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My third EV and the second full conversion was a 1984 Mk2 VW Scirocco 1.8GTI.

I got it on the road in 2001/2 and it was my daily driver, but I ended up selling it in 2006, then in 2019, I was offered the car back.

It's still quite sound, but needs a lot of work and pretty much a complete interior.

The pictures are from when I collected the car from Birmingham.

1000a DC motor controller out of a Prius inverter?Would get you back on road quite quick
See if you can find a donor parts car (possibly a really tired golf) for the interior and usefull spares and sell the rest, you'll probability break near even if your lucky

Edit: just watched the 650a 192v on 2000 (ISH) that's quite impressive, that must of cost you a pritty penny back then.

You could also split a normal pick in 2 half e.g. your i3 pack spit into 2 paralleled 48s packs.

the Scirocco. Brilliant car. Such a great size and shape.

Stripdown mostly complete. I can now see most of what needs to be done to repair the shell.

Click on picture to see Gif

You are making me jelous with the stand and garage!
Just spent my evening welding on the floor!

Seems I've missed a few updates, but here's the latest;