{"id":71,"date":"2007-09-04T16:12:58","date_gmt":"2007-09-04T21:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=71"},"modified":"2022-09-22T13:08:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T18:08:20","slug":"porsche-356-with-bowtie-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=71","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 356 with Bowtie Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Porsche purists turn your heads and cover your children’s eyes with your scarf. Junkman<\/a>, a frequent commenter on Jalopnik has posted his Porsche 356 with a bowtie powered 400 CID V8<\/a>. In his own words…<\/p>\n

It’s all steel, crazy fast, surprisingly good handling and totally offensive to all Porsche purists.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other modifications include lengthening the car 9 inches, a Camaro subframe, Chevy rear suspension, custom frame, big fender flares, side exhaust, forward tilt hood and I am sure many more.<\/p>\n

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Source: Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Porsche purists turn your heads and cover your children’s eyes with your scarf. Junkman, a frequent commenter on Jalopnik has posted his Porsche 356 with a bowtie powered 400 CID V8. In his own words… It’s all steel, crazy fast, surprisingly good handling and totally offensive to all Porsche purists. Other modifications include lengthening the… Read More »Porsche 356 with Bowtie Power<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-99"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/porsche_356_with_400ci_v8_01.jpg?fit=478%2C296&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133434,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=133434","url_meta":{"origin":71,"position":0},"title":"VW Beetle with a Porsche 356 Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Memminger restored this Volkswagen Beetle at their company in Reichertshofen, Germany. 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