{"id":4730,"date":"2014-10-21T08:40:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T12:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4730"},"modified":"2015-03-30T17:13:16","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T21:13:16","slug":"video-explaining-icons-1948-buick-super-convertible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4730","title":{"rendered":"Video Explaining Icon&#8217;s 1948 Buick Super Convertible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=4425\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4425\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4425\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=4425\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1948-Buick-Super-Convertible-with-LS9-10.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1948-Buick-Super-Convertible-with-LS9-10\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1949 Buick Super Convertible with a LS9 V8 built by ICON&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1948-Buick-Super-Convertible-with-LS9-10.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4425\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1948-Buick-Super-Convertible-with-LS9-10.jpg?resize=625%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1949 Buick Super Convertible with a LS9 V8 built by ICON\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1948-Buick-Super-Convertible-with-LS9-10.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1948-Buick-Super-Convertible-with-LS9-10.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1948-Buick-Super-Convertible-with-LS9-10.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1948-Buick-Super-Convertible-with-LS9-10.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1948-Buick-Super-Convertible-with-LS9-10.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have talked about Icon&#8217;s amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4415\">1948 Buick Super Convertible powered by Corvette ZR1 LS9<\/a> before but Jonathan Ward uploaded a video explaining a lot of the design features, build process, and it running. If you like this project you will really enjoy this video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w2vCYXumEhA\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong> 3\/30\/2015 &#8211; Jonathan Ward and the Buick visited Jay Leno&#8217;s Garage <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B3X8DtxYt8I\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWBzWXHGLP-xnlhkGF0JHiw\">Jonathan Ward&#8217;s Youtube channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have talked about Icon&#8217;s amazing 1948 Buick Super Convertible powered by Corvette ZR1 LS9 before but Jonathan Ward uploaded a video explaining a lot of the design features, build process, and it running. If you like this project you will really enjoy this video. Update 3\/30\/2015 &#8211; Jonathan Ward and the Buick visited Jay&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4730\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video Explaining Icon&#8217;s 1948 Buick Super Convertible<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buick"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1987,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1987","url_meta":{"origin":4730,"position":0},"title":"ICON Shares Upcoming Swap Projects","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"If you enjoyed ICON's 1948 Buick Super Convertible powered by a LS9, then you will be very excited about the projects currently in work. 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