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  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 completely stock.  Even t