宝马E9双门跑车Brought Back To Life With 450-HP Tesla Motor

Now that you're done being upset (if you were): The car was restored from pretty poor shape, with it being left in a barn, sunroof open. The interior was beyond saving, making it the perfect candidate for a restoration andTesla motor swap. That comes courtesy of theTesla Model Sdrivetrain and batteries, which sit both wherein the rear and where the straight-six once lived.

Of course, given that water and time had worked their magic on the interior, that was fully restored as well. The brakes of the E9 were upgraded to a set of larger Wilwoods, and Alpina wheels with sticky tires were fitted over them.ECCclaims the weight hasn't changed much, with the car being marginally heavier. But with 450 hp and a 0-60 of three seconds flat, no one is complaining. There's even some decent trunk space so you can fully utilize the 200-mile range.

Had a pristine E9 been ripped up and given a Tesla drivetrain, we'd be a bit more upset. Given that this car was practically beyond saving, it's incredible to see that someone has gone to the trouble of giving it a new life. As EVs creep further into our lives, swaps like these may one day be the only thing keeping classic cars out of the junkyard.