This Is What A Pre-Orloved V8 Corveetle Looks Like

"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo) 01/20/2014 at 14:16 • Filed to: Daily Turismo

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For better or worse, the Volkswagen Beetle is a motoring icon with a 65 year production life and 21 million units sold - unmatched in quantity by any other single vehicle platform. This Beetle has a Corvette V8 mounted in the rear and is flippin awesome.

The original flat-4 is both the biggest asset (reliable, simple to fix, cheap) and problem (low on power, noisy, unrefined) with the original Beetle, so swapping something else into the back isn't a bad way to go. Find this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! with GM LT1 V8 for sale in Philadelphia, PA for an undisclosed sum of money via craigslist. Tip from David K.

From the back it looks like someone wasn't finished shoving the LT1 into the back of a Beetle and just put down his tools and said; "Yup I'll finish this tomorrow" and promptly fell dead from a heart attack. It is just as well, because the first ride around the block in this thing would cause cardiac issues.

There probably isn't much left from the original Type 1 other than some glass, the basic body shell and maybe the floorplan. The from and rear fender/hood pieces are single piece custom bits and make the end product look sweet..at least we make that assumption because the seller does not include a single good photo of the entire vehicle. There are a few pics of it in pieces and one shot of the Corveetle in the dark...

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Image credits; craigslist.

Party-vi > DailyTurismo 01/20/2014 at 14:21

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I would like to point out that this is the only vehicle with an LT1 where you can actually change the spark plugs easily. That is all.

PS9 > DailyTurismo 01/20/2014 at 14:21

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Why would you do that...

Brian Silvestro > DailyTurismo 01/20/2014 at 14:22

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The fact that you said "Pre-Orloved" means that it will in fact, be Orloved in the future.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Party-vi 01/20/2014 at 14:26

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Wisest observation of the WEEK and it's only monday. I'm claiming/predicting it will be that wise.

Bad Idea Hat > DailyTurismo 01/20/2014 at 14:28

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That almost looks like it would have fit in during the Group 5 era.

PS9 > Brian Silvestro 01/20/2014 at 14:28

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40% of that car's weight is hanging off it's bumper. Sounds like a recipe for some serious lube free Orloving to me.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > DailyTurismo 01/20/2014 at 14:29

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lol no air intake

PS9 > Party-vi 01/20/2014 at 14:32

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It wasn't just the LT1s...I owned a 3800 with the curved up headers for a while. That last fucking spark plug required you hoist that bitch up on jacks and get under the car. For a spark plug.

Fuck you, GM. I mean, I love you and all, but seriously, fuck you.

Brian Silvestro > PS9 01/20/2014 at 14:32

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Good old fashioned, unadulterated Orloving.

DailyTurismo > PS9 01/20/2014 at 14:38

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I fondly recall pulling the front wheels off a 3rd gen Camaro in a desperate attempt to locate the rear two spark plugs. Kept thinking to myself...maybe I accidentally got a V6?

Party-vi > DailyTurismo 01/20/2014 at 14:41

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Taking the wheels off and peeling back the fender liner. No thanks.

DailyTurismo > Party-vi 01/20/2014 at 14:44

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Seriously, it is a damn V - how did they manage to hide the plugs so well? It is easier to change the plugs on a turbo flat-4 subaru, and that is a tight like 70's pants.

Axial > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 01/20/2014 at 22:19

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But...that is the intake...

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Axial 01/21/2014 at 01:02

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It's facing the wrong way and now a shroud is covering it.

Axial > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 01/21/2014 at 08:05

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I guess, but in most cars whose engines are mounted longitudinally behind the driver, the intake faces rearwards and has air ducted into the bay.