As for the EV swap, we learned a lot about how those work and the questionable economics of performing one on a classic car. You could say we swapped in an EV drivetrain so you wouldn't have to. But ...

To get 582 cubes the builder needed the right starting point, and that turned out to be a tall-deck Dart block. To that he added forged guts including Callies rods, a Callies 4.375-inch stroker crank, ...