Sunny drive

 So I was driving around with my daily driver, Volvo today and the weather was great, sunny and warm. As I was driving around on those countryside roads, it reminded me time when I had my El Camino. It was great to drive window down and your elbow on the door, half in, half out. Feel the breeze in the hair and just drive on the open road.

I just can't have that in my Volvo, for one it was early spring so you don't really want to roll down your window and freeze your elbow, and neck and what not. Secondly, it hasn't got that feeling, what you got in an old classic car, not to mention the lack of V8 sound.

And as I was driving I caught myself thinking about how much expensive the gasoline is nowadays. Back when I had my El Camino it cost something around 1,7€ per litre, now it cost 2,3€ per litre. And 72 litres to fill up the El Camino was then 122€, now it would cost 165€, 43€ more, with that I could drive Volvo for 300 km more. I know that the next El Camino won't be my daily driver, but to enjoy those sunny day off on the road and gatherings. 

Unless I can somehow convert El Camino as EV Camino.

I checked the Chevrolet Performance's webpage and saw this and I had to screen capture it and post it:

That's it for this post. 

Have a great spring!

EV Camino?

 I had this thought of making an electric El Camino and now that I am in the hunt for my next El Camino, I have toyed an all electric El Camino. I have skimmed a bit of this and that websites about making your own electric or converting your gasoline burner into a green machine. 

Now in this years Sema show Ford has unveiled all-electric f-100 Eluminator concept with new EV Crate motor for customers to buy.

Oh, that would be awesome! And it's reasonable priced $3,900! But... it's a Ford. I can't make that kind of sacrilegious mistake. But then again, GM hasn't yet announced anything similar, and there will be something similar, I can guarantee it. As people are getting more into Electric Vehicles it's just a matter of time, when Big Auto Companies will follow Ford's path and sell all electric engines that you can install in your beloved Vintage car!

Now, of course you're gonna need battery pack too to go with that and all sorts of contro,l electronics and such, but it's the next level in custom building your own car.

I am kind of excited about this. And that vintage car culture can keep busy living.

And just as I was done with this post, I searched for battery packs and found out this:

Carscoops.com: Chevrolet Debuts Concept Aftermarket EV Battery Pack

Autobala.com: Chevrolet debuts concept aftermarket EV battery pack

Arstechnica.com: Electric conversions are this year’s hot trend at SEMA

Okay, now this is getting too good. I mean, when I started writing this post I had just found out that Ford has unveiled all-electric F-100 Eluminator concept with new EV Crate motor for gearheads to buy and install it in their Vintage car and just as I was about to post this I learned that Chevrolet debuts concept aftermarket EV battery pack. I mean what else do I need to build my dream EV Camino? 

Update:

Actually Chevrolet had announced it's own all-electric crate motor for homebuilt EV hotrods last year.

Now, I should have researched more this thing before posting. 

Chevrolet Performance parts: Electrification