To show
this Tesla layered with its surroundings, I shot it from this angle
showing the large building on Wilshire and also showing its license
plate FDA PUMP.
You may have noticed this classic in the background of some photos
above and wondered how it qualified as an entry. I had heard of
owners putting a Tesla skateboard chassis under things like VW Buses
and as I looked in the back seat of this beauty, I saw a Tesla charging
cable! So this is a Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV).
The full story from Forbes:
Like
a vintage East End gangster, this Tesla-powered Jaguar MkV is the
strong, silent type. A notoriously difficult and expensive car to
restore, EV conversion gave this formerly derelict example a new lease
on life. Michael Van Runkle
Jaguar MkV EV Conversion
Matt Brown
bought this 1950 Jaguar Mark V in a salvage yard for $10,000. He’s now
partway through installing most of the mechanical components from a
Tesla Model 3, including the battery, motor, wheels and brake booster.
All in, the Tesla parts totaled around $11,000 and he hopes to complete
the build for closer to $30,000.
Fitting
the batteries into the old Jaguar frame required serious creativity,
including raising the body by three-quarters of an inch. Brown also
removed every outdated British Standard Whitworth fastener, then
installed all new wiring and sound insulation. He sees this Jaguar as a
testbed for using Model 3 components, which fewer builders know how to
safely and effectively install. Even with the 1,000-pound battery, the
Jag now weighs less than it did new because the Tesla motors weighs far
less than the original cast-iron “XK” inline-six.
From a different angle, my HDR processing setup made it look like a different car.
Nissan sponsored the event so they had this EV prototype on display (with right-hand drive)
I filled out a survey and received a thumb drive (on the table in upper
left photo). Surfboards on the roof made the windshield look like
sunglasses to me. Upper right, back view of he surfmobile.
This was the other vehicle Nissan had on display, an ARIYA.
Another EV manufacturer at the show - VW
The whole Petersen Museum was devoted to EVs so I was surprised to see a Ferrari EV.
(Also look how hard it is to get good car shots when the shiny cars are
displayed inside compared to the cloudy, outside VW shots above.)
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Even the Petersen Museum's public garage is interesting with a classic VW on display and a new Rivian EV pickup by a visitor.
On Fairfax
I spied a banner saying "Little Ethiopia". I thought this was
new, but the aging sign on the right above indicate it has been Little
Ethiopia for some time.
On a personal note, I am very happy with my new iPhone 14 Pro Max, and the HDR post processing I applied to these car photos.
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