{"id":10823,"date":"2016-07-12T18:36:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T22:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10823"},"modified":"2021-10-28T13:03:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T18:03:27","slug":"pro-street-1982-vw-vanagon-with-a-mid-engine-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10823","title":{"rendered":"1982 Vanagon with a Mid-Engine Chevy V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Pro-street 1982 Volkswagen Vanagon is for sale in Detroit with a asking price of $4200 OBO or trade with minimum of $2K cash. Sitting in the middle of the van is a 358 ci Chevy small-block V8. The motor features Pro Comp 207 cc heads, mild camshaft, Edelbrock Torker intake, Holley 750 carburetor, and a MSD distributor. Behind the engine is a Powerglide two-speed transmission with a TSR full manual valve body and Ford 9-inch full spool rear end with 5.29 gears and Strange 31 spline axles. The owner says the transmission is leaking near the front pump. Getting the power to the ground is a Competition Engineering 4-Link rear frame and suspension with Mickey Thompson Sportsman Pro 29×18.5×15 tires. <\/p>\n

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Source: Craigslist (image of ad<\/a>) via OppositeLock (no longer active)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Pro-street 1982 Volkswagen Vanagon is for sale in Detroit with a asking price of $4200 OBO or trade with minimum of $2K cash. Sitting in the middle of the van is a 358 ci Chevy small-block V8. The motor features Pro Comp 207 cc heads, mild camshaft, Edelbrock Torker intake, Holley 750 carburetor, and… Read More »1982 Vanagon with a Mid-Engine Chevy V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vanagon"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":124374,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=124374","url_meta":{"origin":10823,"position":0},"title":"VW T3 with a 3.2 L VR6","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This VW Caravelle (T3) was built by Team Nerdo in South Africa. 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