also and I had a 1969 a few years later as a second car. From 1970 to 1974 my parents also had a 1970 VW camper at the same time as their 1967 Beetle. Both were red so they got personalized license plates for them. The Beetle's plate read, "RED BUG" and the camper's was "BED BUG". They were pretty cute parked next to each other in our carport.
No it's not. You take a nice beetle with range and turn it into a golf cart that will barely take you 18 holes and back? It's a crime.
@@FreemonSandlewould , So you have owned an electric beetle?
My very first car was a 1972 Chevelle, bought it in 1986 when I was 17. I’m 54 now and still have it!
At 17???... bro??!!
Back then life was simpler and easier@@marycherotich1495
Bought my first car 1969 beetle when I was 16 and still have her, I’m 44 now 😊
Cool 👍😀
Good lad. 😁👍
They seem to become 'part of the family', and I know what you mean!
Have you electrified it yet?
44 😂 not 69 😁😂😎
Hello from Canada. My first vehicle was a 1972 GMC pickup truck. Still have the old girl, lots of work been done to her. Was looking into going electric. Just need to win the lottery.
Look forward to hearing about conversions here in Sydney Australia. Well done.
Carl
VW Beetle has that special place for me, one of my first vehicles and like you restored, modified many
I still have my 1960 beetle since I was 14 and am now 52. This kit interests me, very much.
Wow, I think you win. 😁👍
@@ElectricClassicCars I have my second beetle, 79 convertible, bought when I was 18, almost 42 years of ownership.
Wow, what a well designed system! Please hurry with the DIY version!
It's coming. 👍
@@ElectricClassicCars xe này có bán về Việt Nam không?
I've never seen someone who's so very British. You should be in history films bro!
First car was a 1979 VW Rabbit Diesel... My grandfather didn't want me getting anywhere in a hurry! haha
What a beaut of a beetle! You and your team are doing great work. First car I bought was a 1978 Alfa Alfetta.
I have watched most of your videos and the one thing that really stands out for me is the absolute attention to detail.
Thanks 👍😀
You don't look anywhere near 50. And doing what you love to do, what is your passion, and at the same time making a living from it. Fair play! Celebrate your upcoming birthday. You have the best decade of your life ahead of you. A good friend told me a few years ago about hitting 50 (she did the year before me) was that you know you have less time ahead of you than behind you. And you no longer give a f*ck about anything. She was spot on and it's a great way to be.
49 here, still have my ‘74 that I got when I was 17. Have had it for 32 years now. Needs restored.
my first car was also a 1968 VW Beetle, actually belonged to my mother, was lowered with four stabilizers and belted tires, but only 40 hp, yes, that saved my life
Love a lowered '68 Bug. 😎👌
Can't wait to watch an install video on these new components!!
my first car was a 72 super beetle, blue with a white stripe on the door. loved that car... got rear ended and put the motor in the back seat.. had a few more over the years, beetles and busses
What a nice guy! Had a photo with him outside the garage! I was the gas man lol
Hi 😎👍
Lovely paint job on that car.
My first _gallon_ of petrol cost me 40p. I could fill my bike's tank for a quid.
1st car 1970 bug, 1959 ghia, 1964 steel sunroof bug, 1975 bug, 1971 Westfilia, 1971 911 Targa, 1964 Crew cab, and since 1995 currently owned 1963 sunroof bug. Love them.
I miss bugs. All us children grew up in them, and two of us followed with Golfs. Salt killed them all. It is so lovely to see a beautiful old car mixed with fun new tech.
Excellent presentation with visuals of the system and everything that’s involved.
Thanks for doing these videos. I love the old air cooled VW's, about 30 years ago my wife and I had a white 69 beetle that we loved, unfortunately we had to get rid of it due to rust and essentially being unsafe to drive anymore :(. We lived in Colorado back then and I used to take that car on Jeep trails up in the mountains, that car would go everywhere! I'm so happy to see companies like yours bringing them back to life again! Cheers!
My wife and I have been talking about Beetle conversions as a very cool project. Great video!
