I would like to see more new EVs being inspired by the simplicity, lightweight and aesthetic design of classic cars.

Tbh what I want in an electric vehicle is the drivetrain. I don't care for the touchscreens, lcds, plastic buttons, etc. the auto industry did itself a disservice when it decided to try and converge with big tech. Honestly taking 90s cars and sticking electric bits in them would be for the best. I want a car with a cockpit like interior with physical needle gauges, knobs, levers, and all that stuff. My current car... I have to dig thru touchscreen menus to turn on features. I want my buttons back.

08:32 Message for *VW software engineers* : aftermarket mini infotainment system implemented at this beautiful 911 is better than the original system that comes with an ID 4

I would love something like this - it’s the perfect blend of old and new.

EV conversions is a market that needs to grow. I despise modern car interior design philosophy and especially in EVs. Taking old cars; even if they're not classics; and making them EV really is an amazing idea that needs more adoption.

Now this is a really good-looking electric Porsche

That’s pre 1974 bodywork. I guess that’s to make it look extra classic.

8:28 that was a sick burn, made me spit my food from laughter 😂

The concept of this particular 911 EV conversion is without argument. However, I also feel that to convert a rare classic to this extent, (and with such a generous budget) one may as well create a completely new vehicle from scratch using new heritage panels and let the original models remain, retaining all of their oily smoky bits for posterity.

It looks like an old classic car, but it’s gorgeous!! And although I’m not into fast cars, I think it’s a great car to drive!!

If this upsets you then you can always make brum brum noises

This exposes the truth behind most classic car owners...that it's all about the looks and how it makes them feel (ego and self-worth) ....zero to do with the engine or handling as most sit in a garage, hardly ever engaging the engine or going around corners. If they were honest, this approach (zero-classics) is perfect!

I still believe that there's a chance for an industry to develop around electric conversions that make then more accessible. Maby vehicles from the 2000s are perfectly safe but gave been discontinued. I imagine something like a Skoda Yeti or Hyundai Veloster could maintain a good chunk of it's identity

I would love to see a thorough sustainability assessment comparing new EV production versus retrofitting of various types and conditions of older classics. I really think it should be part of the current market transition - especially to support people who simply love the design aesthetics but don't care about obsessing over museum-like preservation.

Beautiful! Another infotaining video from Jack - you are good at this, Mr Scarlett. Cheers!

I would have liked to see under the hood/boot to see where/how they put the 250m range and how much weight was added. That's the real trick in converting small cars. Bring on the cheap and easy Miata NA/NB EV conversion packages.

Love this. This is my favorite design and combined with EV. My new dream car.

No, Jack - it does not look like a Porsche 911 from the late 80s anymore, but rather one from the early 70s. Very different, if you compare the two... But nevertheless very cool!

Jack is killing it right now. Great video.

ECC rocks, absolutely perfect youtube channel! Thanks for this video :)

MGB would be a good conversion. Most old British sports cars actually.

There are a ton of classic cars that are gorgeous on the outside, with spartan AF interiors. I would love to have a 1952 MG-E MK II kit car, for example, with all the modern amenities inside. (I was smaller in the '80s too.)

Nice one. Plus I would as an owner and driver of one of these feel infinitely more smug about not killing the planet while giving a classic a new life into the next era of mobility technology.

I like old cars for the noise as much as the body shape and lines.

I have made an offer on a 1965 Morris Mini with no engine or gearbox, but the body is pristine(ish). EV conversions are currently quite expensive, but I am going to put the Mini into storage for a few years and see if it becomes practical. Certainly preferable to the plethora of generic alternatives. I’ve seen a few EV mini conversions and they look fantastic, fast and fun … considering that electric vehicles are not cheap now, I think it could be a more financially viable option.

Fantastic! Perfect in every way. Especially the colour💥 Great work guys 👍

Biggest issues I see with these conversions are a) they are stupidly expensive, b) the range is limited because there isn't anywhere to put the batteries.

and now i hope that concept spills over to all the old Golfs, Civics, Smart Roadsters and so on. :)

"...and still better that the infotainment system in our ID4 crew car." That suddenly sounded very real.

Wonderful conversion. Thanks.

As a 911 owner and Porsche enthusiast.. I love it. If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd order one of these and a Singer.

No! I still prefer the old 911 with the air cooled engine. It can be reliable if you take care of it. I was an EV enthusiast, but now as I became an EV owner I have my doubts that EVs are the future or the solution for the environment. Back to the little car. It's one of my favorites, with their noise and drama. Ohh that sound of the boxer engine....

I think it's great. Maybe I wouldn't do it on a 911 but as an idea it's brilliant. Once the prices come down and the kits become more accessible, I'd definitely consider this as a project

This looks great! Also very much enjoying the 80s music and editing. Hoping one day to convert my Morris Minor to EV, so always find these vids interesting.

This is exactly the kind of car I want. Ngl, I'm not much of a gearhead but I just like classic styles. Rivian has started to clue in on this w their latest designs and I really hope that more EV companies come out w rapid, electric, good feeling cars that don't have the anodyne designs of most modern cars chasing MPG

The Caterham Project V is probably the electric I'd like most, but beyond that something like this would be brilliant.

