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Contents: Designer Window Tint (Dark, tinted windows have always been a hit with truckers. Now this tint film is available in “designer colors”); Low Voltage (Bill Kirnec went all out on the bright red paint and the exotic murals that set his show-winning Chevy apart from others); Spring Bash (California Dreamin’ threw their version of a “Spring Bash” to kick off their outdoor truck show season in Santa Maria); Mini Illusions (After a major crash, Rick DeWitt picked up the pieces of this ’81 Toyota and went totally wild with modifications); New Nissans (What’s hot with the lineup of Nissan’s mini-trucks for ’88?); Long Term Affair (Marty Hall just happened to get an inside look at the design work on the Chevy Cameo, before it was even introduced. It took him a while before he acquired one, but take a look); Win This Ford Aerostar (Time is beginning to run out on your chance to enter and possibly win our Ford Aerostar or other top truck prizes); Independent Suspension – Part 2 (This month we wrap up a major how-to on performing an independent suspension frame swap on a ’55-’59 Chevy pickup); Orange Aid (Russell Plaster wanted something unique to drive, even during working hours as a plumbing contractor. His selection turned out to be a classic ’56 Ford F-100 in orange); Never Too Low (Scraping the pavement is okay by Kevin Pinciotti and his fine, bright red 1978 Stepside pickup is on the ground); Spring Break-Away (A little farther south, Matters None Minis were throwing their own version of a Spring show in Carlsbad, California); Fargo’s Pop Top (Bob Howitz got his ideas on how to build his truck while living in SoCal, but built this roadster in Fargo, N.D.); Straight Shooting Archer Bros. (The Archer Brothers changed over from ice racing cars to driving 2WD Jeeps for the Coors Racetruck Challenge and have been tough competition for all the racers); Gear Vendors Overdrive (Now, you can bolt in an overdrive transmission that can give you more power or economize your gas hog…or both); Total Bull (Rob Castro didn’t have a lot of choice about turning his ’85 Blazer into a custom after fate dealt him a bad hand); Just Another Toy (Perry Myers was actually going to build another truck into a custom until the tall-truck-bug put the bite on him); Tailgate Camping (Even if you aren’t a hard-core camping type, there are a couple of items that can make a weekend outing a lot more fun); Win A Mitsubishi (Time is running out for your chance at winning a Mitsubishi Coors Racetruck Challenge look-alike truck from Wolin) Departments – Editorial; Reader’s Rap; Shop Manual; Truckin’ Today; Chevy Corner; Body Talk; Truck Stuff; Guest Editorial; Van Scan; Just Mini Truckin’; Reader’s Renderings; Reader’s Rides; Happenings
Issue: July 1988
Condition: Very Good