The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area The HiPo Shop Just because you can do it ....

Bill - Since the truck in the ad already sold, I think your post might better fit into the HiPo Shop.

I'll leave it up to that forums Moderator "Fibonachu" if it should be left there or find a different spot for it.

I wonder if the dump bed is strong enough to actually dump a load of dirt?

I wonder if anyone who would buy this would know how to operate a shovel.

Exactly.

I would drive that.

I have been threatening to put a hybrid system in my 58 so I can park in the EV/Hybrid spots at work.

I would much rather see one hot rodded than converted to electric.

John

I have a friend who installed an electric plug socket on the bed of his '72 C-10 so he can do just that. He plugs the charge into the side of his truck and people don't know whether to poop or go blind.

It's a hobby and you are free to do what you want. Obviously, some liked the finished product judging by the closing bid!

That doesn't look like a dump box to me. It looks like it just opens to give access to the electrical components.

My question is ... WHY ???

Ya, he should have used his awesome powers for good instead of evil!

Evidently, the buyer did not blow up the pictures to see the shoddy craftsmanship on the bodywork and paint which makes me wonder about the mechanical and electrical work.

I picked out just a few to show what I found.

I guess the Tesla engine is having trouble generating enough vacuum to get the windsheild wipers to park.

Dang! Ol' Roy's hood fits better than that!

Sacrilege.

There is a place in hell for people like that.

The walk around video even shows that dent by the right side cowl louvers. It's like they didn't even try to remove it. And the grill fit is atrocious. It doesn't say whether the bodywork and paint was done professionally or just the EV conversion. But leaving off the running boards would be a deal killer for me. An AD truck without running boards?? Not in my world!

The paint and bodywork could have been done better.. by me in this driveway with bomb cans!! That said, the EV conversion portion seems more solid, though I would have used the older two speed transmission for more low speed torque. I'm guessing aftermarket Mustang II IFS? That's been done plenty on this fora, as has more than one IRS conversion.

Not gonna hate on a guy for doing a hot rod conversion with what's at hand in the era when it's done. And like it or not, there are now lots of wrecked Teslas and other EVs from which to harvest a drivetrain that can get you to sixty in under five seconds.

Fun fact: before being taken over by the actual Roman salute throwing, eugenics enthusiast fascie, Tesla was kind of a pretty great company. Their drivetrain hardware and software were open source-you could download the files and literally build the whole drivetrain for yourself if you wanted. To this day, its control software is still Linux based. Eberhard and Turpenning did the world a solid, and the original union built in USA Teslas were actually pretty good cars.

I'm not good/bad debating EVs here, just sharing a bit of the history behind the hop up parts underneath this rig.