First Electric car in SA

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First Electric car in SA

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Spotted this old girl at The James Hall Motoring Museum 8)
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Thanks for posting! A friend of mine is busy right now with an electric conversion on a 77 double cab.
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I took a peak under the hood, unfortunately all has been removed :(
Only thing left to see was a gearbox :shock:
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It's quite sad how neglected everything is at that "museum". Maybe it's time the Rupert family took it over ...
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