[TR] Vintage cars ripe for electric conversion. Stag mention

[Mark Hooper]

Here is an interesting photonote on cars ripe for conversion to electric.  
The text specifically mentioned the 1970-78 Triumph Stag. Here's the link: 
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20150521-vintage-gas-guzzlers-ripe-for-a-battery-powered-reboot
The text on the Triumph slide reads "There is no list of world’s worst 
cars that fails to include the Triumph Stag. It’s a shame, really; the 
Stag’s reputation for reliability, or profound lack thereof, has obscured 
its aesthetic goodness, which is considerable. The big semi-convertible was 
created to compete with the vaunted Mercedes SL and, like most Triumphs of 
the era, arrived with a gorgeous shape penned by Giovanni Michellotti, whose 
previous efforts included the Ferrari 166 MM and the BMW 2002. It’s 
handsome from the outside and handsome from the inside, and it drives well, 
too. When it drives, that is. Unfortunately, the car’s Triumph-designed 
3-litre V8 was a bona fide disaster, and as a result, the general public 
remembers the car in much the same way it remembers New Coke and Microsoft 
Bob. But there is a solution: excise that woeful engine, transmission and 
fuel system. What’s left? The good stuff."

I have always like the looks of the Stag. The electric option is an 
interesting one. What say the massed minds of the list; would it work? I 
recall that many earlier conversions just  put a single DC motor in place of 
the gasoline engine. That would leave the original automatic transmission of 
the Stag still in place.  Sounds like a bad idea. I wonder if they have 
direct hub motors available now?
Mark Hooper
1972 TR6
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