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Contents: Sweet Nineteen (How often do you see a 19-year-old build his own street rod – and a nice one at that.), Rapid Rebuild (It took only 3 1/2 months to take it from a stocker to a road-worthy street rod.), Making Tracks (Joe Luber’s 1936 Chevy sedan delivery doubles as an advertisement for his business.(, A Hard Ramming Dodge (There are a lot of advantages to building a non-Ford street rod. A quick look at this ’34 Dodge will give you several.), Southern Comfort (Since our special features this issue deals for fiberglass bodies for street rods, we decided to show you how nice one can be.), First Try (One of our cover cars this issue, and it was the first street rod effort by it’s owner, Terry Clark.), Blind Man’s Bluff (Building a street rod is difficult enough. Can you imagine trying to do it blind.), Kustom Konvert (Doug was tired of street rods so he built himself a kustom konvertible from a two-door sedan – with the help of Dick Dean.) Events – The 28th Portland Roadster Show (Albert Drake gives us a brief glimpse of one of the oldest car shows in the Western part of the U.S.), Cream of the Crop (The Omaha Show brought out some of the top cars in the Midwest.), The Nats South (They moved the Nats South North and almost got rained out.), Street Rod Wedding (What better place could a die-hard rodder choose to get married than Harvey’s Broiler on a cruise night.), It Happened In Monterey (One of the smaller shows for sure, but possibly one of the best – at least for the participants.), The Southern Fun Run (The L.A. Roadster Club picked up the ticket for the rodders attending this early springtime show.), Antique Auto Fair (Who says the Southerners don’t like swapmeets. This one held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway was a huge success in every sense of the word.), The Marine Corps Run (There are several activities usually not found at rod runs at this one, including a full-blown USO show.) Shop Tours – Boyd’s Place (A slightly different view of one of street rodding’s top builders.), Southeastern Automotive (A new fiberglass manufacturer, and they are coming on strong.), Anderson Industries (One of the oldest and largest manufacturers of street rod fiberglass componentry.), Fat Jacks (Don’t let the bark scare you, Jack Robinson doesn’t bite. What he does do is produce some ot the nicest parts you could add to your street rod.), Down’s Manufacturing (The name may be new, but the products aren’t. Take a look, we’re sure you’ll recognize them.) Special Features – The California Kid (The famous California Kid caused quite a stir when it appeared on the streets of old London town.), The ‘Glass Menagerie (A sampling of some of the top fiberglass and components currently available, and a few tips thrown in to boot.) Departments – Collecting Our Thoughts, The Cop Shop, Rodder’s Soap Box, Nifty Fifties, The Rod Shop, Coming Events
Issue: September 1984
Condition: Very Good