Electric Motor in a Classic?

[JeffKeryk]

This car will never have an electric drivetrain. Or an LS drivetrain. Old skool, stock L36 427/4 speed Muncie/ 3:36 Posi.

 

[joekingcorvette]

People aren't doing this for fuel savings. It's a hobby, or a technical exercise. It's just a more modern version of dropping a modern V8 into an old flathead, something akin to old-fashioned hot rodding.

The folks that are dropping 250,00 (and sometimes quite a bit more) into various resto mods and drivetrain swaps (some of which are ICE and others EV) aren't doing it to save a few dollars per year on fuel.

Tell me, when you see a deuce coupe or roadster with small block Chevy or 302 Ford backed with a 4- or 5-speed box, do you think of the horrific transgression that took place, the blasphemy of destroying an old classic or do you appreciate the creativity and workmanship that went into transforming a clapped-out rust bucket into an enjoyable street rod?

I appreciate a fully restored old car, or a survivor, and have owned one of each, but I also dropped a '58 Olds Rocket 88 mated to a Hydramatic into a 1954 Ford F100. They were all useful and fun-to-own-and-drive vehicles.

I had a 58 Old's. I bet that Ford F100 would bring the groceries home quickly with that Olds powertrain. 371 CI 4 barrel with the Olds 4 speed automatic unless you had the J2 setup with 3 deuces.

 

[supton]

Sure they were. Check out some FSMs. Older engines had plenty of extra metal so they could be machined as needed with oversize pistons and undersize bearings offered.

And back in ye olden days—you expected a rebuild before 100k. Now we curse a mill that won’t make 200k.

I do believe the early spark plugs were made so you could take apart and clean. And replace the worn electrode. Yet no one seems to lament plugs that are simply tossed out when worn out. Where is the line between that which is acceptable as disposable, and that which needs to be designed so it can be rebuilt?

 

[earlyre]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/rober...cars-to-evs-biodiesel-hybrids-in-new-hbo-show

 

[CKN]

Yea-he is actually featured on the cover of my advanced copy of Motor Trend's August issue.

 

[bullwinkle]

And back in ye olden days—you expected a rebuild before 100k. Now we curse a mill that won’t make 200k.

I do believe the early spark plugs were made so you could take apart and clean. And replace the worn electrode. Yet no one seems to lament plugs that are simply tossed out when worn out. Where is the line between that which is acceptable as disposable, and that which needs to be designed so it can be rebuilt?

Spark plugs had to be cleanable, we were doing tune-ups (points, condenser, etc.) every 3000 miles or so! Engines have come a LONG way from the old days-100K used to be considered an outlier before EFI, computer controls, and electronic ignition.

 

[M56959]

Vulgarity and if nearly every reply to a humor post is serious, why have a humor forum.