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Subject:Re: Engine Swaps: Apples and Oranges and Jerks
From:Edward Berlett
Date:Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:25:50 -0500

On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Ian Cameron wrote:

> At 07:16 PM 3/16/98 EST, DAPrescott wrote:
>  But what I'm thinking about is conversion to an electric
> >vehicle.  Anybody out there know anything about this possibility?  I know, I
> >know -- heavy vehicle made heavier, low power, etc., but I'm thinking of my
> >Vanagon GL daily driver -- short trips to school (work) and back, run to the
> >kids' ball games, to the market for milk, the FLAPS for, well you get the
> >idea...
>

Mother Earth News  about a year ago had a how to article on retrofitting a
vehicle.  If I recall correctly it is a good place to start looking for
possible resources.

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