Polo 1.4 petrol (1999) into VW Beetle beach buggy

[jim73vw]

Hi all,

Ok, must be mad as have my hands full already.

Just wrapping up a Subaru conversion into a Nova kit car, but now getting distracted by ideas for the beach buggy.

Our 1999 Polo second car runabout (Mk3 6N I think) is nearing life end. Engine (1.4L Petrol) is a hoot to drive, but the car is rotting around it and likely to be scrapped end of the month.

I hate to waste a good engine, so am thinking about using it in our 1972 Apal buggy. I recall a few years ago Chesil Speedster talked about using Polo engines in their 356 replicas, and I have also heard the water cooled bay window vans use a variant of a Polo engine.

I spotted this adapter plate on VW Heritage website:

https://www.vwheritage.com/shop/7X01...vwb-kombi-w-c/

Would this do the trick?

If not is there a suitable adapter out there?

Anyone any experience of using such an engine on a beetle/buggy?

Any info/suggestions much appreciated.

Cheers,

Jim