Electric Gentry
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:06 pm
Hi, Folks.
I've just had a 'phone call from a guy in Southampton. He bought the electric-powered Gentry (originally built in the 1980s, I believe), and has been undertaking a ground-up rebuild. However, he's moving in four weeks time and really wants to pass the project on to someone else before then.
I would *love* to take this on, but there's no way my wife would agree to it with the bedrooms still needing to be decorated, and we've no space, and...
Would anyone else be interested? It would be a fascinating challenge; the hardware is all there, except that all the electric motive stuff needs changing. It will need a modern motor, batteries and a suitable controller. That's not going to be cheap, depending on required performance and range.
BTW, the Gentry is a kit car that looks quite like a 1955 MG:
http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/da/interes ... Gentry.jpg
Regards, David
I've just had a 'phone call from a guy in Southampton. He bought the electric-powered Gentry (originally built in the 1980s, I believe), and has been undertaking a ground-up rebuild. However, he's moving in four weeks time and really wants to pass the project on to someone else before then.
I would *love* to take this on, but there's no way my wife would agree to it with the bedrooms still needing to be decorated, and we've no space, and...
Would anyone else be interested? It would be a fascinating challenge; the hardware is all there, except that all the electric motive stuff needs changing. It will need a modern motor, batteries and a suitable controller. That's not going to be cheap, depending on required performance and range.
BTW, the Gentry is a kit car that looks quite like a 1955 MG:
http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/da/interes ... Gentry.jpg
Regards, David