{"id":49179,"date":"2019-11-26T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=49179"},"modified":"2019-11-25T20:02:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T01:02:48","slug":"peter-brocks-volkswagen-bus-with-a-buick-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=49179","title":{"rendered":"Peter Brock&#8217;s Volkswagen Bus with a Buick V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkwagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-01-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"49186\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=49186\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkwagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-01-1.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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Peter Brock Volkwagen Bus with a Buick V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Peter Brock&amp;#8217;s Volkwagen Bus with a Buick V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkwagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-01-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkwagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-01-1.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Peter Brock&#039;s Volkwagen Bus with a Buick V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkwagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-01-1.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkwagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-01-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkwagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-01-1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkwagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-01-1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bre2.net\/\">Peter Brock<\/a> attributes winning six hang glider World Championships thanks to a special 1971 Volkswagen Bus. The sport required Peter to transport the pilots and gear up and down mountains on dirt roads. The factory VW flat-four just couldn&#8217;t keep up so Peter installed a Buick V8 mated to an upgraded VW transmission. Listen as Peter explains the project to Jay Leno.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XR9Hicp_olQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkswagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"49185\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=49185\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkswagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-02.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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Peter Brock Volkswagen Bus with a Buick V8 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Peter Brock&amp;#8217;s Volkwagen Bus with a Buick V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkswagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkswagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Peter Brock&#039;s Volkwagen Bus with a Buick V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkswagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkswagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-02.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkswagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-02.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkswagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-02.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCQMELFlXQL38KPm8kM-4Adg\">Jay Leno&#8217;s Garage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Brock attributes winning six hang glider World Championships thanks to a special 1971 Volkswagen Bus. The sport required Peter to transport the pilots and gear up and down mountains on dirt roads. The factory VW flat-four just couldn&#8217;t keep up so Peter installed a Buick V8 mated to an upgraded VW transmission. Listen as&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=49179\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Peter Brock&#8217;s Volkswagen Bus with a Buick V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":49186,"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":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Peter-Brock-Volkwagen-Bus-with-a-Buick-V8-01-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36454,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=36454","url_meta":{"origin":49179,"position":0},"title":"For Sale: 1974 VW Thing with a Buick V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1974 Volkswagen Thing is for sale in Damascus, Oregon with a current bid of $9,000. 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