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Left Coast Electric converts 1978 Triump into an EV in three minutes - Video

all photos in this post by Mike Magda The man in the purple shirt behind this 1978 Triumph is Gadget, of Left Coast Electric (formerly Left Coast Conversions). You might remember him from "Who Killed The Electric Car?" or from an article in the L.A. Weekly last summer featuring LCC. Gadget enjoys taking gasoline engines out of classic cars and swapping in an electric motors and a battery pack. During the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo last December, he and his crew ripped out the guts of this Triumph and tried to convert the car in two days. A ... Read more →

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