Why I'm converting my 1956 Jeep to Electric (CJ5 rebuild part 8)
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- I pulled this 1956 Jeep CJ5 out of a friend's woods a year ago, and have been working on rebuilding it. I've said previously I'm going to convert it to electric, now I'm finally answering why, and going why I picked the motor I did.
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1000$ for a 80kW motor + inverter? That's impressive. A couple of years ago couldn't buy a forklift motor and a golfcart controller for that money. Well done!
I fucking love you, Jeremy, your sense of humor and take no shit attitude. As soon as you said you were going electric with this Jeep I was thrilled. I was a pretty early subscriber to your channel and always look forward to a new post from you. This is going to be the best series on YT, cant wait to see how it goes.
Converting your Jeep to electric is a great idea, it's partly why i'm here, infact i've been here for 2+ years now, since before the Jeep thing, i like your idea's Dude 🙂 knowledge is everything to me, you do a very good job of canveying what you've learned, its also good to see some different idea's, if the haters don't like what they see then stuff them, this is your bag!! 😉
For what it's worth this is my favourite car related project I've come across on RUclips by a mile, and I followed project binky from the beginning
This was awesome. The Holy Grail reference was amazing, I laughed heartily. The whole point of being a maker/tinkerer is to do whatever the eff you want with the shit that you have. Anyone who thinks you're breaking rules needs to check their priorities.
It makes me happy that someone got that, so many of my python references seem to go recognized.
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Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of a government....
If I went around saying I was some emperor just because some moistened bink had lobbed a scimitar at me..... they'd put me away!
Now we see the violence inherent in the system!
I'm not a jeep guy, at all, but I am a classic 4x4 guy, so when you said you wanted to go electric I got a shot of pain from my hip up my spine to my jaw... but now that I got your reasoning... I'm in! Can't wait to see the progress...
The channel name is: Jeremy makes things. Thank you for taking us on a view into Your creations!!
This channel just went from good to great. Bravo, Jeremy.
“Because I want to” -> thumbs up!
Former ‘74 CJ-6 w/304 v-8 owner, looking forward to seeing this progress. Wonderful project I would like to do the same. Most fun thing is creeping through the woods and not scaring the wildlife.
I really really really appreciate that you doing this! So much people seem to don’t care about the environment.
Bringing an old beauty to life with a new mindset is awesome and the ultimate way to upcycle!!
Thank you!!
Please don't make the leap to you don't care about the environment if you don't love electric cars. In the grand scheme of things if you have concrete around your house or use steel, you are far bigger Co2 polluter then a gear head driving his/her classic to Cars and Coffee.
I Appreciate & Respect you stepping out of the Box. I Look Forward to the Build.
Thats soo cool! It's going to be a joy following this build.
Heck yes I love the attitude! I'm excited to see how well the motor and the transmission play together, I can't imagine the bearings will be stoked at running at 12k but if they asplod then it won't be difficult to drop some in that can handle it
Yeah, I don’t think I’ll run close to that. 12k would be something like 120mph in second gear, and I doubt the miter will push something with the aerodynamics if a refrigerator anywhere close to that fast, and if it does, the overall handling of the vehicle wouldn’t allow it anyway.
First off, thank you for SO many cuts for the dialog - with a LOT of researched facts. That's a lot of filming and editing work and it paid off.
Second, you do you. I'm really tired of arm chair experts.
It's about time everyone talked with other people, including people you disagree with, with respect and get over themselves and lock down their out of control fragile ego.
Keep going man!
Land rover guy here, watched out of curiosity but now subscribed - for so many old vehicles a conversion like this makes so much sense.
Never understood why CarBros get all defensive and butthurt about electric, it's such a great way to power a vehicle - only sticking point is range/battery cost but that's rapidly crossing the "more than good enough" point.
absolutely zero need to justify being creative and out of the box, man. rock on and keep the cool 'home machinist' vibe going!
An electric jeep sounds awesome. I can't wait to see how it comes out. And to those haters, there gonna hate. As for me, I love the idea.
All these electric conversions are an outrage! I am outraged! This is outrageous! Carry on...
Karen
I’ve just come across your channel and am thoroughly enjoying your project. I agree with your electric conversion. Stuff the blow-hards - soldier on! I also liked your short divergence in history and philosophy. Cheers from England. I’ve subscribed.
I'm really excited for this project. At some point I plan on doing my own EV conversion project. I just haven't decided what vehicle I want to make the donor.
Your explanation of why you are doing things to your own vehicle amuses me greatly. I own a 46 willys cj2a and your project while not what I'd do to one is still pretty awesome to get to watch. Keep up the great work and content.
