No going back now

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The Tesla parts should arrive in a couple weeks. In the meantime, we've cut out the trunk area in anticipation of the motor install (I'm using the smaller Tesla rear-drive unit, by the way) so there's no going back now. The goal is 294 HP and 200 miles of range. There are still many, many details (battery placement, P/S, P/B, A/C, cooling, etc., etc.) to figure out.

No trunk, no spare tire well, no fuel tank, no nothing back there now

While at it, we straightened some dents in the lower rear valance and filled in the notch for the tailpipe.  Not going to have one of those anymore...

Bye, bye tailpipe and US side marker lights


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