Identifying my 405??....

[Geoff Kingston]

Tommy,
If it was mine and I could afford it I would not go down the electric route, very expensive even compared to putting a decent second hand unit into the car or a new engine from IN Racing. The other factor is the way these cars handle and drive in there original form which is something rather special but there are cheaper retro fit engine options than a Bristol unit, a friend who died sadly just before Christmas for several years ran a 403 with a Triumph 2000 and then 2500 engine and box in it and preferred it to his standard 403. Rover V8 another good conversion and some say the Daimler V8 250 can make a superb car, a few have been done but the Majestic Major engine is only a bit bigger physically, food for thought.
If you felt really brave however and you would have to radically improve the brakes how about an Al Melling designed engine out of a TVR.
Or a Chrysler V8 and auto box, a real speedster replica and in my book at least adding value to the project, but think carefully about this I am one of the people who think fuel for ICE's will be around for a long time even if it is in some synthetic form, electric powered cars are going to face problems that are worse than our politician's bad dreams and could prove to be far more expensive to run than anyone anticipated even if their is enough power to charge them.
Geoff.