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Skendog
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OB Bus
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Joined: February 09, 2003
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Location: Ocean Beach in Beautiful BLUE California
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These have shown up on ebay occasionally. They were well engineered vehicles for their time. A bus is just about the least practical vehicle to be electric...mostly due to aerodynamics (or lack thereof) and the weight. From what I found out a few years ago the original parts on these busses were very unique and some parts are no longer available. Converting to modern electric parts would be very complex and expensive.
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Duncwarw
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Or, looking at it the other way 'round. A nearly ideal platform for an EV.
The VW has the capacity in space and weight, doesn't need to go fast, and besides all that, it's been done.
I have a link somewhere, but somebody has a lovely old bus with a long range and greater speed than the original. Search away...
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steponmebbbboom
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Fifteen grand for that busted up piece of sh*t, and NOT in running order? No batteries, no motor, no controller base, no charger???
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jered
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but he had 850+ people who have looked at it! LOL!
someones dumb enough to buy it for the rare value...
Me I'll pass...
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steponmebbbboom
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Lets save everyone else the trouble.
Ill bet you this jackass picked this thing up at a municipal auction for fifty bucks. Cleaned the broken glass out of it and ran the ad. |
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Hippie
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Joined: August 16, 2004
Posts: 1781
Location: Iowa: The Mud State
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Fifteen grand for that busted up piece of sh*t, and NOT in running order? No batteries, no motor, no controller base, no charger???
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Soooooo....if I pull the motor out of my bus and paint a plug on the side I can call it an EV minus the electric motor and all....$$$$$ *cha-ching*
Hey everybody, I have an electric bus for sale for $10,000! PM me!
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Tcash
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Location: San Jose, California, USA
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