We get a closer look to the 1965 Mustang Fastback which was displayed at the SEMA Show. We were stunned we checked what`s under the hood.
Its owner, Larry Gareffa, has transformed the ’65 Fastback to electric power. Relax, he did not throw a perfectly good V8, an engine even had not existed for a while.
The v8 engine’s inner parts are still available like the 1964 Falcon cowl panel and the use of this panel reduces the noise inside the engine.
Gareffa is the president of the Mustang and Classic Ford Club in Las Vegas. He wanted to install a 347 stroker engine with a Tremc T5 transmssion in the Mustang. After a period, he had an amazing idea. He decided to transform it in electric power.
“I was two weeks from getting it on the road, and I came out of the house one day and said ‘I need to convert this car to electric,’” he said. “I don’t even know where that came from.”
A dozen 12-volt batteries stocked into the trunk power the Mustang. The batteries send power trough a wound traction motor aimed for hoisting elevators. Gareffa bought a brand new element on eBay.
The engine is wired to 3-speed manual transmission. “Everything [in the driveline] is original from the transmission back,” he told us. “All I did was couple the motor to the transmission.”
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