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Contents: Up Front – This Month On CarCraft.com (The dates for the Summer Nationals in St. Paul are official. Start planning now); Front Man (You don’t get to be the editor without having an opinion); Readers’ Pages (We almost got the year of the orange Camaro wrong and buried ourselves in hate, man); Action!! (It’s like a train wreck, but with cars); Straight Scoop (Ford’s Romeo engine plant has churned out mod motors like Saruman and the Urak-hai) Greasy Stuff – This Guy’s Garage (If you and your buddies pool your spare change for 50 years, you too can own a section of a shop like this); Speed Shop (This is the first place you’ll see V-band clamps in this issue. They show up again later); Horsepower (How do you get big power out of a small-block? Spin it to the moon, Alice); Install Your First Turbo (Hopefully, this is the first of a long-running series of turbo articles in CC); Buick 455 Dyno-Thrash (Last month we made 513 lb-ft. This month, we slow the earth’s orbit); Rear Suspension Guide (If the subtle differences between leaf springs and four-links escape you, Jeff Smith will set you straight); Waterborne Paint (Thanks to government legislation, watercolors are no longer just for kindergarten); What’s Your Problem? (Here are answers to your tech questions from our in-house treasure trove of information) Fun Stuff – Krass & Bernie (The guys help an old buddy open a racing school – overnight, of course); Mark Wells’ ’69 GTX (If you spend 14 years restoring your car, it could look this good too); Ford Racing’s New Cobra Jet Mustang (Jeff shows how the FR500CJ Mustang stacks up against its predecessors); Jim Williams’ ’78 Malibu (A big block in a light car – the perfect recipe for fast timeslips and a few broken parts) Out Back – On The Rack (Hotties in cool threads. We stop at nothing for our readers); Junkyard Crawl (Cover your eyes if your easily offended. These could also apply for the above); Behind The Scenes (We get out from behind the keyboard sometimes); Rear View (How a Sox & Martin Barracuda ties in to Petersen Publishing history)
Issue: July 2009
Condition: Very Good