MattsAwesomeStuff
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there are four over here (but i know nothing about them):
I've never thought to search by Opel there.
The white one with the black stripe is Charlie's, he's the one who actually finished his that I was talking about.
The other 3 look like they were mostly just wishes. Nothing that anyone ever did much more than tear down and buy a motor for. The point of "This is an actual vehicle" is when someone actually drops money on batteries. That means they're actually going to finish it not just fart and tinker around. None of the other 3 had batteries, so, that seems like they like the idea of an EV, more so than actually building one. One guy was already 8 years into his conversion by 2008.
That's not far from typical for completion on EV conversions, or, heck, any automotive hobby project. The newest one on that list is also from 2012. EV conversions have lost a lot of interest since around that time because you could just go out and buy an OEM EV (Leaf, Tesla, etc) for less than it costs to convert one, so a lot of conversions died on the vine.
One guy I know has been restoring his GT for 34 years, and just got it running last month. His broke when his wife and him started dating in his early 20s, and how his kids are grown up and he's semi-retired.
i highly recommend putting stiff insulation plates (fr-4, etc) between each set of parallel groups
Yes of course. I wouldn't rely on a strap to keep them separated. I hadn't considered fiberglass, I was going to use PVC or ABS or something (wood?), but, fiberglass seems like a good option too.