I had a neighbor who liked to put his daughters in old trucks once they got their licenses, because he thought size was an adequate substitute for modern safety-oriented design. There was just no convincing him of the unfortunate truth about those older vehicle designs. Too bad.
Honestly, I think the hot-rodders of a half century ago would have looked at modern engine tech and immediately asked, “You mean people can’t do it all themselves anymore?” And they wouldn’t have liked it at all.
...Right up until they saw how many races that tech won. And then they would have loved it.
Then we could show them Model S ludicrous mode drag times, not even 10 years into the real commercial era of all-electric cars, and blow their minds all over again...