Rusty 1965 Ford Falcon transformed into 280hp electric van using Mach‑E parts
Published on Nov 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM (UTC+4)
by Ben Thompson
Last updated on Nov 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
This rusty 1965 Ford Falcon was given a new lease of life when it was transformed into a 280hp electric van, thanks to Mach-E parts.
Mechanic John Titman has been tinkering with cars since he was a kid on his family’s chicken farm.
He’s got decades of work behind him, but his 1965 Ford Falcon transformation may be his finest work.
The car he finished off was worlds apart from what he had when he started.
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Taking a closer look at this special 1965 Ford Falcon
Titman first restored a 1965 Falcon sedan that he powered with a V6 engine.
He’d go on to take this around car shows, before he decided he wanted to take on another project.
That’s when he came up with the idea to turn a classic electric, so he secured a 1965 model in Tacoma, Washington.
It’d originally served in the US Postal Service, and it hadn’t held up well.
“It was a Flintstone car with everything full of holes, including the fenders, doors, and floor,” he told Driving.ca.
A massive 18 months of welding and re-engineering followed, during which Titman fitted a 280hp Mach-E drivetrain.
He also put a 625kg lithium battery pack into place, completing his electric Falcon project.
What does he have planned next?
Titman is planning to build a wind generator to power the car, using leftover batteries from earlier prototypes.
Should this pan out as planned, he’d have turned a 60-year-old car into a zero-emission daily driver.
How cool is that?
We’ve seen plenty of cars being converted into EVs over the years.
EVs are the car of the future, after all.
There was this iconic Mercedes-Benz Pagoda, which got transformed into an EV.
And we can’t forget this iconic Ford Mustang muscle car.
But they’re not always well-received, like this Porsche 911.
The pictures featured in this article were taken by Alyn Edwards, whose work can be viewed here.
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