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Contents: LS3 Vegas (Is it the return of the V8 Vega? Yes, but this one has a modern LS motor and it’s set up to kill on the autocross); Willys Gasser (A ’42 Willys gasser built to honor on of the greats, Big John Mazmanian); Blown V12 Cobra (A Mercedes v12 and the country of origin make this more than your usual kit car) Features – Hot Rod‘s First Photographer (You may have never heard of him, but Lee Blaisdell was there for the birth of Hot Rod magazine and supplied most of the photos for the first few issues. Here’s his story); How To Drive On Two Wheels (That’s right, we got a pro to show us how to put a Fox Mustang up on two wheels and drive it around that way. Too much fun); Muscle Cars Of Baja (Back in the day, Baja was more of a road race on dirt than it is now, and muscle cars were plentiful. Here are some of them, plus a feature on James “Rockford” Garner’s Olds 4-4-2 racer) Tech – How To Get Perfect Paint (Our E-Rod ’79 Camaro gets what is known as “flat paint”, but it’s not suede. On the contrary, this may be the best paintjob ever applied to a magazine project car); How Bogus Is Your Local Chassis Dyno (We drag a car around to five different chassis dyno shops to see how different their numbers are. You’ll be shocked at the outcome); Shock Testing (Should you really spend big bucks on high-end shocks? That depends. We put Ride Tech’s complete line of shocks to the test); Hot Rod Any Engine (Have an oddball engine that nobody makes any parts for? Go back to the basics and hot rod it the old-fashioned way. Marlan shows you how) Departments – Starting Line (The brotherhood helps find a stolen car); Holeshot (Know where you’ve been); Roddin’ At Random (Unseen photos of James Dean); Where It All Began (Inspiration point on Mulholland Drive, 1957); Test And Tune (Twin turbos for the new Camaro, and more); Pit Stop (How to stick a small-block in an early Nova); Coming Next Month (Girls, girls, girls)
Issue: March 2011
Condition: Very Good