{"id":16717,"date":"2017-06-20T16:16:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T21:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16717"},"modified":"2021-10-22T00:10:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T05:10:59","slug":"1941-chevrolet-special-deluxe-wrapped-around-a-dodge-durango","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16717","title":{"rendered":"Dodge Durango with a 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe Body"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This very unique 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe was built by Grenade Motorsports<\/a> in Cleveland, Ohio. They started by removing the entire body off a 2005 Dodge Durango 4×4 and everything under the old Chevy body. Then they rolled the Dodge chassis under the Chevy body and welded it together. Of course there is a lot more work involve that but this Chevy now has a 5.7 L HEMI V8, 545RFE five-speed automatic transmission, and 4×4 drivetrain. Watch how the project came together in the videos below. <\/p>\n

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Source: Grenade Motorsports<\/a> via BangShift<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This very unique 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe was built by Grenade Motorsports in Cleveland, Ohio. They started by removing the entire body off a 2005 Dodge Durango 4×4 and everything under the old Chevy body. Then they rolled the Dodge chassis under the Chevy body and welded it together. Of course there is a lot… Read More »Dodge Durango with a 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe Body<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[646],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deluxe"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":150720,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=150720","url_meta":{"origin":16717,"position":0},"title":"4×4 Chevy Tioga Arrow RV with a 5.9 L Cummins Inline-Six and Ram Chassis","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Death Toll Racing wanted a custom off-road capable RV. 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