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Contents: Spectre Camaro (Spectre Performance turns a workhorse into a meaner workhorse and we drive it); Autocrossing Truck (No Limit Engineering makes a ’55 Ford F-150 into an autocross terror. Trucks that handle are hot now); Clint Bowyer’s Rod (A NASCAR driver uses the North Carolina talent pool to build a wicked cool ’34 Chevy trad rod) Cover Story – D.I.Y. Bodywork (Major collision and bodywork is best left to the pros, but there is a lot of truck stuff you can do at home to make your truck smoother or get it ready for paint. Here are 11 pages of tips and tricks); Cheap & Easy Satin (The flat look is hot right now, and here’s a quick and cheap way to get it with less than $130 in materials) Tech – Vette ABS Retrofit (How to pull Vette antilock brakes out of a junkyard and make them work on your Pro Touring muscle car) Features – Super Bee Road Trip (Our Rumble Bee finally hit the highway. And the track. And broke); 2,000HP Street Cars (Larry Larson has owned the Unlimited Class in HOT ROD‘s Drag Week, but there’s a gang of serious guys gunning for him. Here’s who they are and what they’re bringing to the fight); Top Speed Challenge (This is the last year for the HOT ROD Top Speed Challenge, at Maxton anyway. Will there be another one somewhere else? The East Coast TIming Association is working on it, hard) Departments – Starting Line (Remembering the Petersen days and friends of old); Holeshot (Freiburger giggles like a toddler at a wheelstander); Roddin’ At Random (These guys are not wimps, running their rods in the dirt); Where It All Began (Remembering Dick Landy); Test And Tune (An LS engine accessory drive and more); Pit Stop (Stroker Ford small-block ping tips); World Of HOT ROD (Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance); Coming Next Month (Insane engines!)
Issue: August 2011
Condition: Very Good