A Horse With No Name

I have a newfound fetish for VW Westfalia vans.

Ohhh interesting....did not know that. I am thinking about buying an additional truck when the Ranger is paid off....may have to consider this for a second vehicle. Thanks!

And for Balthazar....cool video about a one owner 67 Bug with a factory restoration story...

I certainly hope you are right. Good video about Oil economy in Texas. This is why we need to think of EV's in terms of global economics.

VW ID4 global reveal

More Wipshaw trail.

Another 356 conversion VW ID4 getting it on...

In Typical GM fashion, next gen car is even less marketable than current generation. In terms of the Tesla police car, once commercial and municipal buyers understand what they can save financially, EV's will take off much mroe I think. Another Mach E review; Another worthwhile test drive. This is kind of a fun video.

Obviously some people are doing just that. As for me...I kind of see the Beetle as a paper weight. I want to DO things with vehicles. hence autocrossing, off roading, travelling, etc. Modify that bug (and kill all of the glorious Patina) to where I could run the Baja 500 in the Bug class....and we can talk. Things getting nuts with coronavirus all over the world...

Neat GTO and Pontiac wagon... 63 Grand prix

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.