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In Illinois it is around 12 cents/lb for lead batteries, and Cimco doesn't accept lithium yet. I still recycle all the lead batteries I can.

Any idea what they do with the battery?

straight fire homie

Nice to see a classic modified to EV. I am considering doing the same with my "ancient" vehicle but it won't be a DYI job. I know my limitations & will have to get a professional to do the conversion. LOL

Awesomely cute car for picking up all the guys in the village. 😂

I like this frame, lots of space! It all looks too busy and rats nest complicated though, compared to say a Land Moto that was designed from the ground up to be lightweight and spartan. Two Ratchet Straps just like that are holding on my electric mains breaker power box to the power pole now, thanks to Hurricane Helene and a yanking it off.

... and a 12v winshield wiper fluid spray motor, feeds into a cleaned out redKoted gas tank, which now hold's my Dr Pepper... so at a push of the old starter button, I get a shot of Dr Pepper up this windshield wiper tube, that terminates near my mouth in my helmet , whenever I get thirsty. For range, I get 100 miles on the battery, but I can go 1,000 miles before I need to top up on Dr Pepper.

So wait a minute, a space heater draws roughly 15 amps or roughly 1,500 watts... your charger only charges at a rate of 2,200 watts? That's not much more than a space heater... hmmm... I'd cut a hole in the hood and install a plexiglass window so you could see your 3 lights... without lifting the hood. I did something of the sort on my Datsun 280zxt, and also installed a battery cut off switch through a similar hood hole, to kill any vampire electronics drain on the battery. I finally eventually found out what I was trying to eliminate... a driver's side keylock illumination light that never would shut off, that the former owner had disconnected for the same reason, but that I had reconnected because I thought it had just fallen off. 5:18 - OMG I haven't seen a bare MG Keylock since.. 1986! 38 years! That's the puppy I had to saw off with a hacksaw beneath a street lamp by the EL tracks! A lot of the electronic switch on those bloody things will fail on some cars, and then the car won't start, or your turn signals won't work of all things, or your headlights... I've got a Lumina with a flaking out keylock that won't start, and my Zcar loses it's headlights and turn signals... and it's not the fuses or anything else... it's the multiswitch connected to the keylock.

The more weight you strip off the better. I would have stuck with just the motorcycle cruiser build myself, or a trike, but there's no denying the swezy look of an MG Midget and all that rain protected snout and rear area for batteries. That's crazy you actually spent money for scales... most people would have just used their bathroom scale, or not bothered... there's not much you can do but just slim down regardless. Keep us posted how much this project is costing you in parts and batteries. Those battery purchases half to sting.

I hotwired and stole a rubber bumpered abandoned MG Midget back in college, and drove it half way across the US with my girl friend for Thanksgiving vacation. Stole the car battery out of a Mustang down the street as the one in the Midget was flat dead. In restrospect I should of just taken the Mustang, but it was still being actively driven, and I have ethics. The MG... not so much so... there were at least 5 parking tickets on the windshield and it was full of leaves from the back window being out. It was a regular Thelma and Louise adventure before Thelma and Louise existed, ending in Kentucky and a bus ride back home. Love those mountains, I'm guessing you're somewhere out in Colorado or thereabouts. I've always looked into buying another, to the point of looking at one for sale and sitting in it again, only to find I no longer fit... Once while driving on a dirt road through the swampy areas of Georgia, I told her to hold the steering wheel and while the car was in 2nd gear, I climbed out over the front windshield, held on to the 3 windshield wipers, while she yelled at me to get back in the car LOL. I was just that much in tune with the car by that point.

Officer: Do you know how fast you were going?

Need a better phone mount for sure. That consistent ticking should be more than casually looked into.

You can reduce the mass by removing the bumpers. Lots of people will show you how nice they look without bumpers. Also, fiberglass nose takes quite a bit off, replaces the fenders, bonnet, and grille section, and you can flip front the whole assembly making it easier to access components

Shockingly small difference. Nice work. Looking forward to more videos including running and driving, and of course replacing thst sketchy throttle cable.

