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In 2022 my dad gave me his '63 Karmann Ghia, while getting it running I wanted to sell the motor and convert it to electrical. I let him talk me out of doing that. Really wish I had gone ahead with the conversion now. Since then my wife lost her 6 figure job and is making only slightly more than min wage, and I closed my business.
That Ghia is so light, it wouldn't need a heavy battery or motor.
I agree, but right now I have no funds to buy either.
Oh I got that, I am just lamenting the aborted project with you. I hope things look up for you soon.
I decided to look up some kits to electrify my Ghia, they are around $20k! And they change it from MERD to RWD.
Looking at the image on this page, that is AI right? Those batteries do not even fit in the frunk. https://cmvte.com/karmann-ghia-manual-electric-conversion-solution/
This one looks to be a bit more serious https://evwest.com/karmann-ghia-hyper-9-120v-26-5kw-ev-conversion-kit-ac-motor-regen-braking-1955-1974
The first one is definitely AI. It has real pictures at the bottom, but they look like from a VW and not a Ghia.
The second one mentions battery boxes not included. No idea how much they go for.
I never made it all the way to the bottom to see those pictures. Yeah that looks nothing like a ghia frunk, or engine compartment.
It's not a Karmann ghia and the batteries in that image don't even match the batteries they sell. Why would you put the batteries in the front? What the hell is even in that image? SLOP. Karmann GHIL
EVWest is a serious company, but $20K for 26kWhr battery? Maybe 100 miles of range
Yeah, that range for that price was very confusing to me. And it has an 8-hour charge time.
I know I can do it all for cheaper piecing everything together myself, but it is a daunting task.
I just looked that car up. That thing is SICK. I hope you get to electrify it eventually. It's beautiful. :)
It is and it clocks its 0-60 in a paltry 17 seconds!
34 screaming horses!
It was just an Italian body dropped on a VW Beetle frame.