{"id":93425,"date":"2022-12-06T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=93425"},"modified":"2022-12-05T21:05:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T03:05:08","slug":"rwd-1999-beetle-with-a-ls4-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=93425","title":{"rendered":"RWD 1999 Beetle with a LS4 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=93429\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93429\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93429\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=93429\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWD-1999-Beetle-with-a-LS4-V8-01.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" 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=\"RWD 1999 Beetle with a LS4 V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;RWD 1999 Beetle with a LS4 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWD-1999-Beetle-with-a-LS4-V8-01.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWD-1999-Beetle-with-a-LS4-V8-01-600x600.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RWD 1999 Beetle with a LS4 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-93429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWD-1999-Beetle-with-a-LS4-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWD-1999-Beetle-with-a-LS4-V8-01.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWD-1999-Beetle-with-a-LS4-V8-01.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This 1999 VW Beetle is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesamba.com\/vw\/classifieds\/detail.php?id=2585697\">for sale on The Samba<\/a> in Parkersburg, West Virginia for $12,500. In the back of the car behind a custom firewall sits a 5.3 L LS4 V8 and automatic transmission on a custom cradle. The rear wheels are covered by 3-inch widened fenders. The car also has four-wheel disc brakes, aftermarket gauges, and leather seats. The listing states the transmission is slipping. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=93430\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93430\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93430\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=93430\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWD-1999-Beetle-with-a-LS4-V8-02.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" 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=\"RWD 1999 Beetle with a LS4 V8 02\" 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with a LS4 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWD-1999-Beetle-with-a-LS4-V8-03.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWD-1999-Beetle-with-a-LS4-V8-03-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RWD 1999 Beetle with a LS4 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-93431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWD-1999-Beetle-with-a-LS4-V8-03.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWD-1999-Beetle-with-a-LS4-V8-03.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=93432\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93432\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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In the back of the car behind a custom firewall sits a 5.3 L LS4 V8 and automatic transmission on a custom cradle. The rear wheels are covered by 3-inch widened fenders. The car also has four-wheel disc brakes,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=93425\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">RWD 1999 Beetle with a LS4 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":93429,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beetle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWD-1999-Beetle-with-a-LS4-V8-01.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52262,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=52262","url_meta":{"origin":93425,"position":0},"title":"1999 Beetle with a LS4 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1999 Volkswagen Beetle was built by Dave Hill at Dave's Discount Custom Auto in in Provo, Utah. 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