It shouldn't be making the clicking sound, brushed or not.

that ticking cant be good.

Sweet build!

are you using the original prop shaft?

Awesome fun. Can’t wait to hear 0-60 mph time and up.

That cable throttle is jank AF.

How's the weight? One of the things that made the Midget special was it's light weight.

I just watched your other videos because I wanted to know what display that is. That's cool you're using the EVTV system. I worked there 2015-2016. Our shop truck was a converted Tacoma using the same motor you're are.

Brushed motors are slightly louder than AC motors. Both have the waaaaaaa noise when you accelerate but the brushed motor has an additional sound of the brushes.

If the rears arent working well, adjust them using the adjusting bolt on the backside until the brakes grip, and then back off a smidge. Then take up the slack in the parking break cable. If they're spongy, its air probably. Bleed em. Not sure how familiar you are with the old car systems, so not sure what to recommend.

Fun build to watch..Glad to watch it progress.73 DE KD2HJP

Wow, very cool. What happened after you headed down tbe driveway?

Nice build!

What a legend. I bet this guy gets lucky every night

Hey! Thanks for the shoutout!

Best one I have seen

So will the battery run for around 30 minutes then ?

Straight sliding 🎉

Cut off swing arm... that could be where the wobble at high speeds comes from.

maybe we can see it run?

Awesome work. You did great

this can not be legalized due to added weight od rear wheel

Nice work my guy!

Hey, did you ever wire in that EVSE circuit I sent you?

Can't ride in the rain

You evidently did a lot of research on this project which gave you a great clean & compact conversion! I have the exact same hub motor which I plan on using to convert my 1972 Honda CT90. Would you possible share the info for the rear brake you used for you conversion?

Lovely, hopefully you installed one of those slip-on battery cable terminal covers.

That was an interesting episode. Not sure what the mica sheets do (same as fish paper?) but all good.

I put all 332 LifePO4 cells in the trunk, added airbags. Very hard to adjust the air precisely (between 10 and 20 psi) to hold the weight and soften the bumps. One leaked so I pulled them, had the lever shocks (1961 Sunbeam Alpine) rebuilt by Apple Hydraulics, added tube shock absorbers, and raised the body height by lowering the leaf springs with brackets at the rear. The car rides higher and no longer bottoms with 200lbs of batteries, but still too stiff due to the leaf springs. Now I am suspending the battery boxes with shock absorbers made for washing machines. So far so good. Can't get rid of the leaf springs and use coil over tube shocks, which would provide a softer ride, because the leaf springs hold the rear axle perpendicular to the line of travel.

Yeah, Li or LIfePo4 cells want to be stored around 30 % SOC. They will degrade pretty quickly otherwise. I bought 32 @ 3.2v cells from Docan and they sat for 2 years as I swapped in a Netgain Hyper 9 into my Sunbeam Alpine, and the cells remained amazingly very close to the 30% as when they arrived. Congrats on the wedding plans.

Hi, I relly admire the work!! Im wondering how did you do the regen braking, does the motor come with it presetup?

Nice build, neatly done. Thanks for sharing!

I'm liking the conversion! Though a few thoughts if I may. Why a 3KW vs a 5KW? Was it cost or was range more the priority over speed? I like the addition of the charger, you see that on several factory built cycles but not so many conversions. Have you thought about moving it into the what was once the fuel tank? That way it would be protected from the elements and it opens the possibility of using the gas cap area as the location for the power cable. Anyway this is a fantastic project, and you've done a great job!

Thank you for posting this information. I have been interested in electric vehicles since the mid 1990s and even considered getting a Sebring Citicar. My primary car now is a 2014 Chevy Volt, but I have a '76 Midget (ICE) in the garage. I have thought multiple times about converting the Midget to electric, so I will be following your story.

This is actually a sick DIY! Thanks!

Can we get a video of you riding it?!