{"id":19542,"date":"2017-11-27T14:18:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T20:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19542"},"modified":"2021-04-07T23:57:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T04:57:59","slug":"for-sale-1953-international-harvester-metro-van-with-a-lsx-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19542","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: 1953 International Harvester Metro Van with a LSx V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This custom 1953 International Harvester Metro Van is for sale on eBay<\/a> with an asking price of $41,900 and in Euclid, Ohio. The van rides on a reinforced chassis with a GMC S-15 front suspension with 2″ Bell Tech drop spindles and disc brakes. The rear suspension is from a 1970 Chevy C-10 truck with RideTech air suspension on every corner. The powertrain consists of a 5.3 L Vortec V8 and 4L60E four-speed automatic transmission from a 2005 Chevy Tahoe going to a Chevy rear end.<\/p>\n

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Source: eBay<\/a> (ESD may earn commisions when a product is purchased from this link)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This custom 1953 International Harvester Metro Van is for sale on eBay with an asking price of $41,900 and in Euclid, Ohio. The van rides on a reinforced chassis with a GMC S-15 front suspension with 2″ Bell Tech drop spindles and disc brakes. The rear suspension is from a 1970 Chevy C-10 truck with… Read More »For Sale: 1953 International Harvester Metro Van with a LSx V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19612,"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":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":[706],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro-international"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":153123,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=153123","url_meta":{"origin":19542,"position":0},"title":"Chevy Suburban with a 6.5 L Detroit Diesel V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Willomet Motor & Fabrication built their 1985 Chevy Suburban K10 for off-roading. 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