450hp Tesla powered 1969 VW Crew Cab - UTTERLY INSANE ! 

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If this helps keep older cars on the road then I am all for it. Surely less damage to the environment as well. I wish this company every success. Well done. And well done for highlighting. Keep it up!

Things like this do at least show us that even if ICE is eventually banned completely, we’ll still be able to drive classics. Great video 👍

My old 6v crew cab pick up combi used to smoke like that, just the wheels weren’t spinning, eventually a rod ran away and put a spark plug through its battery 😱

That gives hope to people who love their petrol cars to convert them into electric , awesome guys I wish this company all the best

“Target ahead”...🤣🤣...that’s such a bloke thing.

It was nice to see this old VW with new life breathed into it. That ST was perfectly placed; showing the VW's potential. My grandfather had an early 70's van & beetle, but sold them both not that long ago.

Madness in a brilliant way, electric cars with fun and soul. Cant wait for the program.

😂😂😂 absolutely brilliant. Bet the ST driver could not believe his eyes with that keeping up with him.

I have owned both a '69 and '71 bus for over 35 years. So clean and so much original stuff retained. Driving that would blow my mind!

Did the school pick up and then went to visit the unit. Great reception, mentioned this content and was introduced to Moggy. Then given a tour of the toy shop with my son. What a great place! I have car envy!

Sweet! It would have been nice to see just a little of the innards. I would love to own that car.

Hi Ped WOW😁😁 Bonkers but brilliant. What a great taster for the TV series later in the year. Warmed to Roger already, great guy. Already dismissed one negative, Electric cars can be fun and interesting.🤗🤗 We all know how hard you work, but when you enjoy your work, as I know you do, it’s worth all the effort.

That looks like a lot of fun, a real “street sleeper”. Be interesting to see some quarter mile times. Good luck with the business, I think you could be onto something 👏🏻👏🏻

Absolutely insane, loved the bit where he caught the ST driver. Deflated ego there!! Just thinking about my T4?

This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen in the automotive world. So cool too this would sell me so many times over than a tesla model anything, any day of the week.

As a former petrol head, cars, bikes, jet ski kinda came out of the scene when the police had the power to confiscate your sound install or worse, your pride and joy and crush it. It’s nice to have that passion reignited with this electric era. If only I still had my RST S1/2 Escort or my S-type Jag. Van life ahead, is a consideration once employed, plenty of saving for a EV conversion for the Movano. Is there anyway I can get involved with your business, your mission, your passion with Ol Skool vehicles with modern technology? Thanks for sharing, your time and consideration. Inspiring and brought back a huge smile. Shame the fiesta turned left lol

Now THIS could sell more electric vehicles! It's exactly what people need, to realize that the electric drive train swaps can make old, ICE vehicles "green" and fun. The more companies that can engineer "kit" swaps and make the pursuit of goin' electric more inline with old-school hotrod ethos' the the faster it will be embraced. Well done Chaps!

Just up the road from me in mid-Wales. Will be keeping my eyes peeled from now on. Love it!

Yes! this is what we want. Ive engineered 35 years in automotive world wide, built ICE cars and bikes, tuned engines. Looked at building EVs for 20 years but figured batteries just didnt exist. When the Tesla Model S P85 came along in UK in 2014 it ticked all the boxes and 92,000 UK miles later I still cant get over how fast and how much fun it is. To take the Tesla drive train and implant into street sleeper classics thats the future hod rod, there is just no fu*king about with a crew cab P100 stuck in ludicrous....genius. Subscribed cant wait for the other shows.....might inspire me to start my Caterham EV with Nissan Leaf rear motor project.

Mad!! What a ultimate sleeper. The bloke in his Mountune Fiesta just have been mortified :-)

I wonder what the driver of the Fiesta ST was thinking as he could not shake you off his tail. He thought he had a Fast Ford but he didn`t did he!!! This looks as though these conversions should bring a lot of laughs and be very successful I hope.

Brilliant. Bet the boy racer had a bit of a surprise.

How brilliant is that! Pity the fiesta didn't go right!! :D .... very funny!

I have been dreaming of converting a double cab for a long time! Glad to see one properly done! Making me drool!

How many ....have replayed the first minute..... Best part of the video !

Of I wanted a electric car and had to choose between this car and a Tesla P100, I most definite would choose this crewcab. I LOVE it!!😎

Many years ago my uncle had one of these and allowed me to drive it. He was fed up with me saying it needs more guts. This is insane. Wonder what that Escort driver told his mates?

Light duly shed!! Moggy is a real character, looking forward to the TV show👍👍👍

Brilliant machine well done. Cant help thinking it needs seat headrests, the strong acceleration might give unwary passengers whiplash.

It would be fun to have that setup in a Type 3 square back!

Absolutely brilliant!!! I have no idea how I missed this until you pointed me this direction. I love Moggy's crew-cab!! Thanks for sharing a closer look at it. Makes me want one of my own all the more.

That thing looks outstanding. VW should take notice and build something like this. Such nice body lines. This design seems so much cooler than the Tesla pyramid "truck" thing. The Tesla truck, hopefully will never be built. I don't want to live in a world with triangular thingys. Curves are beautiful. [Tesla's cars are incredibly curvy and pretty, btw.]