New subscriber here. This is really impressive. I'm more of a Jeep purist, but I love to see people doing innovative stuff like this. I look forward to seeing you finished up
This project just got at least 10x more interesting!
I'm glad for any electrification project at any scale, because a lot of power companies aren't meaningfully beholden to their customers like yours. Companies that don't have a member elected board like yours are prone to making decisions based on short term financial balancing, which usually involves minimizing maintenance and only improving as literally required. More demand on the power grid forces even these companies to invest in improving their grids because they only get so much say in the nature of demand.
That and, fuel burning efficiency improves with scale, so more power is extracted from the same fuel, producing less pollution, when burned at a power plant; and the grid is source agnostic, so those power plants can be improved and replaced; making your jeep better for the world over time.
Jeremy, really looking forward to following this build! Might inspire me to get out and do an electric drivetrain build for my CJ7 and or CJ8.... Agree 100% that Jeeps are what you want to make of them. Much better giving the CJ new life than letting it rust to pieces. Ignore those that don't understand what you are creating!
The most Jeep thing you can do is, do what you want! You don’t have to like other people’s adaptations, but I think capability is essence of a jeep. If your idea of capability is turning heads at a shopping mall, scaling mountains, hosing happy meal remains out drain holes, doing a Museum Grade restoration, or re-powering it with something different. The individual determines the capability. That’s what makes Jeeps fun!
I love what you're doing mate, ignore the haters, what you're going to end up with is a fantastic thing, basically a brand new 50's jeep that is useful in the modern day, and its not anything that you can't reverse back to oem if you ever wanted to, I think its great what you're doing.
This is an awesome series, can't wait to see how everything comes together!
So happy you are electrifying your Jeep. As soon as you are done I will be following your lead with my 1980 CJ7.
Thank you ever so much for correctly pronouncing Willys. It really grinds my gears to hear “Willy’s”, especially coming from those enthusiasts who really ought to know better.
Cool idea. I'm a super jeep guy who completely restored a '78 CJ7 and am now in the middle of a '49 Willys truck. While i usually restore back to factory, I love stuff like this. I think its cool. Keep up the good work!
Everyone that has negative things to say about your project, needs to spend less time commenting and more time listening and learning. The Jeep was a pile or rusted junk. You could have scrapped it and you still did it more justice than anyone else did. And as far as a collectable, that only applies if it is whole and original, which is impossible. Restoration of that vehicle would be building one nearly from scratch since there was little of it left to begin with. To each their own. You do you. I admire your attitude towards the project and your commitment to doing what you want and not being swayed by the masses. Great work man! And I look forward to seeing the electric conversion in operation. I have been wanting to build an electric vehicle for some time. Just haven't had that opportunity yet. I get to experience it somewhat by watching you attempt it. Happy fabricating man!
Love the way you stated your intentions its your jeep and you can do anything you want to with it. Also the parts your using make perfect sense.
Pure gold 🤣🤣🤣. Second only to the Airing of Grievances. I needed this today!
This is going to be a cool project, looking forward to following along, Thanks.
Right on man. Logic, humor and a little TOT sprinkled on top. Onward!
RAD!, looking really forward for this conversion!; thanks for sharing 🙂
Lol this is awesome. The vintage Jeep community are a bunch of crabby old dudes. I've got two original condition vintage jeeps, so I'm very familiar with that community. I'm all about preserving and keeping them original when they're in good shape, but the ones that need every little thing replaced are fair game to do whatever with in my eyes. I've gone through switching one to electric in my mind many times, I'm glad to find someone who actually did it. Can't wait to see the rest of your videos
I like this project and your attitude😀
Go with your spirit! I just want to see you make it work.Thanks!
I'm a super Jeep nerd and I think this is exactly with the Jeep spirit. I'm inspired to do this to my old cj5.
I'm very interested.... I'm wanting to do this exact same thing! Definitely going to follow your progress!
Glad you're doing it.
Looks like I will love this project
Love the fact of having a smart motor in a jeep!!😂
Hi Jeremy. Loved the video I'm looking forward to the next instalment.
Thank you for pronouncing Willys correctly. :)
Sounds like a great project to me.
I think it's an awesome idea, a great project, and maybe one day you can park it next to my dream project, which is a TJ chassis with a Prius body.
hell yeah! I'd love to do some kinda electric conversion but I'm just not there yet skillswise. ecited to watch!
I appreciate you Jeremy!!
Looking forward to this one Jeremy, good on ya going with electric.
Crazy! I was thinking about this when I got my CJ7. Thought it would be so cool to have an electric motor into a manual trans n transfer case. Interesting idea. Im glad you are wasting your money on it 😂 I will stay tuned. 👍
Can’t wait to see more!
