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    EV project - 1975 Spitfire

    The upside for me is I’m on a 2 year timeline. The body is coming off the frame for a strip down and repaint. Going to convert as much as I can to LED but try to keep housings original. Then there is the sourcing of the leaf donor at either auction or from a wrecker yard. So it’s going to be a...
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    EV project - 1975 Spitfire

    Replace the diff totally. Either graft the Spit axles into the leaf axles or have custom ones made. Could just leave the leaf stack complete and open up the body to fit it. I haven’t had the body off the frame yet so not sure where this is going up into the body itself. Lots of stuff to work...
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    EV project - 1975 Spitfire

    So - I’m considering using a Leaf front drive unit as a mid-engine drive in place of the rear diff of the Spit. The body and frame are very good - no holes at all. I am going to do a body off resto prior to EV. At least part of the battery will be under the bonnet. This is going to be a car show...
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    EV project - 1975 Spitfire

    I do not plan to use any of the original drivetrain if it can be avoided. Don’t know if anyone has used the axle/motor assemblies from greenmotortech dot com (China). I’m getting some infor from them. Would be a fairly simple swap out. My experience with direct shipping from China has been OK so...
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    EV project - 1975 Spitfire

    Ok Well, here’s the project. 1975 Triumph Spitfire with absent drivetrain. Was going to be a Ford 2.3T conversion but decided this might be a cool EV conversion. Anyway it’s behind my first planned project: EV Honda Dream. Going to sort out how it all works with smaller projects while I restore...
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