Check out Ben Beacock’s 1981 Volkswagen Scirocco with a Mid-Engine VR6! When the engine is bad, what do you do? Swap a 24-valve VR6 engine from a Passat into the bay and fabricate lots of custom parts so that you can move the engine into the middle of the car.
Check out the first start up of it here:
First drive:

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