Description
Contents: The Street Rod Nationals (Feast your eyes on $33,000,000 worth of metal); Bracket Racing Tricks (Get some pointers from Ed and Caron Fischi’s bracket car); The 1979 Cars (Performance and styling return, and it’s almost time); The George Barris Story (HOT ROD hails the King of the Kustomizers); Paul Hulst’s Custom Show Truck (A ’67 Chevy pickup that really has some pickup); Customizing Basics (Eddie Paul demonstrates the secrets of custom welding); Street Custom Section (Everything from ’50s scrapers to modern-day lowriders); Dodge D50 & Plymouth Arrow Mini-Pickups (Road-testing these new entries from Chrysler was a pleasure); Ralph Landolphi’s ’34 Ford (This custom three-window is the pride of Cooney Island); Jack Roush’s 650-Horsepower 302 Ford (Chevy lovers, beware, there’s a new Boss in town); How To Get A Sponsor (Amalie Racing Director Bob Vogels gives some tips on getting the bucks); Ring And Pinion Installation (The basics for doing it yourself); The Street Machine Of The Year (Bill Porterfield’s blown, mid-engined Oldsmobile 442); The Best Of The Rest (HOT ROD rounds out the top ten street machines of the year); Rod-Testing Roger Steiner’s ’23T (Proof positive that hot rodding is great therapy); Powerglide Guide – Part 2 (Initial step-by-step Powerglide assembly details); Bike-Testing Honda’s GL-1000 (It’ll get you there with comfort and dignity) Departments – Editorially Speaking; Post Entry; Roddin’ At Random; SEMA Scene; New Stuff; C.J. Talks Tech; Hot Rod Mart; In Print; Backyard Bonus
Issue: October 1978
Condition: Good+