Are Friends Electric? Future Past EV’s Datsun 1200 Ute
If we’re talking friends of classic cars, I’d happily vouch that visionaries like Ken Macken are very, very electric indeed! Or electric-minded, at least. Ken’s company, Future Past EV ( http://www.futurepastev.com/ ), is based in the laid-back resort town of Noosa, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, and is responsible for transforming this immaculate Datto 1200 ute - or Dasla, as it’s now known - from an anaemic fossil wheezer into the fabulous EV that you see here. Or perhaps you don’t see? The conversion is extremely subtle, after all; it took me a while to sus it and, had Ken - who was loitering nearby, enjoying the late arvo Noosa River sun - not volunteered the info, I’d still be a little unsure. There aren’t any real clues to the Dasla’s electrification; it turns out that the charger plug’s in the grille (I missed that one, thinking it was behind the petrol flap) and - the grille badge and Future Past EV sticker in the rear window aside - it appears comple...