If you happen to’re nonetheless ready for Elio Motors to lastly construct the automotive you ordered again in 2015, I’ve nice information. Though your Elio will in all probability by no means get delivered, you possibly can nonetheless principally stay the dream for those who’re prepared to get your fingers soiled and repair up this one-of-about-300 Corbin Sparrow Pizza Butts. And sure, that basically is the time period folks use for this physique model.

At present on the market on Vehicles & Bids, this Corbin Sparrow is being offered by the Peterson Auto Museum and is in unbelievable situation contemplating its age. That’s in all probability partly as a result of it solely has 1,700 miles on the odometer. That stated, there is one draw back — the Sparrow doesn’t run. If you wish to get it going once more, you’ll have to switch the batteries. So the profitable bid and the quantity it would really value are going to be two wildly totally different numbers. Additionally, the Sparrow solely got here with a 50-mile vary, so really, there are two downsides.

Alternatively, as a substitute of changing the batteries, Vehicles & Bids suggests doing an engine swap. Possibly you would work out the way to put a Hayabusa engine in there? It will take some work, however think about being the one individual on this planet with a Hayabusa-swapped Corbin Sparrow. You’d be the best individual at each single Vehicles & Espresso. You’d be drowning in Instagram followers. It would make relationship just a little more durable, however perhaps there’s a cause you purchased a single-seat automotive within the first place.

And you would positively say goodbye to the 75-mph prime velocity, though I’m undecided that you simply really ought to. Driving a single-seat three-wheeler that initially had a 26-hp electrical motor over 100 mph on a freeway seems like a assured solution to die. Even so, I say go for it. Throw just a little (OK, quite a bit) of money at this factor, and switch it into the high-revving velocity demon it was by no means meant to be. Or, you recognize, simply shell out for the brand new batteries.