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Contents: Don Garlits: Big Daddy Is Back (Don Garlits speaks and everyone should listen); 4 X 4 Pulling, The Newest Off-Road Fad (This is one time when a pull is not a drag); Rod Test: Chuck Smith’s ’29 Pickup (Performance, handling and reliability, all in one package); How To Get Started In Bracket Racing (Bombing the brackets on five bucks a day); Yellow Fever (Steve Novosel’s potent bracket Camaro); Street Rod Braking Systems (There’s more to it than bolting on a disc brake kit) Super Truckin’ Section – Improving 4WD Traction (The TruTrack differential can make a big difference); Dodge Turbo Van (With a full-custom interior, even a 360 can use some help); Gratiot’s Turbo Chevy Stepside (Gratiot enters the 4X4 market with a bang); Truckin’, California Style (Trick trucks from the land of fruits and nuts); On The Beach (HOT ROD takes its trucks for some fun in the sun); Golden State Trucks (California raises a fine crop of custom pickups); Smokestack Stepside (Hickey, HOT ROD and Chevrolet get together on a trick diesel stepside); Testing The Dodge-360-Powered Li’L Red Truck (Dodge has done it again with this truck for our times); Litle Big Rig Toyota Dualie (The latest look for mini-trucks is the “big rig” look) Cars – Desiderata (This 442 Olds is definitely a machine to be desired); White Chevy Fever (Bruce Burchard has a severe case of…’55 Chevelle); Bike Test: Kawasaki KZ650SR (As close as you can get on two wheels to a ’32 Roadster); The Indomitable Phil Weiand (First of a new series on the greats who built the sport); We Goofed! (Corrections to the April trans identification guide); Bodywork Basics (How to do basic bodywork at home); Milodon’s Aluminum Chevy 350 (Finally available, it’s just what the weight watchers ordered) Departments – Editorially Speaking; Post Entry; SEMA Scene; Roddin’ At Random; In Print; New Stuff; C.J. Talks Tech; Hot Rod Mart; Backyard Bonus
Issue: June 1978
Condition: Very Good