In 1967, I purchased my first car which was a 1957 Renault Dauphine. It required regular repairs to keep it running. Things like the valve seats coming loose made for interesting drives. The shifter was like rowing a boat. One could time it's 0-60 time with a hourglass. But it was mine and I was ecstatic. My next car was a 1958 Beetle that I purchased in 1968 for $100.00. It had been neglected when I bought it so I overhauled the engine, installed a new headliner and spray painted it candy apple red. That is the car I wish I owned today. I had a lot of good times in that car.
My first car: 1969 Fiat Spyder. Nice looking small convertible. I bought it for $250 USD at 16 and proceeded to waste most of my hard-earned income until 18. We did a frame off restoration with a crash course in Italian automotive vocabulary. No matter what carburetor we installed on that small engine, it never ran correctly. For me, I’d love to have an electric conversion of that car, speeding around the mountains in Montana during the summer.
Thank you for your video. I visit your website once a month to see what’s happening at ECC. Maybe a classic conversion is in my future!
Once a month???????? You need to make that once a week 👍👍👍😀😀😀😂😂😂
Thank you for a well thought out unit, my first Beetle was a 66, engine was modified to a 1600 with two Weber's.
Thanks for the run through on your EV conversion. Answering your poll question:
First car, bought as a 16 year old know-nothing was a 1965 180 hp Corvair with a blown engine. I replaced that with a junk yard 110 hp unit (I think). Ran that until it blew up, then got a '67 type 1 with a bus engine, finding out the push rod tube seals in a VW held up much better than the Chevrolet counterpart. That said, if I were to EV convert a vehicle I would choose a second gen Corvair. Nothing compares to one's first love.
My first car was a '65 beetle. Never left me stranded. It came to me from my new sister in law in 1972. She had entered it in the "Herbie the Love Bug" contest Walt Disney held to pick the car used in the movie. She had photos of her driving it through Disneyland in Anaheim in the parade Disney held for all the contestants who could/would come to it. I had nothing but air cooled VWs for the first 40 years I drove, worked at a machine shop that had specialized in them for 30 years. I rebuilt a couple dozen engines, did everything except the insides of the transmissions. Including paint, upholstery, glass, electrical, you name it, I did it! Almost everything stock.
My mom had a ‘69 Beetle, baby blue color. I was a lil kid at the time. I do remember riding to school.
Cool mom😎👍
Wow, this is amazing! As plug and play as it gets.
So impressive! That kit looks like a dream to install.
Good luck finding an IRS Beetle!
@@brunopadrino1498 They are eveywhere.....but that being said, the car you just watched was a Swing axle removed. He said, you can get one motor for the Swing Axle or the Tesla kit for one that has no transmission at all.
I had my Beetle when I was 19 and I still own it. I’m 50 now.
It’s a 1971 1302s model.
Bought my first Beetle from 1969 in 1981 and still have her, I’m 60 now 😁✌️😊👌
I owned a 1963 Beetle in 1971 when stationed in Furth Germany. Loved that car. So good in the snow and mud. Wonderful gas mileage. Don't remember the number now, but we were limited to the number of liters we could buy per month. Had a book of coupons to buy gas. Fun car and beautiful country.
What a great and informative video. My first car was also rear engined and air cooled, but it only had two cylinders - it was a 1972 NSU Prinz 4L. It was totally gutless, but I still think of it fondly, and seeing how you have converted a number of beetles makes me think that maybe a NSU would be a great conversion candidate. Maybe a pipe dream, but a little more possible now.
My mom had a 67 bug that I learned to drive on. Then I went over to England for a couple years and drove a 76 BMW 320i. Then after coming back, I bough my 66 bug and drove it from Washington State down to Southern California. Put in a brand new motor and transaxle and then ran out of money. Drove it back to Washington State and took it to college. Was at the bottom of a snowy hill and was sitting still and ended up getting hit by three cars in a row. Pulled the rear fender out, kicked out the big dent in the door and kept driving it for a while. Sold it to a person who really just wanted the motor and cashed the three insurance checks and basically broke even. Will always have VWs in my veins and love that people are bringing them into the present with electrification. Hope you put in brighter lights than the 6 volt ones my car had. Put a 12 volt system in with the new motor because the original lights were like driving with two Zippo lighters stuck out in front of the car.
awesome conversion kit. I still have my ' 74 I haven't driven it in about 3 years and am totally hyped on the thought of a vw bug KITTT!!!
