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Vintage Voltage adventure

MiniWorld staff and writers reporting on their month in, under and around Minis…

Those who know of Electric Classic Cars may also know that they feature in a TV documentary series called . Made for the Discovery Channel, it is available on Quest in the UK and is also distributed to other channels in countries around the world. The programme is all about Richard ‘Moggy’ Morgan and his team of specialist engineers and how they go about converting classic cars from their old petrol engines to modern electric power. Ellie Goulding’s VW camper van and Dev Patel’s Fiat 500 are just two of the better-known vehicles which have been converted by them, let alone Moggy’s own insane 600bhp Beetle, recently seen on Channel 4 in the UK with Guy Martin driving it for a record

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