This is The plan for the drivetrain of the Vehicle. It is just a rough outline,

but it shows a sketch and audio of my plan using my livescribe smartpen.

The vehicles

I have acquired 2 vehicles that I plan on combining into one working vehicle. The black car was in perfect working condition, and then allowed to sit in a field for 20 years. The body is almost completely rusted out, and the interior is completely destroyed. We found 2 dead animals in the back seat when we were cleaning it out (a raccoon and a cat). It has all of the chrome trim, chrome bumpers, headlights, taillights, gauges, door handles, window cranks and mechanisms, the grille, and all 4 pieces of side glass in great condition. It is missing the front and back glass, and the body is very rusty. I bought it without the engine and transmission, but it has a rear and and a full set of brakes. I plan on removing all usable parts from this car, and adding them to the white car. 

The white car is the exact opposite of the black car. It has been garaged for its entire life. It has a little surface rust, but the body is in great condition, as is the frame. It has been parted out, so it is missing the bumpers, all of the chrome, many of the door handles and window crank pieces, all 4 pieces of side glass, and the front fenders, headlights, grill, etc. It has an interior that is in mediocre condition, but certainly better than the animal graveyard that was the interior of the black car. The white car also came with many parts in the trunk, including the dual SU carbs with manifold. The valve train with all of the springs and cylinder head, the torque converter, a full gasket set, a starter, and many other parts that I found in the trunk as a bonus. I will be using the frame and body of the white car as the base of the new vehicle. 

First Post

This is the first post in the blog on the project. The main outline is that I plan on restoring a 1960 Jaguar Mark IX and installing an electric drivetrain in it. The general idea for now is to use a combination of electric, hydraulic, and diesel to create a car that weighs 6000 lbs, has a top speed of at least 75, goes 0-60 in under 20 seconds, and can have a range in all electric mode of at least 20 miles. I know that this is an ambitious project, but I think that it can be done. I am excited and willing to hear any and all ideas from anyone that knows anything about these cars. Please feel free to add comments, suggestions, ideas, considerations, thoughts, or concerns. I only ask that if you are going to comment on how something will not work, offer an alternative idea, a workaround or a solution. I want this to be a source of motivation for the project, and not discouragement. More details to come shortly on the project. Just as a reminder of what we are going for, this is a picture of what I would like the final car to look like.