I'd love to do something like this. Always liked the original Beetles and this to me seems to be the perfect candidate for an electric conversion. the only real caveat I still see is the range, and the environmental considerations of large scale Li-Ion battery production for EVs.
My first car was a gold 1969 Dodge Dart with three on the tree. That car would have looooved an EV upgrade!
Nice, my first car when I turned 18y in ‘92 was a VW 1303 from ‘72. When I was a kid my parrents had a VW K70L
Thank you, very well presented and full of fascinating info about one of my favourite cars. I learned to drive and passed my test in a Beetle. Soon after that I bought my first car, brand new, in 1967 - a Fiat 500F for £417. That is still my all time favourite and I hid FIAMM air horns behind the front bumper! Most excellent!!
Thanks. Like the air horns. 👍😀
My first car was a 65 Beetle. I drove it many places in the woods where 4x4's feared to tread! On one occasion a wheel came off while I was driving on the free way - it did give some warning , however , so I was almost stopped when it dropped. ( had to use one lug- bolt from each of the other wheels to drive to home!)
The little guys were bullet proof and with a copy of The Idiots Guide anyone could do anything from an oil change to a complete rebuild. I somehow slept through the years and when I got up, the price for an unrusted bug had risen from $500 to $12,000. Bummer.
I can't stop looking over your shoulder at that Maserati!!!
My first car was a Austen A40 Summerset, which I restored when I was 16 (1961). I lived in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia).
Hi Richard, great video and info as always! My first car was a 1983 MkI Fiest 1.1L I drove it around until I finished college and then bought a 1990 MkII XR2. That XR2 is a car that I would love to still have and drop a small tesla unit into it. At the time I didn't think it was underpowerd and given the brakes and suspension it was probably about right but after 5 years with a MS P100D, I think I'd like a bit more out of the old thing if I still had it :) Keep up the content, always a pleasure to watch. Thank you.
Love your channel, my first car was also a 68 bug. Wish I could say I still had it. I’m just a few years old than you.
Thanks 👍😀
My first car was a 74 Dodge Dart that my dad and I picked up at state auction. It used to be a city car and was that tan color all our city cars were painted at the time.
Shortly after getting this car my dad started a project and we ended up renovating a 62 VW European Touring Bus. The one with ALL the windows. It had one of those pop up tops that had rotted away. We ended up making a frame and put in a smoked plexiglass top, so the entire top was a big sunroof. We also tinted all the side windows in the passenger area. It was two tone with gloss black below the window line and above the rain gutter and a light silver/grey color around all the windows and down the point in front. We put a black straight tubular bumper across the back and a similar one in front with a horseshoe in the middle for some fog lamps. It also had larger tires mounted on it and the rear wheel wells had been cut out for wider tires. I also put some side scoops over the grating on each side of the engine compartment. It came out really nice and I drove it for a few years while I was in High School.
My next car was the one lemon I ever had, a Honda CVCC hatchback. Everything failed on that car the brakes went out, the clutch went out, it burned oil. I was using it to do a motoroute to deliver newspapers. I delivered newspapers fo 5 years on a bike and once I got my drivers license I got a motoroute. Went from 40 customers to 400. I did that for another 5 years. Anyway, this car sucked and I decided I wanted something brand new.
Next car was a 83 Nissan Sentra hatchback, and this is that car you were talking about, the car I had FOREVER. I have mentioned it in the comments previously as the car I would convert to electric, and I probably would if I still had it. I ended up giving it to my daughter before she got married. She needed a car to drive to work. This was 2010 or thereabouts, so I had it for 27 years or so.
My current vehicle is a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. This is pretty much a Toyota Matrix with a different body shell, but the interior is identical. This is another car that might be fun to convert. Interestingly enough it already has a power plug in the dash for running AC devices. And the fold down seats allow you to put 8 ft. long lumber or a ladder or something inside without any problems, so it is pretty versatile. I haven't had any complaints with it anyway. If you have a recommendation on how to go about doing an electric conversion on it I am all ears.
Wow that’s a very nice conversation! Great job like always my friend!
Thank you kindly
Well done video presentation - clear + precise information. Nice looking Oval as well.
Thank you kindly!