I am in love with the production quality of your videos

I'll never understand why EV converters prioritize small & sport cars. The real appeal is being able to drive a mid century sedan/wagon without the whole *_11.9 mpg for a V8 that can't surpass 95mph_* problem & there is room for the batteries.

According to the Dutch RDW (Dutch car registration) this Porsche has only a 45kW motor and a weight of 1552 kg...

The only downside is the lack of safety features (crumple zones, etc).

I remember one of the first EV conversions I saw was a 914. I can only imagine how much better it would have been with today's motor/battery tech!

In Dutch tradition this probably cost more than buying a brand new car

Most collector cars are not worth a lot of money. For those in the $25,000 and under range, an EV setup would need to be under $10,000 to make sense. The equivalent of 300hp and 200 miles range would be plenty.

oh no, missed opportunity for some FPV follow up shots for this smashing car. Let me know next time you are busy in Netherlands. I think I recognize de buurt :)

Yeah! Johnny would love that

It would have been great to see the frunk, now much space is gone, and how useable would it be for daily use?

Great idea and execution. The only problems that EV conversions that I have seen are small batteries, but not with this conversion, and no luggage space.

Hey Jack. Love your work 👍

Great closing speech Jack.

Ok, I'm convinced.... I'll buy two!

I’d so miss the sound of that flat six !!

I think I will buy an extra lottery ticket this week....... Absolutely beautiful, but I would want the Targa in 'Guards Red'.😎

I'm not a fan of these EV conversions for vintage sports cars. I am fully in favour of going electrics for daily driving but I would never change the authenticity of my 911 3.2. The vintage experience goes even with the mechanical feeling of an engine and transmission designed at that time.

I highly appreciate taking a saturday spin with my petrol car after having passed the week in an EV. An enthusiast sports car with an EV sound removes a large portion of the aural pleasure. Ev's are great but not at making pleasurable sounds.

that '80s Porsche has a '73 and earlier long hood and early bumpers in front and back. Singer takes late 964 and converts them the long hoods also.

I possess a F Model Targa. I am the second owner and the engine only has 51.000 km. However I would totally change it to EV if the costs would not be as high as they are at the moment. But I think this is only a matter of time.

Rob, this young man presenter and the young lady also, are just wonderful presenters all round. You have chosen well sir.!

This is a pretty car, but the challenge with many classic cars is they lack the safety features in modern cars.

Loving the car but they need to have a word with whoever did the stitching on that dashboard

Thank you. I have been preaching this for about a decade!

I really hope conversion shops will start to proliferate. We've hung on to my wife's '98 BMW Z3, with only 41K on the odometer, simply with the hope of making it electric someday.

As much as I despise wasteful, huge new EVs, like the EV9, I adore these EV restomods. If I could afford it, I'd have a 2-door Volvo Amazon converted. New EVs should be small, light, and simple. That way they could be really efficient and frugal with resources.

I have a 1938 FIAT Topolino which I bought purely because I thought it was the perfect vehicle to add EV without taking anything away. Two seats plus dog space, with a boot ideal for a battery. Maybe even use the roof to add charger panels. Ladder chassis, so my idea was to put an electric motor attached to the prop shaft... should be simple? At my advanced age (approaching 80, with the usual physical problems), I need to get someone else to do it... in the olden days, it would be simple to do myself! However, not only have the 'quotes' I have been given been around £30k, including unnecessarily 'removing' the original engine... I think WTF is a good reply... 10K I would be happy with! Any ideas?

I think rare classics should be kept as is, but the idea of repurposing older cars is a real world form of recycling. And is welcomed the converted car is more beneficial for the environment than creating an entire new car. The issue I have with modern EVs is that they don't excite most petrolheads from their ICE cars, they look soulless and try so hard to be edgy and contemporary. And they often come across as a boxy large 'thing' rather than being built upon passion. Classic conversions have their place, but the recent electric converted Ferrari Testarossa was just a bit wrong where the engine is the heart of a Ferrari.

I think that is the best way to preserve iconic cars, especially with sunset of gasoline coming around the corner. I'm just apprehensive to destroy examples where engine was special and worth preserving.

Isn't that more like early 1970s Porsche? Not that I'm complaining: I love the early 911 lightness and simplicity, before Porsches (and all other cars) started putting on the kilos...

It's a brilliant idea - the problem is the lack of companies that will do this kind of work!

I couldn't even help it as soon as I started hearing about conversions to electric my mind went straight to the 88 Chrysler Conquest I used to own, man that would make one really nice EV.

I have a donor vehicle, the tooling and a shop space and with all the price-gouging it will still cost $35,000 to do a conversion. A conversion to all electric should be half that. Any useful suggestions ? Thank you

Perfection .

Always loved the 911 , never owned one but it’s on the list .

the Problem with those conversions is, that all the new electric parts will be dated in a few years, and it will be difficult to find someone wo can and will make repairs on a custom Built done by someone else.

