{"id":36454,"date":"2019-02-22T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=36454"},"modified":"2019-02-21T23:09:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T05:09:28","slug":"for-sale-1974-vw-thing-with-a-buick-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=36454","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: 1974 VW Thing with a Buick V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1974 Volkswagen Thing is for sale<\/a> in Damascus, Oregon with a current bid of $9,000. Sitting in the back of the vehicle is a 215 ci Buick V8 with a Holley carburetor, Accel HEI Super Coil, and custom headers. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a Type 002 four-speed transaxle from a VW Bus. Other upgrades include five-inch body lift, reinforced chassis, Karmann Ghia disc brakes in front, Porsche 914 disc brakes in rear, Rancho shocks, roll cage, and widened fenders (5.5 inches in front\/7.5 inches in rear). The sale comes spare parts, extra wheels, and black soft top.<\/p>\n

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This 1974 Volkswagen Thing is for sale in Damascus, Oregon with a current bid of $9,000. Sitting in the back of the vehicle is a 215 ci Buick V8 with a Holley carburetor, Accel HEI Super Coil, and custom headers. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a Type 002 four-speed transaxle from a… Read More »For Sale: 1974 VW Thing with a Buick V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36456,"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":[635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1974-VW-Thing-with-a-Buick-V8-01.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":95560,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=95560","url_meta":{"origin":36454,"position":0},"title":"1949 Buick Super Sedanet with a 502 ci Big-Block V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1949 Buick Super Sedanet is for sale on Bring a Trailer and located in Montgomery, Minnesota. 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