I have had 6 Beetles in my 20s after building a beech buggy from one when I was 23. In 2016 I bought a 1978 VW Type 2 camper which I refitted. In 2020 I bought a Beetle 1302S like my favourite from my past and did a restoration. I think an electric conversion would make a lot of sense on that one but I would like to do it myself as I rebuilt the car. The kit looks great.
Sweet!
My first car was a 1965 Chevy impala tank. However, in 1987 I bought a 1968 Beetle while stationed in Japan off an Air Force member for $500.
I shipped it to US when I transferred and enjoyed it for a few more years then sold it for $1800.
🙋🏼
In 1972 I bought a 1971 Super Beetle and drove it until 1992.
At the end it was a Flintstone car and it really deserved much
better than it got from me. It took me all over Texas and then
to North Carolina, and then out to Idaho and Montana, and finally
back to South Carolina. The first engine was good for 200k on
the odometer but that was in the first 10 years. Really would
love to get another beetle and electrify it. Great video and I look
forward to more.
First car was a 1964 VW Beetle and I loved every bit of it! Seems I had a flair for getting it up on two wheels every so often. For real tight parking spots I would get the rear end into the spot and go up front to pick it up and scoot it over into place!
Great video! I too have owned several VW Beetles and found this video quite intriguing. Watching this video got my mind to thinking what other cars could be converted. Suddenly it hit me, the Chevrolet Corvair. I also owned two of these. The Corvair had a very large and very square front trunk area and engine compartment. Granted there aren't as many survivors out there which is too bad and they received an ill-gotten bad rap from mister Nader.
Thank you, for the video. In Brazil it was produced untill 1986, and then again between 1993-1996 (curiously known as "Itamar", after the president Itamar Franco). Greetings from Brazil.
Learnt to drive in a 2L 1975 Microbus , passed my test in a 1982 South African import T3 Caravelle, first car was a 1972 Bay van with a Type 3 engine, heating worked great. I feel a desire to return to this sort of simple yet rewarding motoring.
My first one was a Subaru J-10 from 1994. There was also the J-12 which had 4 x 4, which sadly were a very limited number in Malta, so I couldn't get my hands on one of them. Nonetheless, the J10 was so solid and robust, that when I flipped it on its side, it only caused a dent on the door and broke one of the indicator housings - the mirror simply folded forwards. It was very easy to fix, and despite its tiny size, certainly quite spacious inside ;)
Nicely engineered Gents, I would have loved to see that car finished and running with a test drive. 👍
Here you go. 👍. ua-cam.com/video/H-5I4oRDVHA/v-deo.html
Fantastic! I'm about 10 years older than you and my first car was a 1964 Beetle that I bought for $100 in 1977. I too loved that car but where I lived in Maine they salted the roads heavily in winter and the car was a rust bucket. You could see the road going by underneath. I had no access to welding equipment so I riveted and bolted patches on to patches to keep from falling through. I used to keep an ice scraper handy to scrape the INSIDE of the windshield and oh lord did I have to dress warmly. That "hot air" heater didn't do much at -20F/-29C. That said, that car could plow through any snow and I even took it off roading a few times. Sadly, it finally broke apart and got turned into tuna cans or something. Videos like this make me crave a restored electric one but for now my Ford Ranger conversion is far more practical. Keep up the good work!
My first car was a Nissan Micra van. It drove me all over the country to gigs and it was wildly abused. No desire whatsoever to drive one again, but I really would love to convert an Alfa 156. To this day it's one of my favourite car designs.
First car was a '76 Firebird, last of the 2 headlight ones until the '82 pop-up headlight models. Then I had a '72 Triumph Spitfire and a '80 Porsche 924. The Spitfire was the one I loved and lived with the most... in fact I am restoring another one right now!
I bet the 924 was the best handling? 😁👍
@@ElectricClassicCars Yep. I had it tuned and tweaked and could keep up with more powerful sports cars in "spirited" driving... once we hit a straight though the 2 Liter Audi engine just couldn`t keep up...
My first car was a 1964 Beetle....wheel gas pedal, a 1600 cc that popped a spark plug out on the highway, all the trimmings. I upgraded to a 2165cc with dual Weber 40s and a Scat C5 cam. That thing was a blast to drive but I broke clutches every few months. Thinking about picking up another 1964 in a few years for a project with my kids, and by then, an electric conversion will nearly be necessary.
