{"id":35427,"date":"2019-01-23T12:59:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T18:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=35427"},"modified":"2021-04-07T23:05:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T04:05:04","slug":"for-sale-custom-1962-corvette-with-a-454-lsx-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=35427","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: Custom 1962 Corvette with a 454 LSX V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This custom 1962 Corvette is for sale<\/a> in Gainesville, Virginia for $200,000 with reserve. The Corvette called “Illusions” was built by All American Street Rods<\/a> in Gainesville, Virginia over five years with an estimated 10,000 hours of work. The body features a 1957 Corvette front and removable hardtop and rides on a chromoly tube chassis with TCI Engineering lower control arms, Strange shocks, QA1 springs, and 4-link rear suspension. Under the hood sits a 454 ci LSX V8 that makes 627 horsepower with forged pistons, 4340 steel rods, and hydraulic roller camshaft. The drivetrain consists of a 4L80E four-speed automatic transmission and Chris Alston’s Chassisworks narrowed FAB9 rear end with 3.89 gears and 35-spline axles. The Corvette competed for the 2016 Ridler award and was a finalist in Goodguys Custom Rod of the Year 2016 and a Select Six winner at Chicago World of Wheels 2016. <\/p>\n

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

This custom 1962 Corvette is for sale in Gainesville, Virginia for $200,000 with reserve. The Corvette called “Illusions” was built by All American Street Rods in Gainesville, Virginia over five years with an estimated 10,000 hours of work. The body features a 1957 Corvette front and removable hardtop and rides on a chromoly tube chassis… Read More »For Sale: Custom 1962 Corvette with a 454 LSX V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35428,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corvette"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1962-Corvette-with-a-454-LSX-V8-01.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":123746,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=123746","url_meta":{"origin":35427,"position":0},"title":"Matt Field’s 1000 hp C8 Corvette","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 22, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Matt Field from Drift Cave rebuilt a flood-salvaged C8 Corvette into a drift machine. 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