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Back around 1980, I had a Beetle with the rear fenders shortened to the legal limit (24" IIRC) and the engine lid shortened to the 'floor' of the engine plenum. That was in film camera days and there was maybe one (badly exposed) picture taken of it.
A 'dual cannon' 4 into 2 header would put the exhaust at the taillight's level. A 6.5° plate would expose 1/2 the valve covers and all the lower engine tin would be stripped away, replaced with a louvered panel. There would be a 12" wide boattail fan-belt cover. It might include an exhaust tip from the two mufflers Y-d together into a Coanda nozzle.
I don't want to cut up the car I'm driving, but the next time someone smacks the rear—Boom! The last time someone tapped me at a stop sign, it actually improved the fit of my back bumper, so I shook his hand and we drove off.
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