-The donor car, which has the battery pack and drive unit for the EV conversion cost $3,000.

-The EV controller that makes everything work was another $1,000.

-This EV swap project will get a custom-fabricated De Dion rear axle that will house a Nissan Leaf drive unit.

If you love both electric vehicles and old cars, you can marry the two and create a modern EV-swapped classic. Electrified classics preserve all the style and character of the original, but they eliminate tailpipe emissions and many of the maintenance and reliability woes associated with running a vehicle that's many decades old.

EV conversions would be a lot more common if it weren't for several big issues with the biggest being cost. You can end up spending tens of thousands of dollars to make a classic run on electrons and that doesn't include the cost of the vehicle you want to convert.