1965 Valiant LS Build

Kern Dog said

In this case, I find that whole idea pathetic. A dead silent engine doing a burnout?

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The ONLY time I could see any electric conversion as having any possible appeal is if OIL or any type of liquid fuel were to be completely unavailable.
No sound? No rumble? No gears to shift? You might as well start eating bugs instead of meat, buy an inflatable doll and abandon women, work entirely from home and never interact with another human and live entirely through your VR harness....

This is what I think of electric car conversions....

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I'm friends with that guy on FB, to his credit he still loves ICE-powered vehicles and is in no way an "EV-thumper", it was more of an experiment than anything else. I think he owns other classic Mopars that are rip-roaring big piston engine-powered. I agree electric drivetrain takes 90% of the fun out of having a fast car but it's still interesting. I'd own an EV for my daily if I lived in a more urban area because they actually make practical sense in that scenario but I'd rather have an older car swapped to EV powertrain than an actual newer electric car with its ugly styling, useless gizmos and high cost. Something like a F/J/M-body or late B/R-body.