Once you decide on the type of vehicle it is time to get down
to the nitty gritty of finding one. Remember that, if a vehicle
is not drivable the price goes way down. There can be many
reasons why it may not be drivable, but the one you should
look for is a motor that doesn’t work.
Recently we have been using the Auto Trader or we use Ebay
Motors at times to find vehicles that meet our criteria.
Most of you should be able to find a vehicle right in your own
neighborhood though. Look for vehicles that have been
parked for a while and look like they might have been for sale
for a long time. These are the best bargains.
It is most important to find one that has a good body and still
works. If possible don’t buy a vehicle over about 10 years old,
although some of the best bargains are in the 1995 range of
vehicles.
Our family lives in a rural area and we need a truck for most
of our work around the place like hauling hay and wood for
instance, but for our first conversion we decided to convert a
small car to be used as a second vehicle for the time being.
We wanted the car to still look like it was normal, just like
everyone else’s so we chose to do the conversion with the
small car.
After purchasing our Toyota we started accumulating the
necessary material to do the conversion, batteries, converters
and the necessary steel rails to mount the batteries in the
engine compartment, although we took out the back seat and
put more batteries there too. Your range will depend on your
battery storage.