A Horse With No Name

Or just wait a few years and buy a used Rivian and add it to the fleet. You would spend $50K for the Rivian, not unlike what you would spend on the conversion.

Vintage cool version of an overlanding rig... Agreed. Tesla is building multiple factories at once, and big ones. When was the alst time GM was building multiple factories at once.....50's....60's...Balthazar...any ideas? Reality addiction seems to elude us here. 64 GTO....!

An actual plumbing instal. If we run out fo toilet paper again... Obvious quality workmanship...

ICE in the EV thread...

interesting model Y tech... All of these made it over 200 miles, Electric cars are viable. Happiness in the EV thread, Not sure I like endless mindless conflict. So a moment of happy....

I get everything you are saying. But I am a woodworker partly because I have watched people put stupid amounts of money into cars for decades as an enthusiast. Team I crewed for in the SCCA put $30 Grand into an Opel Manta to keep in competitive over the course of two years. I used to flag Porsche Club races at Mid ohio where wealthy attorneys and doctors would dump well into the six figures into clapped out 70's air cooled 911's to keep them on track. I agree the cost of these conversions is stupid in many cases. But I like the fabrication aspect as much as anything. That being said, I love the Ranger but want a vehicle I can take for mild off roading and not have to worry about a tree branch scratching. Finding the thought of dumping even modest money into an original XJ style Cherokee, S-10, Older style Ranger, older style wrangler, et all kind of a waste of money. Thinking that paying off the Ranger and buying a new Bronco or newer Wrangler might be a better bet, as I would put substantial on pavement miles on the other vehicle. In the mean time, I want to take my dead stock 2004 Chevy Aveo into Mexico and places in Central America. It's paid for and would keep a relaly low profile. Lots of Inca and Aztec stuff I want to see. So I guess I am a hypocrite of sorts...but I am really enjoying watching these EV conversions. In terms of collector cars, I don't think the Russian firm that wanted to build Mustang Fastbacks that are eV's will survive or becoem viable....but I do think that repop bodies fitted with eelctric motors might be a way to keep these vehicles around for awhile. Modified early Bronco's are selling for stupid cash, there is a market for retro. Think building electrified reproductions might be an interesting business model for someone. Certainly one could fit out something like a Factory 5 Cobra with an EV power train without a lot of difficulty. And plus one to the Diamnd Dust Vega.....that sounds like a car a dysfunctional girlfriend of James Bond would drive. The possibilities are endless!

Full court EV press in Europe, this Skoda should sell well there.

Neat conversion of this little Chevy. This is cool also, but some people are still stuck with this 1975 idea of what all electric cars are... Scooters are going electric also, the technology continues to grow.. Another mach E review. Really nice fabrication work on this VW van conversion. Impressive video!

Neat conversion! Ford Mach E Neat Bus....

One of the most Iconic customs ever.

Good news, I can go Ranger off roading and nto get my shiny black truck dirty... https://fordauthority.com/2020/11/virtual-ford-ranger-raptor-cruises-through-grand-theft-auto-5-video/

Actually running just fine under its own power. Companies wouldn't buy this technology if it wasn't viable. Time to wake up, grow up, and smell the coffee. People might make the same arguement about the time and money you are putting into a 59 Buick. IMHO any enthusaist spending on automobiles/trucks is a good thing. I don't even care if they put rubber band wheels and neon lights on an F350 and lift it to the heavens with 21 colors of candy paint. I do mind people trying to tell other people what to do with their cars. Lots of people might well be pissed that you didn't do a factory correct resto on your B59...younger folks might wonder why you didn't buy a Nissan Skyline and start with that. To each his own. The EV west conversion VW's are vintage VW's that can come with some eye popping prices. I just find the fabrication work in EV conversions interesting, no different than an off road rig, street rod, your B-59, an SCCA race car, a home built dragster, or the MOON BUGGY that GM built for the Apollo program.

It's actually a 737 watching Southwest, the largest 737 only airline and largest 737 customer, look at Airbus A320 series. I am sure it isn't happy.

Tacoma you have to get the top level TRD pro to get the manual though. Were they to offer the manual in other trims, I may well have a Toyota in my driveway rather than a Ford. Not unique to GM or EV's, Ford is having to step into that proverbial alley and step up for that $20 whore to get rid of the Ecosport. https://fordauthority.com/2020/11/ford-ecosport-discount-reduces-price-by-6750-in-november-2020/ Before we intellectually invest in an alternate universe where GM is sucessfully selling 40 EV's profitably in mass quantity, lets see them do it with one first. If GM were any better at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, they would be obliged to run for public office. Obviously a love sick beast trying to make an unholy alliance with that GM Chevrolet Bolt OCNblu hates so much.

Neat Restomod Bronco. I really like Bronco's old or new in light grey. If I get one, I would love cactus grey. But Video is hugely cool. They grey interior sets this off nicely.

For a guy who spent a good many years absolutely hating Ford, I gotta say they are impressing the hell out of me right now. My Ranger is one of my five favorite ever vehicles...others being 66 Fastback Mustang, 55 Chevy 2 Door, 2002 NB Miata, 2015 diesel Jetta. Defroster is best of any vehicle I ahve ever owned, which is just awesome for Ohio fall mornings. Average fuel economy contin eus to drop slightly as he gets broken in and I esxplore the boost in ecoboost more, and also haul more heavy loads of lumber. For SUV's though, It would be game over Lincoln if I were buying a luxury SUV. I love the current lineup. Especially the interiors. Love the modern architecture of the house also.

Or navigating the waist deep bullshit in threads here at C and G! Wonder if there is a Bovine Fecees mode in the 4WD controller....sort of like snow or sand mode in a Jeep 4wd. I want something lighter and smaller. But thanks for thinking of me. Or a slwoly rising segment of the market that is neither going to take overything voer by 2023 nor will it go away or diminish. Lots of electrics here in Columbus. And ICE vehicles also of every stripe. I kind of find it sad. Lots of people will loose jobs, including service writiers, emchanics, engeneers, car carrier drivers, et al.

Plus Ford is telling people to expect very high depreciation on the EV Mustang, and has dropped the price by $3000. Kind of like Pony cars and muscle cars in the 60's, everything has it's saturation point. There is a reason AMC did not sell a quarter of a million Javelins or AMX's in 1971. I think there is a market for electric vehicles, Obviously. VW is selling a ton in Europe, Norway is highly electrified, Tesla is selling a ton of vehicles, Rivian has a bunch of deposits, high interest in electric commercial light delivery vehicles, China is building a bunch of electrics, etc. However GM's approach to this is the same thing that caused them to loose all of the brand equity in cars they had like the Impala, Cutlass, Grand Prix, etc. Namesly, making about the dumbest possible production and marketing decisions and expecting people to live with them when other choices are available. A Frumpy little hatchback and a Vaporware super truck are way outside the parameteres of what most EV customers want, so the free market will bitch slap GM like it was a 20 dollar whore refusing to give a blow job in a back alley.

I think you are over estimating how much electrics will take over the market.

Add Bronco and Wrangler to the list as well.

Best owner review I have ever seen in terms of people who have owned a Tesla long term.

Of course, we won't throw ICE out of the garage, this is cool also.