I-Miev hot rod, anyone?

[jojje63]

Donor was a perfectly nice, running car I bought from a dealer in Norway (more EV's in Norway than in Sweden). Since this is my first EV I thought it was easier to start with something I could test drive.
I had planned to build a V8 Hot Rod (I had the Willys body) but one day I just realized how stupid that would be with todays gas prices
So I did some research and found that the I-MiEV had the same wheel base and track as a Willys 77! Once the body was removed the "frame" that the battery mounts to actually look almost exactly like a 30's frame.
Apologies to the purists for cutting up a nice I-MiEV

Pretty cool!

What's the backstory on the donor car? Was it a wreck?

[PV1]

If you were in North America, I think a lot more of us would be mad as there are so few of them. World/Euro-spec I-MiEVs are quite numerous.

[jojje63]

True, Norway is full of them. But next time I'll try to find a wreck, I've learnt a lot from building this one

[dopey]

Yes that would be fun too, for about a day
This is more my style. Not even one person has guessed I'm building an EV when I' tell them I'm building a new hot rod, so mission accomplished
I won't drive it to Stockholm any time soon so you have to come south if you want to try it!

That was not the direction I assumed seeing 'hot rod i-imiev', I was expecting an LS1 crammed in the backseat.

Epic! Noticed Sweden, but unfortunately i'm Stockholm.

Cant' blame you there, I made the mistake of driving mine the day I got it from Stockholm to Karlstad to visit family. Have an s60r I should of driven but hey, new car why not take it.

Boy did I underestimate the battery degradation in a 11 year old car, range decimation on the highway, or fact Chademo charging seems to give less and less range each charge. Arrived around 0430 the next morning .........then had to drive it back a few days later. She will now stay in the stockholm area for the rest of her life

Cannot imagine Skåne to stockholm in a stock one