[throwaway22032]

Classic cars being refit to be electric is like using strawberry flavoured candy to replace fruit, or GPU shaders to replace a Trinitron.

Modern cars already exist, you can just use those. There aren’t enough proper classics in existence to matter from a carbon perspective.

[throwaway48476]

Classic cars are a tiny fraction of miles driven by cars and cars is only a fraction of fuel used.

The EPA and carb need to be a lot more concerned with 90% use cases and much less concerned with 100% cases. Lower emission standards for PHEVs.

[rbanffy]

I think there is space for both. While I like preserving the technology, there are cases where the EV conversion adds some charm to the original vehicle. The period-incorrectness is captivating in many instances.

[throwaway48476]

Pre safety body designs had a lot more design flexibility.