{"id":146,"date":"2008-04-14T14:19:04","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T19:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2020-06-08T17:12:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T22:12:59","slug":"jeff-hansons-1969-camaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"1969 Camaro with a LS7 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lateral-G’s April Car of the Month was Jeff Hanson’s incredible 1969 Pro-Touring Camaro<\/a>. Most of this car was upgraded with just about everything Detroit Speed & Engineering has to offer. Jeff installed an LS7 V8 with a Katech camshaft kit, headers, and a custom dry sump oil system. Behind it sits a T56 six-speed manual transmission with a McLeod twin-disc clutch. The paint is a beautiful red 3-stage with custom air brushed carbon fiber SS stripe. A ton of customization went into this car such as the subtle shortened and painted front and rear bumper, or shaved side markers, door handles, and locks. Be sure to check out the article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lateral-G’s April Car of the Month was Jeff Hanson’s incredible 1969 Pro-Touring Camaro. Most of this car was upgraded with just about everything Detroit Speed & Engineering has to offer. Jeff installed an LS7 V8 with a Katech camshaft kit, headers, and a custom dry sump oil system. Behind it sits a T56 six-speed manual… Read More »1969 Camaro with a LS7 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camaro"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/1969-Camaro-with-a-LS7-V8-01.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":144898,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=144898","url_meta":{"origin":146,"position":0},"title":"1969 Camaro with a 7.0 L SB4 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Brett Schmeski and his company Mountain Home Street Rods (MHSR) built this 1969 Camaro RS\/SS called \"Mercury Rising\" and won 2021 Goodguys Street Machine of the Year. 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