[Silly Little Cars] 1. Truckster Re-Power (David Rosenblat via Silly_little_cars)

[Demetrios via Silly_little_cars]

I wanted to jump in and ask, has anyone done an electric conversion? I have a very low mileage 2001 Cushman Truckster and I just drive it around the city, but I am sick of the fumes, I was thinking how hard and expensive would it be to take the motor out and make it electric. for as little miles as I go.. like at most twenty  round trip. what are my options?I love driving it, sooo much fun! I am not able to do the work myself, so is there like a kit or could some shops do it for me?

      From: Jerry Caldwell via Silly_little_cars <silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com>
 To: "silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com" <silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com> 
 Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 10:57 PM
 Subject: [Silly Little Cars] 1. Truckster Re-Power (David Rosenblat via Silly_little_cars)
   
Hi All
Cushmans were rated at 1000 lbs pay load. Some early Trucksters had an unbelievable rating of 1 ton capacity, On a 1974 we did a governor delete & some-other minor mods it was able to do 40~45 mph. It all so had larger tires on the rear. The pre 1975 18 HP engines have more compression than the later 18 hp engines.

We have a 1961 in our shop that we beefed up the suspension for the heavy ice cream box mounted on it.

 I'll post PIC's latter.

All 1975 and earlier models have the drive train mounted on a sub-frame unlike any later models. My suggestion is to work with what you have and make the best of it!

Best Regards
Jerry 

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