Committed (mostly)

Who would have thought that we'd be comfortably motoring with the top down Nov 22?  But it really is snowing now, and the high tomorrow is expected to be 28. It is time.

After this "farewell to internal combustion" cruise, we've removed all fluids, wanting to get the messy work done outside.  Then pushed her into the (heated) garage.  While I think I could undo this if I had to, it's getting harder.

We also bypassed the power steering pump to see what manual steering might feel like.  Not bad, but I think I'll still replace the rack with one intended to work that way, it will have a slightly easier gear ratio.

I've settled on a clutch-less adapter system from EV-America.  This drops a few pounds by removing the flywheel and picks up acceleration a little because of reduced rotating inertia.  Since the electric motor doesn't need to keep spinning when the car is stopped, and loves high RPM, there's very little need for shifting.  And there's more parts I can take off the car and don't have to put back!  That's the clincher.