gas tank removed

I've driven the car to work a few times, realized I need a dc-dc converter otherwise I somehow managed to push my car along the street twice because I let my 12v die.

But the new news is the gas tank is out!,  which was a pain because the rear axle must be lowered.  But the non-pain part is it is possible to do this all without disconnecting any brake lines, whew that would be messy.

the dirty wall straight ahead is a vertical space where the rear passengers calves dangle down, so all the space behind that up to the thick metal in the foreground, is maybe 5 cu feet of space well protected and a nice candidate for batterys.

under side open space.  you can see the lumps where the rear passengers but used to sit.

if i cut something like the yellow outline, maybe I can end up with a large cavity of space to install a battery box.  This has lots of appeal.  Perhaps it will reveal better handling due to the big weights being between the axles instead of behind the rear.  also lower center of gravity *shrug*

yellow line for possible cutting

all gone!

THE gas tank