Just curious. I see one on Ebay with a blown engine that might make a good electric converstion.

Thanks

About 3250# with engine.

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

I weighed my '77 once. It was a little under 3500 with no driver or cargo and a full tank of fuel.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Most printed references show it closer to the 3250 mark. they may have gotten lighter as the years went by.

tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

This car is not a good candidate for conversion to electric in my opinion. Yes it is rear wheel drive. Lots of other far lighter candidates out there still with rear wheel drive though.
No large 123 type batteries available to the average guy yet unless there is something I do not know. That itself would not suprise me. As little as 15 minutes to charge a large say three hundred pound battery up if depleted and you can provide the heavy charge current to do it. Was kind of hoping they might be fabricated at home by some. Getting the electroylite out of china is the problem right now in my opinion. Then your electric car has a reasonable chance.
You can build your own three phase direct current motor at home as well. I have some requirements for a pure electric car that cannot be met by any other technology at this time. The above mentioned items bring a semi practical one for running around locally into the realm of possibility.
The old ford owned plant in northern europe is starting production with a charge interval of either 60 or 100 miles. Too bad ford sold out just prior to the 123 types battery development. They had spent a lot of money. There are also even better battery types in the wings I understand so the electric car will eventually improve to limited practicallity in my opinion.
The 240d with the blown engine deserves another diesel engine if still in good condition otherwise.