Breaking clutches is great fun! That's how I learned to dry-shrift, what with necessity being the mother of all motivations...
First car was a beetle paid £50 and completely restored it, started with removing the rusted body off the chassis and restored the chassis gearbox and Engine before sourcing a rust free body and bolted that to the now pristine chassis! Body worked the “new” shell and resprayed the entire car myself, new wiring and interior a big job for 16/17 year old but boy did I learn a thing or two! Now in my fifties and never forgotten my first car
Good one 👍😀
I crushed a Beetle once, '57 that was rusted through everywhere. My brother bought it and robbed all the parts and left it in a field. I got dad's Caterpillar and drove over it just before we cut it up for scrap. Had another that was held together with fiberglass due to rust. It was orange and had been entered in a parade, so the owner had painted black spots and added some antenae above the wind screen.
Oh, BTW, the Porsche 912E and 914-4 were both type 4 powered. It was the Porcshe engineers that hotted up the original 1.7L to make the 2L engine, which was detuned for Transporter duty.
My first car was a used 1966 Karmen Ghia. Loved it, but it was fairly high maintenance. I saw an electric conversion of a Ghia on UA-cam some time ago. That would be a great fun car!
Yep, we've done a few Karmann Ghia's now. Lovely cars. 😎👍
@@ElectricClassicCars My first conversion back in 2009 was a 64 Ghia with a 9" GE Series Motor and 96 volts with lead acid golf cart batteries before we had access to affordable lithium. Range sucked but loved that it was electric.
Beautiful work and excellent engineering 😀👍
Thank you very much!
@@ElectricClassicCars I'm hoping for an off-the-shelf conversion for rear wheel drive cars.
A kind of one-size-fits-all arrangement for Minors, Escorts, MGBs and so on.
No doubt you're working on it already...
My first car was a 1964 VW Bug that I bought for $300 dollars in 1989 at the age of 15 . . . I still have that car! I could never get rid of it! I love that thing!
My first car was a ‘72 Chevy Nova. I almost died in that car and I miss it every day.
I spent a lot of time in a hot rod beetle in high school,a perfect electric conversion, i would love to see this done on a mini cooper.
Awesome content. My first car was a 1964 beetle with a Baja kit. It was still on a 6V system. Would love to re-create it with one of these kits. Great stuff.
Your first car was a Baja? Wow, very cool. 😎👌
My buddy had a baja bug. Cool stuff. 👍
First thanks for the vid, worked on a slew of old bugs and 1954 porshes back in the 70's. I drove a new 72 bug with a 36 ford front end fiberglass. I used to keep my old laundry bag full of my camping gear tucked in behind the fake grill . It helped hold down the front end and I figured it for a little more cush before the gas tank got pushed into my lap in a crash. My next car was a used 72' super bug with air conditioning. That was a trip (the A/C).
My first car was a 1951 deluxe beetle (hydraulic brakes and aluminum trim). My second car was another 1951, but the standard trim - mechanical brakes and no trim. Both came with the 1100cc 25HP engine and NO synchromest 4 speed transaxle. Soon replaced by a hopped up 1200cc engine and a synchro transaxle.
Great video and conversion. My first car was a '63 Beetle when I was 15 bought for 45 quid with some crash damage. I spent a couple of years converting it to a GP Speedshop LDV beach buggy in metalflake red. Wish I still had now (50 years later) to convert to electric with one of your kits. That would be so cool.
Those GP Beach Buggies were very cool. 😎👌
The first car I bought was a 1960 Beetle and it cost me $600 at the time. As I recall that was in 1970. I drove it from Boulder, CO USA to Provo, UT USA during the winter of 1971 up through Wyoming. The roads were icy and there was a lot of snow. I actually slid off the freeway at one point and fortunately just got into soft snow. A couple of people stopped to help push me out of the snow and back onto the freeway and off I went. I was only able to go about 35 mph due to head wind but I did make it to my destination unharmed. That was also my first “make out” car. I ended up giving the car to my girlfriend about a month later because I had to go into the Army. She didn’t have it long because my dad went out there and reposed it from her. Then, during my leave before going to Vietnam I traded it in for a Pontiac. So that’s the story of the first car I purchased which just happened to be a 1960 VW Beetle.
