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Inside the costly trend charging up Australia's classic car scene
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this post was submitted on 23 May 2026
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As a long time car nut, this is like blasphemy. You basically destroy everything about the car that made it what it was by doing this. It’d be like putting a 4 cylinder engine in an RX-7 - sure it looks the same, but it’s not an RX-7 at that point.
It'd depend on whether you liked it for its engine or other aesthetics. I loved the look of late 90's Celicas. Couldn't care less about the engine in them, I just thought they looked cool. In some other life where I had the time and resources for such a project, I could see myself giving them such an upgrade.
I think I read that Arnie put an electric motor into one of his Hummers.
It’s not just the engine, it’s literally every single driving characteristic too.
British car owners with Lucas electrics would welcome the increase in reliability haha
I owned a Morris Major. Even with its 'big' 1620cc engine, you can be very sure that if I had the opportunity to make it electric at the time with what's available now, I would have.
Probably would have ended up in a straight line into the nearest tree though, those things basically didn't have any handling or brakes.
Yeah, but things are fluid, new things can get born too. I wouldn't swap out the shitty Yamaha engine from that Celica, but I think I would overall prefer to drive an electric VW Bus.
The classic cars one loves to drive also get heavier with batteries so even with a better suspension (which is again different) it's significantly different to drive.
I think there's some cars that that wafting would make sense. A Citroen c5 with the fancy suspension, or a Rolls Royce silver spirit