{"id":16321,"date":"2017-05-29T18:18:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T23:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16321"},"modified":"2017-05-29T18:18:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T23:18:10","slug":"one-day-build-the-vanamino-with-a-lsx-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16321","title":{"rendered":"One Day Build: The Vanamino with a LSx V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vanamino-Chevy-Van-with-a-LSx-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16322\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=16322\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vanamino-Chevy-Van-with-a-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Vanamino Chevy Van with a LSx V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Vanamino Chevy Van with a LSx V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vanamino-Chevy-Van-with-a-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vanamino-Chevy-Van-with-a-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=620%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vanamino Chevy Van with a LSx V8\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vanamino-Chevy-Van-with-a-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vanamino-Chevy-Van-with-a-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vanamino-Chevy-Van-with-a-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vanamino-Chevy-Van-with-a-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vanamino-Chevy-Van-with-a-LSx-V8-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A team of talented friends came together to convert a Chevy Van into the &#8220;Vanamino&#8221; to help raise funds for a friend in need. The van had been sitting since 1989 and was originally purchased to source the six-cylinder engine that a previous owner had swapped into it. The team van&#8217;s back and top to convert it into a truck bed using a 1959 Ford front. They also installed a 5.3 L LSx V8 and automatic transmission. They did all this work in a single day.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T_q3KyxzeAk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a-_RZTiuu78\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCY1gTTyBQ8m9ZoRpd7rgQCg\">Jonathan W<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCsn-kLwPuw143T90OufSzZA\">Street Drive 64<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/ls1tech.com\/forums\/conversions-hybrids\/1870635-one-day-rat-rod-build.html\">LS1Tech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of talented friends came together to convert a Chevy Van into the &#8220;Vanamino&#8221; to help raise funds for a friend in need. The van had been sitting since 1989 and was originally purchased to source the six-cylinder engine that a previous owner had swapped into it. The team van&#8217;s back and top to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16321\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">One Day Build: The Vanamino with a LSx V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16322,"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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[300],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-van"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vanamino-Chevy-Van-with-a-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7624,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7624","url_meta":{"origin":16321,"position":0},"title":"1970 Chevy P10 Van with a LSx","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Roadster Shop just unveiled their newest project involving a 1970 Chevy P10 Step Van. 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