Fantastic, really enjoyed the vid and look forward to seeing more on these conversions. Well done.

I had a Type 2 Camper for a while, many years ago, with the old four cylinder air-cooled lump. Even with that propulsive power you were "extremely" aware of your toes, then ankles, then shins, then knees, then femurs being the crumple zones.....

You guys have an amazing idea. Go green and still love vintage car. Thank you for sharing the video.

OMG I LOVE this! Thats the ultimate VW crew cab! Keep up the amazing tech!

That looked as if you started in Slough and went towards Maidenhead or High Wycombe. What an amazing van.

Great job guys ! I love these Vdubs !!

Pete that's another vehicle I regret selling my bay window low light. If I could have had 450 hp in it that would have been awesome.

Absolutely brilliant! Classic cars and Van's can be around for ever! 😂👍🌟

Ummm....... I think Might needs to give +-pricing & expand his workshop by 4000%. This kind of quality work is going to keep him seriously busy. Well done.

This is very cool, also loving how Spud takes it all in his stride even when they are giving it some.

Petrol ped such a nice fusion! Success for both of you for sure! 👌❤

this is so cool what a machine wow some works gone into this Van

I Love Sleepers as we call them in Australia. Rusty old Datsuns blowing minds.

Madness.....absolutely brilliant 😂

Absolutely fabulous nuts and brilliant all at the same time. But can I just say what a beautiful understated restoration too. Stunning. Can’t wait for the show!!

That’s got to be the best conversion I’ve seen so far I want one

Man, I have to say, I couldn't handle the right hand drive. When I watch UK videos, I always feel like you guys are driving straight into oncoming traffic! After hundreds of car and motorcycle videos, my brain still can't process the left lane driving, and I always have to brace for impact when you're approaching cars in the opposite lane, because it's so terrifying to watch haha. A left side steering wheel allows your right hand to be free to shift, which is the dominant hand, and you have more coordination. Unless you're one of the 1% of people who are a rich elite, with blue eyes, who is left handed.

Can't believe what he calls beautiful restored.

Great to see you both enjoying yourselves so much! See you soon, RobH

That was a brilliant watch ...cannot wait for when the actual program comes to air. Who would have thought that electric would be so much fun.

I really enjoyed the video,i am VW guy(my first car being a standard 69 beetle).I was skeptical about the idea of electrifying classic cars ,but this looks neat and well done.

Wow, I used to have one of these! Mine was yellow, ex Dutch post office. it had hoops on the back and canvas like a covered wagon. Carried 6 and all that space in the back and under the back seat and was only a couple of inches longer than the Beetle. I loved that thing. Why isn't VW producing these?

Greetings From 🇺🇸USA, I Never Seen Putting A Tesla Electric Power on the VW Crew Cab. That Looks Great. 👍 🇺🇸🤝🇬🇧

Petrol Ped, there was actually an electric T2 in 1972 .It only had 30HP and a range of 80 km . It was meant for post service on Langeoog, Wangerooge, Juist and Baltrum where no cars are allowed. Some were also offered to electricity services. Less than 100 were built.

I've been watching the show on the Motor Trend channel here in the US, and enjoy it - the Ghia in particular, because I loved my Ghia and spent many happy days twiddling the engine, putting on dual carbs, catching it on fire, etc. The Chesil Speedster was pretty cool, as well. The show has a good mix of characters, and the fabrication method is a cross between back yard experimentation and enthusiast/pro work, just as I recall when I fitted a Chevy V8 to an old 1954 Healey 100-4 back in the '60s. Sleepers are super fun to drive - particularly for the expression on the victim's face - like the dropped open jaw on a Porsche driver after being properly smoked by that Chevy-Healey. This bus would be a real gas (no pun intended) if you had an old 2 piece case 36 HP beetle engine in the back that you could show victims, pretending as if it were the reason why you just blew past them with tires smoking. "You have to know how to tune these VW engines, mate - then you can really make them run!" Had a '59 VW Van that this setup would have been a lot of fun to put in. Good luck with the show - it's great!

Wow! Insane DK! Such a lovely resto too. Sadly one less for us local enthusiasts to play with. Most of our old Type 2's, both split and bay, have been bought up by non enthusiasts who have capital, and sold overseas. While that is sad, the upside is that they are more likely to have real money thrown at them in other countries, so, cest la vie. In the interests of accuracy tho... Im 54, born and raised here in South Africa, and I know for a fact that Fire Engines in SA have always been RED. No debate. What this MAY have been is an AIRFORCE Fire vehicle, hence the 'Quick Response" you spoke of. But even since I was in the SAAF in 1984, I dont remember seeing one like that either. I sadly had to sell my 65 Notch, but it did cross my mind to try electric, but much calmer than this pickup! Great vid. Looking forward to that series. Where will it air, given im in SA?

I love that body style and paint.

Shall we push the Fiesta a bite? Yeah, go on then. I had to pause the video until I could clear the tears out of my eyes from laughing! I love it! I'm in! My daily driver is an Ioniq and in 2021 I hope to be into a used Kona or an E-Niro.

