{"id":941,"date":"2010-07-10T18:39:50","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T23:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=941"},"modified":"2018-04-13T09:49:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T14:49:17","slug":"audi-v8-in-1958-porsche-356-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=941","title":{"rendered":"1958 Porsche 356 with a Mid-Engine Audi V8 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-06.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22601\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=22601\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-06.jpg?fit=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,771\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1958 Porsche 356 with an Audi V8 06\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1958 Porsche 356 with an Audi V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-06.jpg?fit=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-06.jpg?resize=600%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1958 Porsche 356 with an Audi V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-06.jpg?resize=600%2C452&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-06.jpg?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-06.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An ESD reader pointed us to new photos of the 1958 Porshce 356 project. I am very excited to see this project done but I sure hope they choose a different seat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-07.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22602\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=22602\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-07.jpg?fit=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,771\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1958 Porsche 356 with an Audi V8 07\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1958 Porsche 356 with an Audi V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-07.jpg?fit=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-07.jpg?resize=600%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1958 Porsche 356 with an Audi V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-07.jpg?resize=600%2C452&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-07.jpg?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-07.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-08.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22603\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=22603\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-08.jpg?fit=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,771\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1958 Porsche 356 with an Audi V8 08\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1958 Porsche 356 with an Audi V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-08.jpg?fit=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-08.jpg?resize=600%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1958 Porsche 356 with an Audi V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-08.jpg?resize=600%2C452&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-08.jpg?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1958-Porsche-356-with-an-Audi-V8-08.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-touring.com\/threads\/66532-1958-Porsche-356-Midmounted-Audi-V8?highlight=1958+Porsche+356\">Pro-Touring<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ESD reader pointed us to new photos of the 1958 Porshce 356 project. I am very excited to see this project done but I sure hope they choose a different seat. Source: Pro-Touring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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,"_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":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-99"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5119,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=5119","url_meta":{"origin":941,"position":0},"title":"1958 Porsche 356 with an Audi V8 Update 2","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Our friend Grant sent us an update on his 1958 Porsche 356. 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