{"id":2841,"date":"2013-09-30T17:03:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T17:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2013-09-30T17:03:06","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T17:03:06","slug":"1965-corvette-autocross-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2841","title":{"rendered":"1965 Corvette Autocross Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Hobaugh&#8217;s 1965 Corvette was purchased by his father for racing and it has been in the family ever since. That&#8217;s plenty of time to dial-in a car for racing. Watch this amazing Pro-touring Corvette with a 500 horsepower 364 cubic-inch V8 show off.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sh_8zMVlNVM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/drive.jalopnik.com\/this-1965-corvette-widebody-taught-a-kid-to-love-cars-1327770990\">Drive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Hobaugh&#8217;s 1965 Corvette was purchased by his father for racing and it has been in the family ever since. That&#8217;s plenty of time to dial-in a car for racing. Watch this amazing Pro-touring Corvette with a 500 horsepower 364 cubic-inch V8 show off. 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