I'm in love. Classic VW vans and electric power, 2 of my very favourite things.

Yep Utterly Insane....i loved you guys chasing the Fiesta....LOL

Take it to the drag strip!

Our friend Ken's dad had a Beetle back around 78. We actually used to call it Ken's Volts back then, obviously not electric powered.

Bloody good job young man and being in South Africa gives a weird kinda thankfulness to you treating an old lady of ours with such ( Dis)respect ? ? Keep going lad but being 67 now I'll stick to my outdated oil & petrol fumes as l don't want to electrocute myself though l'm currently busy sticking a Lexus V8 into my 69 Mk.1 Escort just for the hell of it.

I wonder how many tires he works through on that cab? Whatever it is, I'm sure it is worth it. Great show! I'm not surprised he found that it in South Africa. Although not as popular as the VW busses there were quit a few around. My dad put a V6 in a later 80's model cab and had a number of VW busses over the years, they were really cheap to maintain but unfortunately wasn't always that reliable.

wow - sick !! And his converted VW Beetle has 600hp !

I found this video a year ago after watching the first season of Vintage Voltage. And I still love this insanely crazy built awesome truck 🛻. This would be the right range for my 3 days a week job 12 hour shifts. Just like Moggy did to the little white car would be me on the interstate 🛣 lol 😂

Checkin' in from California. Nice ride, simply brilliant! subbed!

It's nice to see that Damon Albarn takes his hobby so seriously!

I wanna see that program. I use electric myself and know it is the future.

Love to see this at GTI Springfest at Santa Pod.

It’s good to see people like you guys...what an amazing vehicule 😳🤪😂👍

Love it, is all I can say, well done. Moggy is a champ. I have a 2010 Caddy (yes I know it's not a classic) and I would love to do some Electrification to it. If only Moggy did a kit for it. cheers

I laughed so hard through the whole show. I love sleepers and this is the ultimate sleeper.ne I truly wish could afford one.

Awesome vid Pp, what a bus. Love putting the ST to rights 😁👏

Greetings PP. Only 9 seconds in and, holy mother of Pearl, what a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Stonking hell. A great interview, very clever guy. Brilliant. A perfect collaboration of gents, along with a sleek mechanical dream. Top notch.

Simply great ! My style .... congratulation !

Wow nicer crew cab a vw that i want just because of its power

Thanks for explaining how 450 horses for an Early Bay double-cab is "sensible." 😉 Well done, Gents! Best of luck with the new show!

A concept I had was of attaching a single cab bed, replacing the double cab bed, mounting the body to a custom four wheel drive frame (with dually's?), adding a V8 engine (diesel?) behind the cab (radiator shroud under back seat), with a roll up/down rear window (and partial bus hatch?). The full bed length would be widened to cover the dually's and enlarge the storage space (treasure chest) and make room for the features, ie: a fold away two ton hoist, custom roll off truck bed, removable dump bed (when needed), removable goose neck and fifth wheel hitches,swap-able winch (front to rear), compressor, generator, mig welder and other equipment. The goal would be to have a multi-purpose vehicle for a farmer, junk yard shopper, recycler /scraper, scavenger or getting an off-roader pulled out and repaired enough to get home, etc... ;-) I have to say though going electric would be a possibility if capable of a 300+ mile range. ;-)

That is so cool, to be able to have the know how to do this. And have the finances to make it happen. : )

Absolutely loved this Pete! Electrons are the future, particularly in classic vehicles!!! Can’t wait to see the series!

This is THE SLEEPER REEPER

Beautiful Type 2. Open a shop in the USA there would be a lot old Vw guys waiting in line.

All seems pretty reasonable to me. I mean, my old Type 2 camper used to give about 28 mpg at best. So swapping the aircooled Vdub engine for a 450bhp Tesla set up was the right thing to do. Now you have infinite mpg and completely bonkers, I mean infinitely reasonable performance and load pulling capacity!

Holy crap, lost for words. I WANT ONE NOW LOL 😂

I’d donate my Peugeot 205 GTX to be converted, I’m only 20 miles up the road!

This has got the making of a great TV show 👍

God that was an amazing video was completely engrossed look forward to your future videos

With that kind of power he could make it 4wd.

That opening shot...you had me right there!!! Looking forward to the TV show so much!!

It breaks me to see you and your mate buckled up but not your best friend in the back!

Hi Pete, very interesting. Hope you have a awesome week

I had a camper van that disappeared in a plume of smoke...it wasn't from tyre smoke though...we called it the Genie...as it would appear and disappear surrounded by smoke

Lots of quirks and features.

even without this insane "electric update" this is a tastefully restorated car in itself, beautiful how the owner used the green-black contrast. Btw, are these Porsche wheels at 1:44?

ST driver “my car is broken!” Back to Mountune for a refund 🤣. Anyone on here got Ford Focus ST - Line X? Are they any good? My car is going in June.

Love those 944 wheels. Wow! Tesla power. I would have thought the electric motor from the Taycan or an e-Tron would be more appropriate but then the Tesla I believe has better range and off the line launch.