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keithj
keithj Reader
10/2/21 11:02 a.m.

Escort wagon shell with title.  Trade for cool water-cooled vw stuff, random tools, or fresh baked goods.  It was an electric car conversion that sat forever from California, almost no rust. I got as far as you see it in the photo to pushing it in the garage, but I have too many projects.  I am pulling the electrical bits this weekend then the countdown starts to scrap.  Speak now or it will be turned into rebar to build buildings in other countries probably by the end of the month.  Sooner if I get the feeling.  -keith j 

accordionfolder
accordionfolder SuperDork
10/2/21 11:10 a.m.

In reply to keithj :

Is the car in Ohio? I might be interested!

Patrick (Forum Supporter)
Patrick (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/2/21 12:02 p.m.

In reply to accordionfolder :

Cleveland area

Patrick (Forum Supporter)
Patrick (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/2/21 12:04 p.m.

Also i'm a good baker, but don't need an escort

gumby
gumby GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/2/21 1:00 p.m.

Slowbird needs this

Patrick (Forum Supporter)
Patrick (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/2/21 1:32 p.m.

In reply to gumby :

texted it to her as soon as i saw it

 

keithj
keithj Reader
10/2/21 3:37 p.m.

Yes cleveland area, and just to make it clear its free, its maybe worth 50 in scrap, or you could part it out and make 40 ha.  

captdownshift (Forum Supporter)
captdownshift (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/2/21 5:23 p.m.

In reply to keithj :

Or they could BP swap it and add boost. 

slowbird
slowbird UltraDork
10/3/21 6:48 p.m.

If we can talk Patrick into taking it and storing it at his place, I have a spare BP that can go towards the cause.

Patrick (Forum Supporter)
Patrick (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/3/21 7:04 p.m.

I am going to peek tomorrow.  I don't speak bp but i have done rwd conversions to fwd cars twice in my life

gumby
gumby GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/3/21 7:18 p.m.
Patrick (Forum Supporter) said:

I don't speak bp but i have done rwd conversions to fwd cars twice in my life

 

accordionfolder
accordionfolder SuperDork
10/4/21 9:16 a.m.

I don't think I'll have the time to make it up that way so it's up to one of you guys to save it!

Patrick (Forum Supporter)
Patrick (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/4/21 2:22 p.m.

In reply to accordionfolder :

I visited Keith this morning and against my better judgement i said yes

 

GIRTHQUAKE
GIRTHQUAKE Dork
10/7/21 9:55 a.m.

Wait- an electric car conversion? What was apart of the conversion?

CarKid1989
CarKid1989 SuperDork
10/9/21 8:31 p.m.

It said electric conversion in the description so if I am reading this correctly it would need harnesses and a lot of stuff to convert it back to a gas engine?

Or was it bought as a conversion candidate and needs engine trans.

Im tired and my brain is mushy haha

slowbird
slowbird UltraDork
10/10/21 1:25 p.m.

In reply to CarKid1989 :

I believe it had an electric motor bolted to an adapter which was then bolted to the stock transmission. No idea about what harness/electrical parts are left.

Patrick decided he wants the fun of rescuing a clean shell without the stress of owning an old Ford, so he offered the wagon to me as a vessel for one of my Escort LX-E drivetrains. I have two mostly complete cars so we can pull the whole harness from one of those if we need to. Current plan is to attempt the swap over a weekend this spring at Patrick's house.

Stampie
Stampie GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/10/21 1:51 p.m.

In reply to slowbird :

I told Patrick that if it fits with Lil Stampie's spring break we could maybe come up to help.

Dead_Sled
Dead_Sled HalfDork
10/10/21 2:03 p.m.

I never thought I'd say this about an escort, but SPRING BREAK ESCORT BUILD PARTY!

Patrick (Forum Supporter)
Patrick (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/10/21 5:11 p.m.

Stampie set dates and we'll make it happen, slowbird needs challenge escort wagon.  It's at my house now, Keith is on board and gumby sounds suspiciously interested in helping 

BlueInGreen - Jon
BlueInGreen - Jon UltraDork
10/10/21 5:20 p.m.

Yes!

This makes me happy.

Stampie
Stampie GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/10/21 5:28 p.m.

In reply to Patrick (Forum Supporter) :

We can be up there the evening of March 17th and stay until that Sunday.

AxeHealey
AxeHealey GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/10/21 7:00 p.m.

*waving from the other side of Cleveland*

I'm in for the build too!

chandler
chandler UltimaDork
10/10/21 7:39 p.m.

I'm probably down as well

slowbird
slowbird UltraDork
10/10/21 11:59 p.m.

At this rate, we might have enough people there for my pie-in-the-sky RWD conversion! Just kidding cheeky

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
10/11/21 12:11 a.m.

That thing deserves a B6T or a KF-ZE 2L V-6.

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