{"id":937,"date":"2009-11-10T22:00:02","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T03:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=937"},"modified":"2021-04-21T16:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T21:50:48","slug":"sema-2009-ls9-powered-1965-corvette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=937","title":{"rendered":"SEMA 2009: LS9 Powered 1965 Corvette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Classic Detroit steel meets 21st Century Detroit engine technology in this 1965 Corvette. The plaque in the beginning of the video claims it to be the first and I think they are right. This swap was built by the Long Island Collector Car Garage and is for sale if anyone wants it.<\/p>\n<p>(video no longer active)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classic Detroit steel meets 21st Century Detroit engine technology in this 1965 Corvette. The plaque in the beginning of the video claims it to be the first and I think they are right. This swap was built by the Long Island Collector Car Garage and is for sale if anyone wants it. (video no longer&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=937\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SEMA 2009: LS9 Powered 1965 Corvette<\/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":"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corvette"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130394,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=130394","url_meta":{"origin":937,"position":0},"title":"1965 Corvette with a LS3 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1965 Corvette was built by Classic Car Studio with a 6.2 L LS3 V8 capable of 525 hp (386 kW) and 486 lb-ft (658 Nm) of torque. 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