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Contents: Rod Test – Rod Simpson’s Porschev (Driving a 305 Chevy-powered 011S Road Racer), Bracket Racing: Indiana and Illinois (There’s no better place to bracket race in all of America), 3-in-1 Chevy II: Engine Buildup (John Lingenfeiter builds up two 327s for S/S and bracket racing), NHRA Summernats (Top Fuel dominates the action at Englishtown), How To Build a Repro Street Rod – Part 1 (The foundation of it all; the frame), Just a Passing Dream (What happens when you combine a 467-inch ZL-1 and a Kelmark GT kit car), “Orange Juice” Blown Camaro (Bill Kimberly’s 6-71 supercharged Z-28), Billy Stepp’s New Pro Stock Arrow (Ronnie Sox is back, teamed up with Billy the Kid), Crazy ‘Bird (Dave Eatherly’s Pontiac Trans-Am takes to the A/Gas warpath), Fred Fabbri’s Blown ’32 Chevy Coupe (A 6-71 blower and fabbri-cated parts produce a mind blower), ’78 New Cars: The Thrill is Back (Detroit’s been hard at work putting performance back into driving), New Car Test: Ford King Cobra Mustang II (Easily the most formidable-looking Mustang yet), 500-HP, Blown Small-Block Buildup (You can drive it on the street, yet run high 11s in the quarter), Magic Wheels (Jose Chavez’s Dodge van from Sleeping Beauty to Cinderella), Bike Test: Suzuki GS400 Twin (Suzuki enters the 400cc commuter bike wars), Frank Mazi’s New CC/A Opel (They said his first Opel couldn’t be replaced, but they were wrong), Big Rig: Home-Built VW-Powered 8-Wheeler (Ken Nethken does his truckin’ in a “bugged rig”) Special Section: Backyard Tech Tips – Domestic Engine Dimensions (A list of sizes and weights of popular engines to aid swappers), Braided Stainless Steel-Covered Hose (Although not cheap, they’ll enhance your cars appearance and safety), Automatic Transmission Failure Analysis (How to determine what went wrong with your transmission), Brakeline Plumbing (Covering the basics without getting tied up in knots) Departments – Editorially Speaking, In Print, Post Entry, Roddin’ at Random, New Stuff, Hot Rod Mart, C.J. Talks Tech, Backyard Bonus
Issue: October 1977
Condition: Very Good