Is that the house from The Fast And The Furious?

+15 style points for putting the charger plug-in in the front of the grill under a flip-up plate. Awesome build.

Tesla should just sell battery/driveline kits in the same way you can buy a crate engine from Chevy/Ford/Chrysler

“It’s not that hard” coming from a dude that probably has a masters in engineering and electrical work

Amoung other things, I like how he changed the gas symbol in the dash to a battery with the plug.

I’d pay serious money for all the details. If only he had documented the build with detailed plans etc. He would make a killing.

I love how he hid the charging port behind the kidney grill. Nice touch!

Attention to detail on this build is amazing!! Respect.

I love that he put factory electrical warning stickers on the electrical boxes. I recognized them instantly, they're the same as my e36 has next to the ignition coil packs.

Cool, but I would miss the sound of a straight six very quick.

Now I wait, when someone will install normal proper V8 engine into Model S.

5:46 I tought GTA San Andreas theme song is starting 😂😂

I'll never get used to that whine. I prefer the sound of the original 325i

ACTUAL CONTENT!!! Is this a new old drive? Awesome video

Jon is a supremely talented fabricator. He welded the custom stainless turbo exhaust on my m50 swap e30 about 10 years ago when he ran 666 fabrication in Milford, CT. Saw this car in person this summer at a show, it is a very impressive piece of work!!

hold the front door...this is exactly where i live, i know that crap pond and those same pot holes, holy run on sentence!!

Man this guy is super close to home. i recognized every single street. hope to see you on the road!

I love how you designed the Charger Plug-in! It pays homage to the days when one would "flip down the license plate" to gas up their cars back in the day! Also, BMW places the Charging port on the Driver side front fender,....if you ask me, they should have mounted it in the rear of the vehicle,...just as they do the Fuel Filler door! Hey! But no one asked me.... Good job for sure...

This is exactly what Mate Rimac did back in the day...he built the power train by himself and painted the beemer green.

So disappointed not to hear the sound when it was doing the donuts and burnouts.

Dude is so organized everything is well thought out, great build.

The fact that he sold his turbo ls e36 M3 to finance this project made me cry a little tho..

Awesome build! Especially keeping it true to the stock look throughout

When that one meme of cars taking off with spaceship noises comes true

He should have the Blubber car noise playing though the cars speakers when he drives.

Nice build. It sounds horrible though. Really nasty.

Nice work John! I loved watching this build from start to finish.

Absolutely excellent. The best EV video I have seen so far.. An amazing build in a real classic, beautifully shot and put together. Even being a "ain't no substitute for cubes" guy, it really made me stop and think about the whole EV ethos. Kudos! Many thanks.

Guess you've never seen the first EV car Rimac made, out of his old BMW...

Not a fan of EVs, but this is very nicely done

Yup. I am definitely doing this to my next project car in 2020. This video was hands-down the best inspirational BMW build video I've seen in a long time, and I make them myself!

6:00 sounds like a remote control car

This is dope!! German engineers 30 years ago would be like whaaaaat!!!! The energizer bimmer

That bit of rust by the rear latch button made me flinch.

Really nice build , love you put the charging port behind the kidney grill very creative 💯✅

Nice Job Putting this video together guys!

This is a beautiful build, would love to learn from him and build my own.

6:58 probably the best and most beautiful line a car has ever had! e30 convertible

Very clean build! Keep up the good work :) awesome stuff

I'm also in Connecticut and I'd love one of these for the roads around here or a quick trip down to NYC. I'd definitely cyberpunk it up a little bit; metallic midnight blue, with some extra lights and a fully glass panel that feels like you're driving in 2088. That said, totally appreciate how clean and original this looks inside and out.

damn he did a good job, love the charging port.

What a legend. This build is pretty cool - that flip up grille and those seats are amazing. Such a subtle car. Makes me want to EV swap my e46 vert

I love the attention to detail in this build. Even battery level on the dash. Wow. Amazing work.

Great video showcasing this unique build; might not be built to everyone's liking but someone has to be pushing the limits out here!

Love the that gas gauge is now the battery level gauge , lots of attention to detail .

Lovely. But i'll stick with the M20B25 and drive it less

Man!!! This is just awesome and amazing job!!! Sooo cool and I have been brain storming for a project and was stuck on gas engine but I am really considering a ranger with same type of setup. I think it would not only be no emissions and no more gas $$ but it would be down right fast and a blast!!! More so than a gas engine and probably for less money all said and done. Great video and look forward to more videos. I wish I knew around how much money I would need to do a budget minded build but yet get as much performance as possible. Like you said with your bmw weight of 2000lbs I think a small ranger with some weight reduction done wouldn’t be too much heavier. Again great video and what a great build!!

Love the grille and charge port intergration.. nice detail there.

