<VV> electrified life

[Bryan Blackwell]

That's why one would keep a "normal" Corvair in addition to the  
"green" one :-)

--Bryan

On Jan 1, 2009, at 12:17 PM, Craig Nicol wrote:

> The question of electrifying a corvair to run on battery/electric  
> reminds me
> of my "green" neighbor.  He wanted to do something positive about  
> reducing
> emissions so, knowing the drawbacks, converted the family K5 blazer  
> (6 cyl
> 5sp) to propane.  He was very happy with the results, with one  
> caveat.  It
> was impossible to use as a road car because it had only a 125 mile  
> range.
> With planning, calling ahead and so-on, he could drive somewhere,  
> but he
> couldn't really drive at night because propane vending mostly  
> occurs at
> businesses that have regular hours.  He rented a car when they  
> wanted to
> drive somewhere that was more than an hour away.