{"id":133434,"date":"2025-06-19T14:13:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=133434"},"modified":"2025-06-19T00:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T05:33:00","slug":"vw-beetle-with-a-porsche-356-motor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=133434","title":{"rendered":"VW Beetle with a Porsche 356 Motor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Memminger restored this Volkswagen Beetle at their company in Reichertshofen, Germany. The car is powered by an air-cooled flat-four from a Porsche 356. The company does not list the engine displacement but they installed an upgraded oil cooler and custom exhaust. In front of the motor is a rebuilt manual transaxle with custom gear ratios.… Read More »VW Beetle with a Porsche 356 Motor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":133437,"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-133434","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\/06\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Porsche-356-motor-01.jpg?fit=992%2C662&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":116082,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=116082","url_meta":{"origin":133434,"position":0},"title":"VW Beetle with a Porsche 356 Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This Volkswagen \"Pretzel Beetle\" was built by Memminger in Reichertshofen, Germany. 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