Jon; Could you PLEASE do the community and the World a huge favor and post all relevant info somewhere so we can emulate you. My '65 Riviera NEEDS this! I must take it from 7 liters to zero .

Great build but sad to see a great sounding engine taken out for electric.

Great job.your attention to detail is amazing.what you did with the car’s kidney was really clever.the alloys on the car & the stance is very neat. You should make & sell that kidney as a kit.i know I would buy 1 even if my car wasn’t electric,it’s very gadgety.I would love to see what you do next.

This thought has crossed my mind multiple times. Yet, ultimately, I have decided to switch my daily for a Tesla and keep my classic BMW, classic. Great job and kudos to the owner for a well executed swap!

Can't wait for wireless car charging

I'm his neighbor!!!! Knew I seen his garage somewhere! (I live in the house with 6 solar panels!)

awesome swap. I never thought I'd see something like this.

Glad to see it's a fairly reasonable endeavor, been wanting to do something similar with my 85 300zx but wasnt sure how plausible it would be.

He looks like he's about to cry while doing the talk

that's fuckin worse then putting a v8 in a supra... but need to like the video cuz the man did a great job

Such an awesome build. Thank you

Love the oldschool GTA footage when leaving the garage 👌🏼

+1000 pts for attention to details. Yes I am looking at you, "B is for Build" !

Would be a kick to drive, but I’d probs still take the original power plant to daily.

That's an awesome build, I could definitely see myself doing something like this in the future but with a trunk full of batteries you can't really call it a daily driver. When the batteries get smaller and more powerful these types of build will likely become common place, I can already imagine a 50's cabby with a Tesla motor (The 5th Element?!?).

Like like the whole style of the car. Also I feel like doing this to a vert makes the most sense.

I want to know how it sounds from drivers point. If it makes the same sound they recorded i'm not interested. I just would not be able to listen that sound for 1h

I've an A4 just waiting to become an E4.

I LOVE IT, I am currently building an LS swapped E30, but I hope I can build something like this in the future. The charging port is a great touch!

Awesome result. When my E30 Motor goes I will try something like this.

Hmmm, came for the drifting, just saw 20 seconds of it doing donuts.

He has to be a engineer crazy how this car is built

5:46 I didn’t know you can straight pipe Tesla! It’s sound like heaven!

Awesome man finally something crazy in my town lol do u ever go to the car shows by the beach?

Swapping an e30 with an e Motor should be forbidden. But this ladies and gentleman is a masterpiece!!!! Awesome work !

Now he just needs to get rid of that trunk rust...

Love it 👍🏼😁 miss my 325i sidewayz everywhere 😃

I laughed out loud when I saw your license plate, lol.

Is this guy currently taking orders for builds?👀

I’m not a fan of electric cars, but I don’t hate them. That noise this car makes is a big reason of why I prefer petrol engines over electric motors

I do love the spaceship noises it makes. Apart from range the only thing I'd miss from an ICE is the noise, but this car nails that.

So fucking great dude. I'll take this over an anemic m20 every damn day. Attention in details is pretty kick ass too, great job on this. With all the modding lockdowns and impounds lately, this seems like a no brainer way to go

You're a nerd 🤓 I love you 🤗 😂😂😂 Great car 👍

Is it just me or is it the battery tech that's still letting builds like this down? Look how shallow that boot/trunk is now, it's so impractical. Hopefully in the near future battery tech will take leaps ahead in physical dimensions and maybe the complete capacity of the 2 packs could be stored just under the bonnet/hood :-)

Would never do such a thing myself, but you executed it dang well!

What a build!! So unique, never seen anything like it!!

Yesss I love the Tesla engine swap hype🔥

electric sports and super car makers should make motors loud without compromising with performance , weight , efficiency

5:38 Definitely thought he was going to back into that power poll.

beautiful car, beautiful build. flawless 80s-future custom. crazyyy

As a BMW purist, I'm not sure which is more sacrilegious: this, or his previous turbo LS e36 M3.

Unleaded 91 hit a 171 cent high in Australia so I hope this catches on soon cbf paying that much for fuel

I love how much detail he put into the front flipping bmw grill for the charging port

Brilliant. Also brilliant is the fact The Drive seems to be bringing more content...

Bit of a sin to make a beautiful E30 sound like a milk float tho

ah man everything was cool until the Moped sound joined

Amazing job. Simply amazing job. Love this. Come do my MK2 Jetta

Such good angles and drone footage that’s crazy

1:45 wheel wobble?

Did I miss the 0-60 times and horsepower stats?

I think I just saw my new dream car! I've always loved the E30 and that looks like it would be a blast to drive

I like that bit about keeping the shifter. I wonder if it'd be possible to modify that setup so you could simulate the power profile of gas and gears, though I'd imagine it'd take quite a bit of programming, and would end up more being a form of cruise control in daily driving.