{"id":95934,"date":"2023-02-15T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=95934"},"modified":"2023-02-14T19:41:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T01:41:34","slug":"1965-vw-samba-with-a-porsche-flat-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=95934","title":{"rendered":"1965 VW Samba with a Porsche Flat-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Creative Coachworks<\/a> built this 1965 VW Samba at their company in Wem, United Kingdom. The 21-window Samba originally came from Japan with a flat-four. The company rebuilt the van with a 3.2 L flat-six from an mid-80’s Porsche Carrera. It is paired with a Porsche 915 five-speed manual transaxle. The company reinforced the chassis\/body and installed a roll cage. The Samba rides on a lowered suspension with Porsche disc brakes and genuine Fuch 16-inch wheels. The interior features leather seats, modified dash, and VDO gauges. The vehicle is for sale at DD Classics<\/a> in the UK. <\/p>\n

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Source: Creative Coachworks<\/a> (project page) and Creative Coachworks FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Creative Coachworks built this 1965 VW Samba at their company in Wem, United Kingdom. The 21-window Samba originally came from Japan with a flat-four. The company rebuilt the van with a 3.2 L flat-six from an mid-80’s Porsche Carrera. It is paired with a Porsche 915 five-speed manual transaxle. The company reinforced the chassis\/body and… Read More »1965 VW Samba with a Porsche Flat-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":95942,"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":[85,453,704],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bus","category-transporter","category-type-2"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":140675,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=140675","url_meta":{"origin":95934,"position":0},"title":"Custom VW Thing with a Porsche Flat-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Ron Jones Garage won Top 4 of Battle of the Builders at the 2025 SEMA Show with their custom 1973 VW Thing. 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