[Nobbc] death or rebirth of a tr-6? fort collins.here you go deano.

[Robin Jackson]

Here is a site with some basic info on the subject:
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2006/06/14/electric-vehicles-in-depth-part-i-the
-history-of-evs/3<http://www.autobloggreen.com/2006/06/14/electric-vehicles-i
n-depth-part-i-the-history-of-evs/3>

I have a series 3 Sunbeam I may convert when the Jaguar is thundering down the
road.

Cheers, Rob
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Ron Engelhardt<mailto:nobbc at sonic.net>
  To: North Bay British Car Club<mailto:nobbc at autox.team.net>
  Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:42 PM
  Subject: Re: [Nobbc] death or rebirth of a tr-6? fort collins.here you go
deano.


  Interesting site. I wonder if they would like to do a joint ride someday.

  Ron
  58 MGA

  Charles English wrote:

  > Hi Steve,
  >
  >      Thanks for reporting about the Electric TR-6.  I am considering
  > converting my 58 MGA to electric one day.  For now I am working on a
  > supplemental hydrogen generator to mix with gas in the ICE.  Once
complete,
  > I will invite the group to my garage to check it out.  There have been
many
  > great British cars converted to electric and I have heard great things
from
  > their owners.  And as battery technology improves, things will only get
  > better.
  >         To answer your question about the gallons of gasoline it takes to
  > create the power to charge the vehicle for 100 miles of driving...  Most
  > electric car conversions get about 50 miles per charge and cost about $1
for
  > a full charge.  So that is about $2 for 100 miles of driving.  Here in
Nor
  > Cal we are lucky to get much of our electricity from Hydro, Geo thermal,
and
  > other renewable sources, so it wont consume much gas to charge the
vehicle.
  > PG&E now offers a program to offset all the carbon from the energy you
use
  > in the home, for just a few more bucks a month.
  >
  > For more details about electric vehicles in and around Santa Rosa check
out
  > ...  www.nbeaa.org<http://www.nbeaa.org/>
  >
  > Note, the last vehicle is an MGA converted in 1973.
  >
  > Peace,
  > Charles English
  > 58' MGA
  >
  > On 10/24/07, Steve Lehmann <sand at frii.com<mailto:sand at frii.com>> wrote:
  >
  >>local elect.-and controlls contractor has aquired a tr-6.-tr-6 was
donated
  >>to
  >>a charitabe opperation by a fort collins doctor-
  >>of course it went to auction-
  >>collins controll and electric of fort collins picked it up-
  >>the car is under reconstruction convershion to an electric power car-
  >>the way i have it is the trans will remain-
  >>the engine will be replaced w/an 150 h.p. motor (would assume d.c.) and
  >>batts.
  >>i have not yet seen the project-just learned of it today.
  >>understand the orig. tr-6 mill is on e-bay-
  >>i will try to get by there-hey will a tr-6 raidiator bolt into a tr4a?-
  >>it should.dont see why they should need it unless to cool down wiring-
  >>do you think they will reroute lucas or just string there own?
  >>my question, did they kill a tr6?
  >>how many gallions of gas does a generator burn to charge the batterys for
  >>a
  >>100 mile drive?
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