The Golf MK2 I've a big attachment to. A friends family had one and it was the most fun I've ever had riding in as a passenger. Been obsessed over them since.
Fantastic build video and nice upgrade brakes. I owned a Vaxuhall Nova SR 1.4 for my first car. Like to see one of them EV system put in one of them.
My first car is a 1973 Super Beetle; I say "is" because I don't yet have my license, but my dad and I are fixing it up and hopefully it'll be ready to drive by the time I am too! Just started putting in new headliner the other day, it's such a cool project and I intend to keep it as long as I can!
That is awesome!
My suggestion is: Don't EVER get rid of it! Try as hard as you can to always keep it. You won't regret it.
I’m 42, and I’ve had my 1958 since 2001 (my second car). Keep it as long as possible!
Love seeing these bolt in kits. So awesome! Still thinking about doing a conversion on my V8 Westfield 🤔😅
I want one! My 73 thing would be so happy with that conversion
Probably the best car for electric conversion. The engines were never the most reliable on long trips, but great for urban driving.
My first car was a 1973 super beetle. I wish I 'd never given it away. I have a 1970 beetle based Manta Montage kit car I would love to convert to electric. Your conversion kit looks comprehensive and amazing!
What the... ?
That is one beautiful beetle
Datsun tripple S ;-) love your content- based in south africa, we are so far behind the curve on tech this side of the world....
My first car was a 1963 VW Beetle. I got it when I was 17. I am close to 50 now and I still have that car.
Wow. Same as me. Congrats. 😁👍
i was looking for 2002wrx,...now i want a beetle
what sorcery is this/
Excellent video gentleman and that is a phenomenal conversion. Keep up the good work.
Thank you kindly!
My first car (I am 65 years old) was a perfect 1957 Buick Special two-door. I had to rebuild the transmission to get it going. Love it!
Fascinating conversion. It's great that you're breathing new life into the classics. Wish I could find something similar for my daughter's car - she brought home an 84' Jaguar XJ6 that's older than her! It's now her project car ( aka the money pit) but she loves it. 😂
A project Jaguar XJ6? Well if she needs your help, that will keep her home until she's about 35. Good move. Keep her while you can !! LOL
These kits are so awsome i live in the states and see alot of bugs for sale for 2-4k with straight bodies but weak or non running motors this would be a fun way to make a great daily i also love pontiac sunbirds the final gen specifically (80-94) i had a 90 2.0 opel motor and now have a 93 with a 3.1 v6 its a vert this would be a fun conversion on it if the motor ever failed
My first car was a 1968 Beetle. Wish I still had it as I now work for a company that produces classic car interiors, Beetles included!!!!!!!
My first car was a Skoda 1000 MB, 1966. I still have it. It is currently in a process of a long restoration. I would love to have it converted to electric drive, but there are no kits and it would be super expensive. I currently drive a 2020 VW e-up. The power and range of it are absolutely OK for my daily uses. My dream is to have the Skoda 1000 MB with the same traction accumulator and engine as the e-up has. The traction accumulator has no active temperature management, making a conversion easier. I would put some of the modules over the front axle, where the original tank is as well as the spare wheel and tools. The rest of the modules could go behind the back seats. I would probably upgrade the brakes to disc brakes in the front (from a slightly newer model), and also replace the rear axle to the type that we see on the beetle in this video, even if that would mean cutting into the chassis. The spare wheel would move to the rear engine compartment. the original radiator for the water cooling might be utilized for the cooling of the engine and inverter. Charging port would be most likely "hidden" behind the grill on the rear right wing, which would be modified to open on hinges instead of being fixed. No need to have power steering or power brakes, especially since most of the braking would be with the electric motor. I rarely use the mechanical brakes on my e-up, mostly just to bring the car to a complete stop.
Great job on the video folks! Thanks for making it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
My first car was a 71 Citroen GS. I’ve recently acquired an ‘86 GSA for restoration. I have a Nissan Leaf power train sat on the bench next to it. Following your mantra of converting a low weight, aerodynamic classic, it seems like a good choice. Drawing inspiration from your builds.
Very cool!
My first car was a Citroën GS Pallas semi automatic , I bought it off my brother in laws father for £300 in 1981. It was a lovely car to drive, very comfortable and disc brakes all round, wish I had kept it.