I searched out an original 1952 Pontiac straight eight and a 1948 Plymouth flat six. Nothing can beat the sound and feel of the original engines. I don’t know what you’d have if you put in a battery and an electric motor.
Making an electric car is something that needs to be done from scratch. The battery is big and heavy and usually makes up the entire bottom of the car. There it lowers the center of gravity and adds to safety and maneuverability. Where would you put a thousand-pound battery in a car that weighs 2800 pounds? It would handle like a beast and be even more unsafe on the road. Oh, let’s not forget we need to really, really beef up the brakes.
...and tires..................
But-but-but there would be no room left for the flying car conversion. I know it is coming, that was predicted with the “Back to the Future” series.
Maybe these conversions would work better with a fuel cell power source, rather than lithium-ion batteries. Hydrogen in a tank compressed to 10,000 psi, what could possibly go wrong?