{"id":26850,"date":"2018-08-24T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=26850"},"modified":"2018-08-23T16:38:03","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T21:38:03","slug":"1971-karmann-ghia-with-a-prius-powertrain-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=26850","title":{"rendered":"1971 Karmann Ghia with a Prius Powertrain &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1971-Karmann-Ghia-with-a-Prius-Powertrain-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26853\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=26853\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1971-Karmann-Ghia-with-a-Prius-Powertrain-02.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1971 Karmann Ghia with a Prius Powertrain 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1971 Karmann Ghia with a Prius Powertrain&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1971-Karmann-Ghia-with-a-Prius-Powertrain-02.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1971-Karmann-Ghia-with-a-Prius-Powertrain-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1971 Karmann Ghia with a Prius Powertrain\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1971-Karmann-Ghia-with-a-Prius-Powertrain-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1971-Karmann-Ghia-with-a-Prius-Powertrain-02.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1971-Karmann-Ghia-with-a-Prius-Powertrain-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1971-Karmann-Ghia-with-a-Prius-Powertrain-02.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWu6eZRqwOF6v8PZo5n2WQA\">Hoopie&#8217;s Hot Rods<\/a> released a new update on their Pria Ghia build. The project&#8217;s goal is install the powertrain from a 2004 Toyota Prius into a 1971 VW Karmann Ghia. That means the little sports car will have a 1.5 L 1NZ-FXE inline-four and CVT automatic transmission when completed. In Part 2 he explains the work needed to cut down the Prius to fit.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/svRRcGWAYi0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWu6eZRqwOF6v8PZo5n2WQA\">Hoopie&#8217;s Hot Rods<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoopie&#8217;s Hot Rods released a new update on their Pria Ghia build. The project&#8217;s goal is install the powertrain from a 2004 Toyota Prius into a 1971 VW Karmann Ghia. That means the little sports car will have a 1.5 L 1NZ-FXE inline-four and CVT automatic transmission when completed. In Part 2 he explains the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=26850\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1971 Karmann Ghia with a Prius Powertrain &#8211; Part 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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":[477,256],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-karmann-ghia","category-prius"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1971-Karmann-Ghia-with-a-Prius-Powertrain-02.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37136,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=37136","url_meta":{"origin":26850,"position":0},"title":"1971 Karmann Ghia with a Prius Powertrain Update 2","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Hoopie's Hot Rods is back with update videos on the Pria Ghia project. 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