This next car comes as a tip from JB1025 who calls it Dat-Vette Custom V8 and says; Not everybody's cup of tea but looks well done could not build for this...but hang on just one minute...we've seen this car before. Find this 1978 Datsun 280Z V8 Custom offered for $8,500 in Tukwila (funny...those wheels could use some tuck..hah!), WA via craigslist.
Porsche fans around the world cry copious (and salty sweet) tears whenever someone takes an aircooled 911/912/914 and shoehorns a Chevy V8 under the hood, but what about the unloved Porsches from the era of the front-engine watercooled P-car? Yeah, nobody sheds a tear when those go under the knife...whatever, I love stupid engine swaps no matter. Find this 1987 Porsche 944S offered for $5500 in Helena, MT via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
Welcome to the new and improved Daily Turismo, where we don't feature cars with lazy-bones Chevy V8 swaps. In 2015, you'll need a 3-rotor Wankel and reverse rotating V12 to make the cut...wait...whats that Mr FuelTruck? You've found a Ferrari 400 with a small block Chevy V8 for cheap? Forget what was previously said. Find this 1979 Ferrari 400 with Chevy power offered here on craigslist for $14,250 in Daytona Beach, FL.
The Jaguar XJ6 is one of the legendary sports luxury sedan of the '70s that every man (or woman) who considers himself a motorhead should own some day.
The highway manners were particularly noteworthy, close your eyes and you could hardly tell you were moving -- something that couldn't be said for many of the domestic offerings of the day, While offered in Europe with a
wide range of lesser (smaller displacement) engines, the US version was
given the the venerable 4.2 litre inline-6, an engine that is not without its charm...but...is frequently tossed aside for something from the General. Find this 1973 JAGUAR XJ6 with Chevy V8 offered here on craigslist for $4750 located near San Luis Obispo, CA.
The Series I Jaguar XJ was the last out of the marquis to match superior driving dynamics and exemplary build quality with stunning design. It created the brand cachet that successive Jags prodigally exploited for decades. Power rack-and-pinion steering and disc brakes pushed the technological envelope, while the power plant pushed the sheet metal to higher top speeds than anyone else while looking better than anyone else. So it's a little unsettling that someone with adequate means commissioned a build that settled for ordinary: Yet another Chevy 350/Turbo 400-series swap. Find this 1973 Jaguar XJ6 here on craigslist with 350/R700 four-speed swap for $4,995, located in Las Vegas, NV. 
