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This 1956 BMW Isetta was found on Facebook Marketplace<\/a> and labeled a “death trap” by the owner. The car would originally been powered by a 298 cc single-cylinder making around 13 horsepower. However that was swapped for a Volkswagen Beetle flat-four, transaxle, and suspension. The owner claims it will do wheelies on command. <\/p>\n

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

This 1956 BMW Isetta was found on Facebook Marketplace and labeled a “death trap” by the owner. The car would originally been powered by a 298 cc single-cylinder making around 13 horsepower. However that was swapped for a Volkswagen Beetle flat-four, transaxle, and suspension. The owner claims it will do wheelies on command. Source: FB… Read More »1956 BMW Isetta with a VW Flat-Four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":87378,"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[404],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-isetta"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":116306,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=116306","url_meta":{"origin":87370,"position":0},"title":"Citro\u00ebn 2CV with a BMW Motorcycle Engine","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Will Holman from Practical Performance Car featured this red Citro\u00ebn 2CV built by Pete Sparrow at Sparrow Automotive. 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