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post Jan 23 2011, 04:25 PM
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Another shot of my driver. I have driven this nearly daily for about a year no0w with no real problems.


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post Jan 24 2011, 09:03 AM
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that is really cool and looks very nicely done. how does it seem to handle vrs. gas engine/weight distribution? i bet acceleration is a kick. i've heard the new electric cars are so quite that they are discussing adding some sort of noise to alert others around for saftey reasons

what do you figure it cost per "fillup"? how long does a full charge take?

if you don't mind, i always wondered roughly what kind of $ a nice job like yours would cost to do.



Car: $3500, Electrical conversion: $16,000 (due mostly to batteries: $9000).

6 months restoring a mostly rust free roller.
3 months converting to electric.

About $3 worth of electricity to charge to get over 130 miles.

A friend that owned a 914 drove it and said the handling was just as good and was faster than his. Batteries were placed to keep the weight distribution the same.

It does make noise: Transmission, brake drag, tire noise, wind noise. All the stuff that the gas engine normally masks. I haven't been able to "sneak up" on anyone yet!

Most of the work was restoring / repairing this 40 year old car.
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post Feb 5 2011, 12:23 AM
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Nice work. What is the final total weight of the car with all batteries on board?
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post Feb 5 2011, 12:35 AM
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About $3 worth of electricity to charge to get over 130 miles.

That seems a lot lower than what I've heard for other vehicles. Is this typical? How much do different electric-power rates come into play? Does it matter where you live, or whether you charge at night? Well, of course.... I just haven't made this math work yet. Curious.
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post Feb 5 2011, 11:44 PM
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that is really cool and looks very nicely done. how does it seem to handle vrs. gas engine/weight distribution? i bet acceleration is a kick. i've heard the new electric cars are so quite that they are discussing adding some sort of noise to alert others around for saftey reasons

what do you figure it cost per "fillup"? how long does a full charge take?

if you don't mind, i always wondered roughly what kind of $ a nice job like yours would cost to do.



Car: $3500, Electrical conversion: $16,000 (due mostly to batteries: $9000).

6 months restoring a mostly rust free roller.
3 months converting to electric.

About $3 worth of electricity to charge to get over 130 miles.

A friend that owned a 914 drove it and said the handling was just as good and was faster than his. Batteries were placed to keep the weight distribution the same.

It does make noise: Transmission, brake drag, tire noise, wind noise. All the stuff that the gas engine normally masks. I haven't been able to "sneak up" on anyone yet!

Most of the work was restoring / repairing this 40 year old car.

would you consider selling? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Feb 9 2011, 05:03 PM
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Nope.
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post Feb 9 2011, 09:33 PM
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Nope.

really nice job, i'm not real up on the electric car thing but i started looking at others and you seem to have an over average range, accel. and top speed
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overhead solar panel for a charge, then about all you'd be buying is tires
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post Feb 11 2011, 06:29 AM
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last summer at Nuerburgring Nordschleife:

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post Feb 11 2011, 07:39 AM
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Am I the only one thinking that looks awfully close to Sahara Beige? And per dave1075's signature, it's Paint Code 98...
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Very cool photo, BTW... US Model imported back to Germany?
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post Feb 11 2011, 09:53 AM
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QUOTE(dave1075 @ Feb 11 2011, 07:29 AM) *

last summer at Nuerburgring Nordschleife:





Am I the only one thinking that looks awfully close to Sahara Beige? And per dave1075's signature, it's Paint Code 98...
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Very cool photo, BTW... US Model imported back to Germany?

Based on the engine number, it's a 1972 1.7 liter. I don't believe VW Sahara Beige was available until 1973. So for now my SB 914 is still exclusive "LOL". I remember doing some research back when I first bought the Sahara Beige 914, there was something like a 12 to 15 versions of VW beige over the years.


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post Feb 12 2011, 07:30 PM
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post Feb 12 2011, 10:31 PM
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Nice looking car, love the way the leaves reflect in the crome bumper.
What size are the rims??
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post Feb 13 2011, 03:34 AM
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QUOTE(smg914 @ Feb 11 2011, 04:53 PM) *

QUOTE(flipb @ Feb 11 2011, 05:39 AM) *

QUOTE(dave1075 @ Feb 11 2011, 07:29 AM) *

last summer at Nuerburgring Nordschleife:





Am I the only one thinkhttp://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=Post&CODE=02&f=2&t=8&qpid=1429968ing that looks awfully close to Sahara Beige? And per dave1075's signature, it's Paint Code 98...
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Very cool photo, BTW... US Model imported back to Germany?

Based on the engine number, it's a 1972 1.7 liter. I don't believe VW Sahara Beige was available until 1973. So for now my SB 914 is still exclusive "LOL". I remember doing some research back when I first bought the Sahara Beige 914, there was something like a 12 to 15 versions of VW beige over the years.


You are totally right -- there have been so many different beige tones.

Actually it's called Beige Grey (original invoice already stated). Took a while to find out. Tried a lot of paint samples.
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post Feb 13 2011, 03:38 AM
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QUOTE(dave1075 @ Feb 11 2011, 07:29 AM) *

last summer at Nuerburgring Nordschleife:





Am I the only one thinking that looks awfully close to Sahara Beige? And per dave1075's signature, it's Paint Code 98...
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Very cool photo, BTW... US Model imported back to Germany?



Yes, US Model reimport. Lot of people do retrofit back to EU specs here in Germany. But I decided to keep it as it was delivered originally.

Photo was taken during a historic TSD rally.
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post Feb 13 2011, 07:35 AM
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Nice looking car, love the way the leaves reflect in the crome bumper.
What size are the rims??


The rims are 7 x 16 front and 8 x 16 rear Fuchs alloys
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post Feb 16 2011, 07:58 PM
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post Feb 17 2011, 12:18 PM
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post Feb 17 2011, 03:01 PM
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My birthday present. A 75 Palma Green Metallic. No major rust. Going to do a resto, but really want to put an LS2 in the engine bay.


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post Feb 20 2011, 12:21 AM
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post Mar 2 2011, 12:19 AM
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