{"id":21935,"date":"2018-03-20T13:07:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T17:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=21935"},"modified":"2022-08-30T11:59:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T16:59:33","slug":"vw-beetle-body-on-a-porsche-boxster-chassis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=21935","title":{"rendered":"VW Beetle Body on a Porsche Boxster Chassis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Flat Specialities<\/a> in Br\u00e9hal, France specializes in restoring Volkswagen and Porsche vehicles. The company is not afraid of combining the two. They are in the middle of the project that involves installing a Beetle body over Porsche Boxster underpinnings. The Boxster is a first generation model with a 2.5 L flat-six that makes 201 horsepower.<\/p>\n

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Source: Flat Specialities<\/a> via One Lap Heroes<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Flat Specialities in Br\u00e9hal, France specializes in restoring Volkswagen and Porsche vehicles. The company is not afraid of combining the two. They are in the middle of the project that involves installing a Beetle body over Porsche Boxster underpinnings. The Boxster is a first generation model with a 2.5 L flat-six that makes 201 horsepower.… Read More »VW Beetle Body on a Porsche Boxster Chassis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21938,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[352,144,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beetle","category-boxster","category-bug"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/VW-Beetle-on-a-Porsche-Boxster-Chassis-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1364&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":108577,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=108577","url_meta":{"origin":21935,"position":0},"title":"Bugster 9.03: The 2000 Porsche Boxster S with a 1973 Beetle Body","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bugster 9.03 project was built over 10 years ago by CarMaxx Classics located in Hirtenberg, Austria. 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