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We first discovered<\/a> this unique 1996 Geo Metro in 2021. The wild hatchback resurfaced for sale on Cars & Bids<\/a>. The car is no longer powered by the factory 1.0 L inline-three and three-speed automatic transmission. A fuel cell now resides in the factory engine bay. The powertrain was relocated to the back of the car where the rear seat used to be. Behind the custom firewall is a 5.3 L LS4 V8 and Cadillac 4T80E four-speed automatic transmission. One change we noticed since 2021 is the new round arches over the Cadillac DeVille 16-inch wheels.<\/p>\n

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We first discovered this unique 1996 Geo Metro in 2021. The wild hatchback resurfaced for sale on Cars & Bids. The car is no longer powered by the factory 1.0 L inline-three and three-speed automatic transmission. A fuel cell now resides in the factory engine bay. The powertrain was relocated to the back of the… Read More »Geo Metro with a Rear LS4 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":154663,"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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77836,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=77836","url_meta":{"origin":154653,"position":0},"title":"RWD 1996 Geo Metro with a LS4 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This custom 1996 Geo Metro is for sale on Facebook and located in Nekoosa, Wisconsin. 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