{"id":128720,"date":"2025-03-07T11:36:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=128720"},"modified":"2025-03-07T12:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T18:30:16","slug":"1972-beetle-with-a-ford-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=128720","title":{"rendered":"1972 Beetle with a Ford V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’ve seen many VW Beetle swaps<\/a> but none had the presence of this yellow 1971 Beetle. Jalopnik<\/a> found this unique Beetle for sale<\/a> in Clearwater, Kansas powered by a naturally aspirated 302 ci Ford V8. Behind that is the radiator and large fan surrounded by a custom enclosure. In front of the motor is a four-speed manual transaxle. No other details provided in the listing.<\/p>\n

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We’ve seen many VW Beetle swaps but none had the presence of this yellow 1971 Beetle. Jalopnik found this unique Beetle for sale in Clearwater, Kansas powered by a naturally aspirated 302 ci Ford V8. Behind that is the radiator and large fan surrounded by a custom enclosure. In front of the motor is a… Read More »1972 Beetle with a Ford V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":128723,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[352,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beetle","category-bug"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1972-Beetle-with-a-302-ci-Ford-V8-01.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":96574,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=96574","url_meta":{"origin":128720,"position":0},"title":"1969 Beetle with a 383 ci Chevy V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1969 Volkswagen Beetle is for sale on Bring a Trailer and located in Pahrump, Nevada. 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