u/easyjo

Hey everybody, I recently purchased this beauty and noticed a problem, I’ve never had before… The car has a constant gas smell when off, idle or being driven. I’ve noticed every time I drive her, my eyes burn for a couple days afterwords as well. What could be happening here? Also she’s hard to turn over, usually 3-4 times when not being driven for a couple days, and I feel like she is using excessive gas. I know 1965 mustangs aren’t know for their fuel efficiency but burning a half a tank in 30 miles seem a bit much. Any tips, information or advice is appreciated. Thanks.

Obviously depends on your setup, but when my battery was originally installed, my hot water was still going via controlled load directly and not via the battery. Seems this is using 4-6kwh per day.
Recently had this moved to the battery and it should a large chunk off bill..

Just outside Brisbane, AU

Private box project, in Australia, original GR box.. yes this is fine to use as a box here, Auspost boxes don't look like this :)
Posties have successfully been using it for a week now, it's had nice comments

First picture is just after a light wire brush (didn’t want to remove too much old paint), plus primed.
Quite a bit to fix inside as hinges are pretty much all gone.

The slot is normally covered by the sign on the front, so not accessible normally..

Spotted in my local EV shop: "Powered by an 8 bhp (6 kW) electric motor and lead-acid batteries, the car has a top speed of around 48 mph (77 km/h) and a range of around 40 miles (64 km)"

Nothing too complex, ESP32 + MCP2515, + a small OLED SPI display. Also publishes data back via wifi when available.

Car show EV section was mostly new dealer cars.. and mine.
15kw shinegle, orion BMS 2, 13kwh NMC...

Project I've had a while, originally civilian spec but painted by previous owner.