Chevy 3100 pickups from the Fifties get an electrical makeover

The electrical age meets the Fifties … in luscious cherry pink, appetizing buttercream, cool slate blue, and with 294 horsepower.

Kindred Motorworks, a California-based restoration operation, is creating an electrical model of the traditional Chevrolet 3100, the half-ton truck that was one of many best-selling pickups within the U.S. throughout its manufacturing run from 1947 to 1953. The corporate is taking pre-orders now — at an MSRP of $159,000 — and expects to ship to clients in 2024.

The proposed automobile is completely 21^st century, inside, outdoors and beneath, in keeping with Kindred’s founder Rob Howard. “It represents stability — a fantastic design that’s enjoyable and simple to personal and drive, however that isn’t afraid to do some soiled work as properly,” he stated. Authentic collectors variations of a Chevy 3100 presently promote for about $30,000 and up.

Pushed by its rear wheels, the electrical Chevy will be capable to cruise 200 miles earlier than requiring a plug-in, with a full cost taking about  9 hours utilizing a Stage 2 charger. A double wishbone suspension hyperlinks to 17-inch wheels, and there’s rack and pinion steering, energy disc brakes in any respect 4 wheels, and electrical energy steering.

Fashionable facilities are in place within the cabin, together with AC, a touchscreen media show, heated bench seats, and, after all, cupholders.  Exterior lighting is LED, and the truck mattress, in keeping with Kindred’s spec sheet, is designed for use as supposed, with marine-grade waterproof flooring, modular tie-downs, and a push-button tailgate that includes hidden hyperlinks. The textured floor on the operating boards and contained in the mattress is color-matched to the truck.

Howard says that different restoration tasks — all primarily based on unique donor autos — are in growth, together with a Sixties-era Volkswagen bus, a cool Bronco with gasoline or electrical energy, and a 1969 Camaro with a 700-horsepower GM 6.2L supercharged V8 and six-speed handbook transmission.