{"id":12326,"date":"2016-10-21T18:52:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T22:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=12326"},"modified":"2016-10-21T18:52:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T22:52:14","slug":"custom-1939-cadillac-with-a-lt1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=12326","title":{"rendered":"Custom 1939 Cadillac with a LT1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Madam<\/a><\/p>\n

Chip Foose Design is finishing their “Madam X” project for owners Wes and Vivian Rydell. The projects is based on a 1935 concept drawing for a 1937 Cadillac Sixty Special by Art Ross. Chip and company started with a 1939 Cadillac Sixty Special sedan and converted it to a two-door design with a removable hard top.<\/p>\n

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\"Madam<\/a><\/p>\n

Powering the custom will be a 6.2 L LT1 V8 backed with a 8L90E eight-speed automatic transmission from a Cadillac Escalade. Finishing out the drivetrain is a rear end from a Camaro ZL1. The car will ride on from and rear independent suspensions from a C6 Corvette. <\/p>\n

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\"Madam<\/a><\/p>\n

Chip will unveil the car at the BASF boost (#20367) in the main hall of SEMA 2016 on November 1st at 12:30 pm. <\/p>\n

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Source: Chip Foose<\/a> and Chip Foose FB album<\/a> (build gallery)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chip Foose Design is finishing their “Madam X” project for owners Wes and Vivian Rydell. The projects is based on a 1935 concept drawing for a 1937 Cadillac Sixty Special by Art Ross. Chip and company started with a 1939 Cadillac Sixty Special sedan and converted it to a two-door design with a removable hard… Read More »Custom 1939 Cadillac with a LT1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[518],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sixty-special"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34848,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=34848","url_meta":{"origin":12326,"position":0},"title":"For Sale: 1962 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special with a 549 ci V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1962 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special is for sale in Modesto, California with no reserve. 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