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The episode of Bangers & Cash : Restoring Classics featuring the Austin (Morris Minor) Van we converted to electric for them aired last night on TV

Its now available to watch via catch up and streaming.

Link to the stream is here –

https://u.co.uk/shows/bangers-cash-restoring-classics/series-6/episode-1/6370616705112

The TV episode featuring the Austin Van we converted to electric for Bangers and Cash airs April 10th at 8pm (BST) on the U&Yesterday channel.

If you enjoy it what not watch our behind the scenes build video on YouTube which will go live when the TV episode finishes, at 9pm April 10th.

Dont worry if you missed the TV episode, its available to watch on the U TV app 🙂

https://youtu.be/MQW1Xw5aSQU

Take a look at the video of the moment we first got to test drive this 1968 Jaguar S-Type Electric Conversion.

This is the first time we have been able to properly drive the car on the road and it drives like a dream.

Loads more videos and information coming about this car.

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We are happy to announce that we will be featured on episode 1 of the next series of Bangers and Cash : Restoring classics.

The episode airs in the UK on the Yesterday Channel (where to find this below) on Thursday April 10th at 8pm.

The episode features the Austin Van that we converted to electric for the show. The build happened in late 2023 and it was challenging. Watch the episode to find out why!

We will be releasing more detail of the build once the episode goes to air so subscribe to our conversion newsletter to be notified when we this is published.

How to watch Yesterday TV in the UK

Freeview Channel 27

Sky Channel 155

Stream online at U.co.uk

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you all.

We will be taking a little time to recharge over Christmas and New Year 2024 so will be closed for a little while.

We will still be in and out of the premises and available on email and phone however.

 

Closed

Tuesday Dec 24th 2024 until January 2nd 2025




In this update we have

  • Morris Minor in for a gearbox
  • 40kwh Leaf with motor damage
  • 24kwh Leaf bought, refurbished and sold
  • Cupra Born in for service Kangoo EV needing a diesel tank
  • A Prius in need of attention

We’ve decided to split out updates in two. If you want to see updates on our conversions they will be now be separate so please subscribe to be notified when they go live.

So what’s been through our Electric Vehicle workshop lately?

We start with a contradiction – a petrol Morris Minor. We don’t usually work on none electric cars but after converting 4 minors to electric we have built up a vast knowledge of them. We got asked to firt a reconditioned gearbox to this traveller and to check it over. We fond a few areas that needed immediate attention and sorted them. You never know one day it may be electric!

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Package Pricing announced.

We now have pricing for our Morris Minor Electric Conversions on or website.

We are offering 4 different battery options of the conversion that we have carried out 4 times now.

Full details are available HERE

At present we have availability to start a Morris Minor build in December 2024 so if your interested get in touch to book the slot and plan out your conversion.

In this update –

  • We introduce you to our latest Morris Minor EV conversion, 
  • Have a look at the Jaguar S Type conversions progress, 
  • Tell you about the faulty Outlander we’ve been working on.  
  • Explain the challenges we have had with very unusual damage on a Leaf
  • Get a visit from a Renault Kangoo ZE we repaired a while ago
  • And wave goodbye to a leaf battery pack that is off to be home energy storage in Scotland

Ever wanted to know what we actually do here at Kinghorn Electric Vehicles? Well now you can!

From Classic car electric conversions to Electric vehicle servicing, repair and sales, we have plenty going on.

We will be releasing regular (see how I avoided committing to how regular there 😉 update videos about what we have been working on.

In this video I tell you about how the company started then tell you about what happened in the workshop in August 2024.

To keep up to date make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel 🙂

We now offer a service to replace the battery modules on 40kWh Leaf and ENV200’s

These are brand new modules and you can find out all the details via the links below. 

https://youtu.be/A1qZ_u95mow

Click here for LEAF


Click here for ENV200

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