Mghamms,

Why do you want to stick with all that iron/plastic age stuff?
As long as you are doing all that, make some worthwhile changes....
Make the whole thing a monocoque vacuum molded of epoxy and carbon fibre and assembled with frame of similar structure.
Why stick with 6 wheels? Make it 8 and all with regenerative braking and active anti-lock.
You can either make them all torsion bar or give up a little interior room and make them all struts. My 95 Honda has rear struts and the truck is still good.
You could controllable damping struts like my 87 T'coupe and and for a little more, you can make them do you active leveling.
Because you will want the whole front for the battery bank, put the diesel in the back under the queen walk around. Either a Hall-Scott or Cummins buss engine (the lying on the side version could fit under there just fine. You can leave the fuel and black tanks where they are....
Sounds like a good plan to me.

Matt



mghamms wrote on Sat, 04 December 2021 19:25

I like eliminating the propane and using induction cooking.

You could fit up to 8 400 watt solar panels on a 26 ft. coach.

The weight problem of adding a 100kv range extender, generator, and its
fuel along with a 75kwh battery pack would need to be solved.

You could charge at camp sights with a 240 volt 50 amp service.

You would probably drive 75 to 100 miles before the range extender was
needed. If you knew you would need the extender, it could be started after
about 25 miles.
This would be the equivalent of the BMW I3 on steroids with solar panels.

On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 2:04 PM Mike Hamm via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:

> I think that the best setup would be a Hybrid.
> Engine that is big enough to go 70 mph on the level and charge batteries.
> Enough batteries to add power for the longest steepest mountain roads.
> While camping the engine can keep the batteries charged.
> 240v and CCS-CHAdeMO fast charging.
> Get rid of the propane, roof AC, generator and that old 455 and
> transmission.
> Add a modern front wheel hybrid drive, two in wheel motors on the front
> bogie wheels.
> Modern electric heat pump, induction stove.
>
>
> Anyhow this is what I'd like to see.
>
> I do drive a Volvo XC-40 recharge and am more than happy with it.
> One pedal driving is the balls.
> I herd that Porsche may be coming out with an electric Boxster in the next
> few years and when they do my gas one is history.
> --
> 1977 Kingsley 455 as stock as it gets except lots of Ragusa parts
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*John Phillips*