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Saw the same trhing years ago in a Corvair that had a big Chevy in the back seat area - he also covered it with old luggage....neat idea! Wonder, however, in this day & time if you're just inviting a thief to try to break in to steal the luggage??
 
eeep.

"How to make a $20K car into a $2K Car"...


Oh well. <shrug>
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]just inviting a thief to try to break in to steal the luggage?? [/QUOTE]
agreed...not sure why he just didn't cover it with plain panels and finish in black..would've looked better and probably less cost...then again not sure why he would cram an OLDS V8 in it anyway..like Doc says no quicker way to devalue it!!
 
Invites the question "What's he packin', hehehe" /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif !
 
Around '62 a kid down the street stuffed a 331 Cadillac into the backseat of a VW Bug. His old man owned a machine shop and the build quality was pretty good for the day.

The engine rested in a cradle sub-frame and swung on a pivot just behind the back seat...kinda like a John Deere gator utility vehicle. No driveshaft to speak of...it used a narrowed Olds rear.

Scary fast but not as wicked as the Harley 45 powered mini-bike he built later.
 
I just don’t get that. Why not add a turbo charger? That Cadillac engine must weight 200 pounds more than a Porsche engine. That added weight in the rear must make it handle somethin’ awful.
 
There was a 500cid Caddy V8 powered Bug on the internet years ago. He used the fwd version and basically welded on the Caddy front sub frame to the end of the Beetle. Fast and bodged!
 
WOW! another layer of powdercoat on those valve covers and it woulden't fit!
I think it's neat. I woulden't want it personally, but it looks like it was done very nicely.
I think the luggage thing is too neat. I never would have guessed that there was a monster V8 hiding in there.
 
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