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Contents: Paint & Body (The annual Paint & Body extravaganza is back for 2007. For the down-and-dirty tech on how we painted the F-Bomb Camaro, turn to page 92. Below are our feature stories on the paint and body theme, this time dealing with the love of patina, real and otherwise); Patina (Freiburger has camera and travels, unearthing examples of real-life patina to inspire); Shabby Chic (The patina look has officially good mainstream, and Todd Varbles ’37 Ford proves it with “rusty” fiberglass) Feature Stories – Hemi ’57 Chevy (Why would you put a blown, EFI, early Hemi in a Tri-Five Chevy? Check out Jeff Mann’s awesome ’57 for the answer); The New Meyers Manx (Forty years after he kickstarted the dune-buggy scene, Brian Meyers is back with a modern interpretation of his classic VW-based beach-mobile); The High And Mighty (This faithful re-creation of one of hot rodding and drag racing’s most significant cars shows how they did it back in the ’50s); Australian Falcon (Aussie actor Eric Bana (you may know him as the Hulk) is no poser, finally turning his first car into one Wicked Down Under road racer); The World’s Best Job (We’re jealous of John Heinricy. Here’s why) Departments – Starting Line (Having a midlife crisis); Holeshot (Resolution to an old friend); Bench Racing (What, no Boyce Asquith?); Where It All Began (Anniversary of the 318); Roddin’ At Random (The world’s scariest vehicle); Test And Tune (From bolt-on EFI to a jack/jackstand combo); Pit Stop (Everything you need to know about EFI nozzle placement); Finish Line (The engine from this month’s cover car) Hot Rod Garage – F-Bomb Paint & Body (You saw the finished paint and body on last month’s cover. This month, we go into detail on how we got the beater Camaro straight and the toils of making it satin smooth); Overdrive Tech (Arguably the most popular overdrive automatic transmission swap on the planet, the GM TH700-R4 and it’s 4L60 sons have gone through a lot of development. Marian sorts through it and tells you how to build a good one); LS7 Swap (How to swap today’s must-have crate motor into a ’69 Camaro with minimal butchery)
Issue: April 2007
Condition: Very Good