This is an early pic back when i was building frame and linkages.
vwmaniac:
I doubt you will run an full auto upside down. Anything can be done, but it would be major. Most auto trans have an oil sump and pump. they work the clutches with hyd pressure. This would be hard to flip. But a stick trans is just a bath, no pump and pressure, flipping is drilling some oil ports, plugging vents, installing new vents and getting the oil level right. Now on the bright side is that if the auto has the two bolt on side covers the ring can be flipped to reverse the output rotation. I am not sure what years but vw went to a single side cover trans and I have no experience with the auto trans. I have seen an early auto stick run mid engine in a two wheel motorcycle though. Now all these variations of auto could be IRS and there would be no need to run upside down, could raise or lower it to what you desire without the camber issue. It would be wider than mine but I made mine smaller than usual.
It was not very expensive to build because I already had most of the VW stuff from a hot rod I build when I was young. It had been sitting in the shed for the past 30+ years.