LRBen

Sorry for the slow reply!

In the future I think that is exactly what will be possible. At the moment with current battery power densities it would be pretty hard to fit a decent amount of power in that space. The fuel tank is a rather odd shape which doesn't fit well with the square box forms that batteries typically take.

Just has a normal MOT with a note stating electric conversion, and the insurance company is aware. It did more than double my insurance. The DVLA will send someone out to check that you haven't done any drilling or cutting and then refuse to update the logbook anyway for post 2001 cars. So still stuck with petrol road tax.

Admittedly once you have had that inspection there might well be nothing stopping you from placing the battery in the front subframe. Or given the DVLA won't actually update anything you might question the point of telling them about it anyway, which then removes the zero tolerance limitation on drilling or cutting.

I am tempted to keep my eyes out for a cheap pre 2001 MG with major engine or gearbox issues, then it would be a straight subframe swap and I could actually get the road tax down to £0 and DVLA computers would be able to change the logbook.