I agree, an EV conversion of an E-type for example, takes the soul of the car out of it. What I do like is taking an old, inefficient, pedestrian car and turning it into something suitable for driving around town. Take this Citroen 2CV for example - no more dinky aircooled flat twin. It's a 2EV now! I would love to do something similar with a Beetle if/when I move back to Canada.
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* This one's got a BMW twin, apparently.
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