<VV> Electric Corvair conversion

[Ronald Choy]

When I still had Rusty (68 500 PG), I was fairly serious about  
electric power and even belonged to the local electric car club.   
Anyway the changes needed got to be more money than I wanted to  
spend. First the curvy Corvair shape meant not enough space for 6  
volt batteries, so the electric car place said they'd use seven 12  
volt batteries. Then, they said that there wasn't much saving in  
weight because the Corvair powertrain didn't weigh a lot.  And they  
suggested stronger springs and disc brakes. I'd be giving up most of  
the trunk. I don't remember if I got to have a back seat. At that  
time, $7,000 was half the price of a new car and certainly the price  
of a nicer Corvair than Rusty.  I stayed with the gasoline engine and  
quit the club.   ron  65,66