All:
Based on advice above, and the potentially astronomical cost & legal/DMV/insurance technicalities I’ve decided that hot rodding the electronics is the best way forward. I have a feeling that the $25k ‘quote’ from EV West was a bit of a ‘go away’ quote, so based on the video below, I plan to 1) talk to them and 2) see if anyone closer can do thwe work with the same parts. When done, it should go like this one, maybe a tad slower because the new Moke is heavier;
https://youtu.be/j0g3ypjBL9Q
I will keep you updated.
Thanks,
Paul.