{"id":94349,"date":"2023-01-03T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=94349"},"modified":"2023-01-03T00:57:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T06:57:17","slug":"1979-gmc-jimmy-with-a-lt1-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=94349","title":{"rendered":"1979 GMC Jimmy with a LT1 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greening Auto Company<\/a> built this 1979 GMC Jimmy High Sierra at their company in Cullman, Alabama. It is powered by a 6.2 L LT1 V8 with a stainless steel exhaust, aluminum radiator, and Speartech wiring harness. A 8L90E eight-speed automatic transmission sends power to a 12-bolt rear end with a limited-slip differential and 3.73 gears. The SUV rides on a C-notched frame with power steering, lowered suspension, Baer disc brakes front and rear, and American Racing Torq Thrust II 20-inch wheels. <\/p>\n

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Greening Auto Company built this 1979 GMC Jimmy High Sierra at their company in Cullman, Alabama. It is powered by a 6.2 L LT1 V8 with a stainless steel exhaust, aluminum radiator, and Speartech wiring harness. A 8L90E eight-speed automatic transmission sends power to a 12-bolt rear end with a limited-slip differential and 3.73 gears.… Read More »1979 GMC Jimmy with a LT1 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":94356,"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":70,"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":[1181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jimmy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1979-GMC-Jimmy-with-a-LT1-V8-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1410&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":138830,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=138830","url_meta":{"origin":94349,"position":0},"title":"1996 Yukon with a Supercharged LT1 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Killer Performance built this 1996 GMC Yukon at their company in Grain Valley, Missouri. 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