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Contents: Tuffkidd (Mini-vanning grows in popularity every day. Here’s a mini from a van conversion shop that would rival many a hand-built show custom-ceilings, mirrors and all), Last Desert Madness (This run is always hot, but fun. Being the last one ever, the mini-truckers turned it loose and ripped up the whole desert and partied down), Nissans For ’85 (Nissan pickups, both 2×4 and 4×4, will be sporting sleek new bedsides, bumpers and several other new sporty changes. Check ’em out in this preview), High Performance Ignition Wires (Even the editor claims to have gained a whole bunch of knowledge about the latest in suppression ignition wires from putting this article together. Zap!), By Gones F-100 (What’s the hottest color to paint an F-100? Black if you’d like to capture the trophy for best paint in the Aneheim show. That’s slick), Insta Heater (When it gets so cold that you’d better not leave your brass monkey outside, it’s time to tip the switch for some instant, clean heat for your pickup or van), Project Toyota (Looks like those guys are really starting to have some fun building this street cutsom. Now, let’s get serious and put some paint on it), Truckin’ Visits Pick-Up Parts (Besides the mail-order business that distributes their parts nationwide, Pick-Up Parts has expanded to three stores in the greater L.A. basin. Check ’em out), Red Rider (Now, here’s a look at one man’s toys that any guy would be proud to own. Take a closer look at this mini and you’ll discover a foreign powerplant under the hood.), Cal Van Nats (Once a year, the vanners from both the northern and southern parts of the state get together to party hardy for the whole weekend. This one’s hot), Ogden ’84 (Classic Chevy and GMC Pickups converge on Ogden, Utah for this Father’s Day meet. Sponsored by Golden State Pickup Parts, this year was the best one of all), Dad’s ’65 (What’s chopped, dropped and rides like a Buick> How about a Chevy pickup with a Buick engine, dash, air conditioning, cruise and tilt steering), Riding The Smooth Road (Installing a steering stabilizer can be a very simple coore that can improve the ride and bring pleasure back into running big tires on the front of your truck), Midnite Delight (Paul Matis spent the better part of five winters customizing his ’77 Dodge van into a show piece – that’s now a summer daily driver), Racing Semis (If it rolls, Americans will find a way to make a racer out of it. Here’s living proof that even a semi can be made into a super speedway hauler Departments = Reader’s Rap, Ford Folio, Shop Manual, Van Scan, Chevy Corner, Just Mint Truckin’, Truck Stuff, Reader’s Rides, Happenings
Issue: October 1984
Condition: Very Good