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Contents: The HOT ROD Nationals (There’s still time to enter); V8 Vegas: King Of The Street – The Ultimate Street Machine – Part 3 (Our V8 Vega is painted, plated and ready to run); V8 Vega Swap Kits (Anyone with basic mechanical skills can do it); Rod Test: Hemi-Powered T-Roadster (“Ol’ Noisy” is alive and well in Tucson); 675-HP Small-Block Chevy (Smikey Yunick builds a USAC-legal stock-block for Indy); Cowboy And Indian (Officer Sam Wernick’s blown T/A is bucking for chief); Wail Tale (Cruisin’ ‘n’ bruisin’ in a super Camaro); Olds Update (Clearing up the mystery of our misguided missiles); Super-Tuning Holley Carbs (Adjustable secondary idle circuit for Holley carbs); Back To Basics: Compression & Leakdown Tests (The best indicators of efficient engine operation); Talkin’ Tubes Again (Our pickup’s performance is even better than we realized); All Tin (A ’33 ragtop defies the slogan “It’s rust or us”); Buick V6 Performance Mods – Buick V6 Update (Latest info on performance parts and development program); Power & Economy: Smokey Yunick’s Blown V6 (Smokey builds a Roots-blown Buick for our next project rod); Fit For A King (How to go drag racing on $250,000); Build A 505-Inch Street/Bracket MoPar (Combining inches and airflow for effortless MoPar go); Funny Fueler (Garlits makes waves with Swamp Rat XXII); Shop Series: Brakes (All about brakes – to keep you from getting broken); Meltdown (Funny Car on fire!); Detroit Autorama Car Show (400-plus pristine entries bring down the house); Bike Test: Yamaha’s XS850 (Every year this bike gets better and better) Departments – Editorially Speaking; Post Entry; New Stuff; Roddin’ At Random; Hot Rod Forum; C.J. Talks Tech; In Print; Hot Rod Mart; Backyard Bonus
Issue: May 1980
Condition: Very Good