Friday, January 27, 2017

As Delivered

So why am I converting this truck to electric?

Several years ago, I converted the 1976 Corvette to all-electric. Unless it’s raining, it’s my daily driver. I had a business restoring and modifying cars and this had been sitting around for about 15 years. I’d completed most of the bodywork and just couldn’t part the car out. Performance and restorations were “been there, done that”, so I decided to do something different.

In Jan., 2016 I made the first trip down the track at the Gainesville, FL Raceway. I launched the car in 3rd gear (BW T-10) and smoked the tires. I decided to modify the car for autocross racing, but I needed a way to get it to the track.

At first I looked at flatbeds, truck & trailer…etc., but it just didn’t feel right to haul an electric racecar to the track under gasoline or diesel power. So, I decided to build an all-electric towing vehicle; hence the 1959 Mack Model B.