1st generation Honda Insight.

As much as I love the Magnum and all the stuff I’ve hauled back there, it might not be ideal for your situation if you have kids and two big dogs.  That sloping roofline looks great and aggressive, but it does cut into the top area of the cargo area.  

I bought the car 6 years ago with 99K miles on it. It has been my DD ever since,  I’m just over 211k miles on it.  You should be able to fit two german shepards in the back with the rear seats folded.  The height of the cargo area will probably impede them standing up in the back.  

Awesome.  I’m glad you appreciated that.  It was one of those little things I added last minute to just be a little cute about it.  

The “Chargum” swaps are also pretty popular.  Those you have to have custom fenders blended to get the body lines to match on the doors of the Magnum.  

I’ve seen several of those swaps as well.  The 4-eyed ones look great.  The Aero nose, not so much.  

There never were any Lancia badged wagons. The Lancia Thema (as shown by Jason in the article) was based on the 2nd gen Chrysler 300, which came out after the FCA merger in 2011. The wagon stopped production in 2010.

I’m already dreaming of importing a RHD diesel 300 Touring with the SRT Design package once passed the 25 year rule.

Every frame was actually 1/4-1/2 turn of the bolt. Every second of “film” is actually 12 individual photos.

LOL.. yes it is. 

For almost all of the fender shots, the inner fender edge is resting on another part of the body structure and or tire.  As the fender comes off, it is leaning against the tire for support.  

Yup, shot every frame individually and stepped out of the frame to take the photo.  I didn’t have to go back over to the camera to activate, i have a remote trigger that I had in my hand to trigger the camera.

It was a creative decision to remove the fender liners prior to doing the swap.  They were reinstalled after everything was all lined up and buttoned up.  

You’re right on the money. For each bolt, the process was like this:

So I guess this rock formation/sloping sand dune is the new go-to spot for shooting publicity videos/photos for your new off-roady vehicles.

Creative decision to remove them before starting the swap.  Once the swap was completed, I put them back in.  

The car still has the inner wheel well liners, and they were reinstalled after it was all done. Creative decision to remove them before starting the swap.

I’m still contemplating the wheel choice. These were the wheels I had on it when I had my retro wrap on the car.

It’s my video and front end swap. For me, it was that easy. There were a few hidden bolts that I didn’t show, only because they were hard to get a camera up in there.

For the parts, i searched high and low for a donor vehicle in the junkyard that was the same color. The only thing I had to paint was the SRT8 specific…

Wow! Wow! Wow!  Thank you Jason for featuring the video I put together.  It was definitely a labor of love, but I wanted to do something unique to document the front end swap process.