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Some years back, I met a guy named Jay Eitel, who'd stuffed a 370HP Jag V12 into the front of his 1967 Corvair Monza. Already in his mid-70s at the time, he engineered the whole conversion himself, which included combining a modified Pontiac Tempest transaxle with a reworked Chevy Powerglide to yield a unique 4-speed automatic w/torque converter. He also designed and built the engine's cooling system which lives in the Corvair's engine bay, while paying special attention to make the car appear bone stock. There are no obvious scoops or air intakes hinting at what's underneath, and even the exhaust exits in the original location and is designed to sound like a stock Corvair. On the inside, only the shifter differs from stock. A pod with the tach and other instruments folds away into the glove box so that the dash can appear totally stock when the car is parked.