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Hello All,
I am in the very early stages of converting my 1923 Ford Model T to electric. I live in an area where I can take short trips to the coffee shop and other stores, so this would be the perfect vehicle. I am going to take all of the running gear out and store it so if I ever wanted to restore it back to factory I could. The Model T has the brakes in the transmission, so I was thinking about putting a single disk on a drive shaft from an electric engine running straight to the rear end. Has anyone ever tackled a project like this, or know someone that has? I don't need a range of more than 30 miles and a top speed of 30mph is plenty fast in the model T. Running a paint and body shop I have access to good welders and fabricators, it's just the technical side that I am having trouble with. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I am in the very early stages of converting my 1923 Ford Model T to electric. I live in an area where I can take short trips to the coffee shop and other stores, so this would be the perfect vehicle. I am going to take all of the running gear out and store it so if I ever wanted to restore it back to factory I could. The Model T has the brakes in the transmission, so I was thinking about putting a single disk on a drive shaft from an electric engine running straight to the rear end. Has anyone ever tackled a project like this, or know someone that has? I don't need a range of more than 30 miles and a top speed of 30mph is plenty fast in the model T. Running a paint and body shop I have access to good welders and fabricators, it's just the technical side that I am having trouble with. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!