Great content, had a 1972 911T too long ago and if it were still with me would have loved to have accomplished something like this. Non car question though where is the blue jumper/top from Jack?

Been thinking for a long time now to get me an old Ford Escort or even older Fiat with a rally body but I have zero experience with classic car tech. The looks without all the problems with solve a lot for me.

I’m assuming no thermal management for the split battery system. If so, can’t stay on the power too long, not good for driving in very hot or very cold conditions, and charging at a dismal Rate.

Thank you. 😎

I want one!! There was a news story here in Canada of a 2017 Hyundai Ionic owner being quoted $50,000 to replace a defective battery, that was just 15k kms over warranty! I'd rather own an electric restomod that's cool and exciting than a boring appliance that can become a giant paper weight at any time!

You should have mentioned when you talked about the 50-50 distribution that the engine of the Cayman is in the middle and the Cayman handles way better than the 911 - Cayman is the best handling car actually.

The soul of Porsche is the BoxEngine, I don’t care about Apple car play or LCD this is just another EV and nothing can replace the cool start splutter of a Porsche! Good attempt though.

Are you sure Jack that this used to be a Carrera 3.2, because it looks like was the original 911?

I want an electric Esprit! Nobody will miss the original engine. Same is true for an Urquattro.

Designers had a golden opportunity to reinvent the wheel and create awesome classic shapes that everyone should be able to afford. Instead all they did was what Hengist Pod did, and made a window.

Interesting perspective on a hotly debated subject.

FINALLY, an Englishman who can pronounce Porsche.

Jack complains about the weight distribution being 50/50. But drivers have long complained about the rear heavy balance of the Porsches because it gives you massive understeer that you have to manage carefully when going at speed around corners. The fact is that despite this flaw Porsches are known for their handling. But, with 50/50 weight distribution they handle even better. They are more sure footed and safer. Another thing purists moan about is ruining the car. Now this particular Porsche is bespoke. But all the classic car converters I know about make sure to mount everything to original brackets. That means the process is completely reversible. You can return it to it's original form whenever you like. So far, almost no-one who has converted a classic car has requested that it be restored (I personally haven't heard of a single case). For one thing they can actually drive their classic car every day, safely, among modern traffic. And they don't have to worry about it's woefully substandard (by today's measure) levels of pollution. Jack sums it up very neatly. You lose a little bit of personality for a whole heap of every day usability. And if you fancy a track day, it'll pants any original ICE version.

4 times the power it left the factory, that would make it a 900 hp car! Lots of other bodywork mods apart from the ducktail too, still I can see the attraction if you’ve got an old 911 with a shot engine

I would love to see some start taking big American luxobarges and convert them. With their huge size for large battery packs and their long forgotten ultraplush interiors, they would be lonnng distance haulers like nothing else.

Thanks

The problem is that when EV conversions are this expensive they'll likely still be left in a garage never to be moved as the owner doesn't want to risk driving them.

"had its heart ripped out" describes it perfectly 🤮

There's definitely a place for electric conversions of old classics and I'm sure my lowly 986 Boxster 2.5 would be quicker with a decent electric motor, but there's no way I'm losing the flat 6 sound track (even if I could afford to).

Yes : For many the point of a humble classic car is the Cool value , which is undermined if it still uses fossil fuel, . 2 Big Buts : COST: £15k upwards its beyond the budget of a Morris Oxford or Austin A35 ( & do you even get water cooled batteries?) . DVLA : If you change transmission engine brakes suspension you will need to get it registered as a SVA kit car on a Q plate & then most 1960s dashboards & switches & steering wheels will fail the SVA tests as too sharp. If you keep original suspension axils steering you can keep the original registration ONLY IF the chassis ( or monocoque body ) is unchanged, so no changing the chassis/body to fit 2nd hand batter packs. BUT even then the DVLA have been classify converted classics as "Reconstructed" requiring an inspection , any small amount of extra holes or patch welding fails the inspection (& there is no 2nd try or right of appeal, just scrap). If Fully Charged have time a DVLA interview on the future of this may prove me wrong or help promote a proportionate process for EV conversion . A Smaller BUT is lack or production cars of similar power to 1960s or earlier, so there are no donor motors/inverters of 30 or 40 hp which would be suitable for the A35 (say) , so bigger classics may be better.

So what they’ve essentially done is not only rip the cars heart out, but ripped its soul out. Just makes me hate EV’s even more.

Curious about the registration process in the UK and America. It’s gone from petrol to electric, so how would you register something like this and show proof?

Would have been nice to see some of the engineering under the hood!

Great car and better than any Tesla. The only gripe I have is the push button gear selector, that ruins the car, I would pay extra to have a normal looking gear knob even if it only has D N R.

Insurance for such a modification will cost twice as much, does it make more sense then we realize? cooooool

I hope you visited the museum at the harbor gates there in Rotterdam that you passed by.

Like this a million times more than those suv abominations (any brand, these tractors are just a design mistake gone wrong) yet I would rather see this new built and classics left classics. This is now no time capsule any more. It is a bit like the Mona Lisa being restored by means of airbrush.

An EV Lada would be awesome! Always liked the boxy shape of a lada