I wholeheartedly support the vision of this project!!!!!
I’ve dreamt of doing the same for decades.
This is so cool, love the EV conversion, my dream car is an old Landrover Defender converted to electric!
Haven’t seen a Jeep converted on RUclips before. This should be interesting 👍🙂
brilliant 🙂a fascinating project!!
Love the rants of this guy!
Really looking forward to the project
Heck yeah. This looks like a fun project
My son has thought about doing a CJ, this is an interesting potential template to follow.
I’ll be checking out the Open Inverter stuff tomorrow!
Absolutely awesome!!! Keep telling it like it is, its one of the many reasons this is a great channel. Make it run on hamster power, who cares, I'll still watch.
Great and very interesting project ! 👍👍👍
Instant torque!
I love the attitude
Very cool! Id love to do this to my FC someday. Very excited to see how you do it!
Man, that would be my next dream project. I imagine putting all the batteries in the back to actually make it balanced, and then ditching the doghouse for the motor and putting in a bench seat….
Отличное решение сделать классическое старое с современной начинкой, интересно что получится у Вас. Жду нового видео.
I'm glad you're doing your own thing and ignoring the purists, fanatics and dickheads. i'm looking forward to seeing the end result of this labour of love. A few of your comments got a giggle or two.
I am looking forward to the project.
You do you, Jeremy.
This is going to be *fun* :)
I love this!
This is your best video yet.
Electric is cool, might not be fun, might not be oily, but like ICE engines, its still got ways to go... Cool project...
brilliant video, everything you said was spot on. historically, i am not a big EV guy, but you might be influencing me. keep talking and keep posting. please.
love it!
Keep it up, buddy!
Great idea! Do what you like.
I put a massive rubber band in mine....pushing it backwards is a bit of a pain...
Jeremy I live in a city, I garden, I have some pole beans that are 12 feet tall 😱😱, not one single bean 😭😭, I have 21 tomato plants, maybe I will get a dozen tomatoes 🤬🤬🤬, I had to cut the greenery on my onions because they had mould on them 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬, I made a makeshift greenhouse over the raised bed where the onions are, still August, September and some October, hope to get some onions. All this rain is not NORMAL, go for your conversion, I will watch
I'm a new subscriber and I just want to say I love the content thank you...
I have a 74 CJ5 that I've owned for 35 years. I've rebuilt it once. I will never sell it. When the day comes to convert it to electric I will gladly do so, and continue to enjoy my Jeep until I'm too old to drive it.
To hell with the naysayers Jeremy, this just got a lot more relevant and interesting. There are literally thousands of restored CJ5’s on the road and a lot have had a powertrain upgrade and yours will be no different. Resto rod springs to mind. Personally, I think you will gain even more subscribers with a project like this, and to me, it’s the way of the future for keeping classic cars on the road. You can already buy electric an E type Jag. Cheers mate, Stuart 🇦🇺
I don't care about any car projects on RUclips, but this one being a machining channel and an electric conversion on/witg rotted out junk has my full attention. Gotta ignore the religious objections
You do you and I keep watching!! Match made in heaven. Go make more heaven please!!!!
Well Sir. I watch, because you make things... I learn ;-) (and by the way, you make a lot of great things...)
About 10 years back I restored a similar willys, after a years work on it I took it for a test drive after which I immidiatly sold it. No way was I driving any kind of vehicle with an engine like that. If I could have gone electric I would have kept it.
I'm here to learn too. I could care less about the jeep part of this. Do whatever makes you happy!
I subscribed because even though I am more of a purest and like things to be restored as they were, I really want to see how this turns out. After all, in this case, you can only go up since there wasn't much left to begin with.
Great video. (Fossil fuel is bad? Who knew?) Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada
I dragged my own jeep out of the woods and will put in a chevy engine - cuz that's what I have. Looking forward to your build.
Oh man, that’s smart car but was awesome! 😅 keep it up Jeremy, I’m excited for you!
Oh no, I should have waited, a Prius controlled, Smart car powered Jeep! Beautiful!
Go man Go!
Jeremy, I cannot help think the torch and pitchfork mob that are screaming heresy would not have bothered to pull the poor old thing out of the woods in the first place. Much less have the wherewithal to do something if they did. It's your Jeep and you can modify it as you wish. At some point we are going to bump into each other and I will be keen to see it and scope it out. Cheers neighbor👍
Well said man ,
Great it'll be fantastic
Lovely.
Great Video! I think you hit just the right tone, though I am tone deaf, so what do I know.
Loved this video. Subscribing now.