{"id":637,"date":"2009-06-09T22:53:49","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T03:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=637"},"modified":"2009-06-09T22:53:49","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T03:53:49","slug":"ls7-chevy-bel-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=637","title":{"rendered":"LS7 Chevy Bel Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I believe this is a 1961-1964 Chevrolet Bel Air. Although I couldn&#8217;t find any information about this car it appears to have a LS7 swap going from the stickers. Also if I were take all the decals as being accurate this car has 620 horsepower. I sure hope one of our readers can shed more light on this car. These pictures were taken at a car show at Bob&#8217;s Big Boy in Toluca Lake, California.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hotrodhomepage.com\/hrhp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_0462.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"LS7 Bel Air\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hotrodhomepage.com\/hrhp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_0461.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"LS7 Bel Air\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hotrodhomepage.com\/hrhp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_04601.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"LS7 Bel Air interior\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotrodhomepage.com\/hrhp\/2008\/08\/26\/the-coolest-b-body-ever\/\">Hotrod Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I believe this is a 1961-1964 Chevrolet Bel Air. Although I couldn&#8217;t find any information about this car it appears to have a LS7 swap going from the stickers. Also if I were take all the decals as being accurate this car has 620 horsepower. I sure hope one of our readers can shed more&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=637\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LS7 Chevy Bel Air<\/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,"_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":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bel-air"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":146091,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=146091","url_meta":{"origin":637,"position":0},"title":"1956 Bel Air with a Supercharged LS7 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Rex and Rhonda Satterfield's 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air called \u201cElegant Lady\u201d won the 2026 Ridler Award thanks to the amazing work by Kool Kolors Rod & Customs and Riffey\u2019s Hot Rods. 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