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Contents: Corvettes For The Road Course And Street (Brant Jarvis and his latest midyear Vettes, one for the track, one shiny and pretty, both very capable); 8-Second Truck (This ’55 Chevy has patina to die for and dragstrip performance that shocks everyone who watches it in action) Cover Story – The Baddest Shelby Of All Time (Your gut impulse tells you it’s the legendary 427 Cobra, but is the ’11 Shelby GT500 Super Snake better? And truly badder? we put both cars to the test and find out) Features – 1,100 Miles With A 650HP Blown Camaro (The Crusher Camaro lives again and takes us on a road trip adventure from Los Angeles to Phoenix and back); Cover Firsts (A look back at some HOT ROD covers of the ’40s and ’50s) Tech – Low-Buck Turbo Ford (We dig a dirt-cheap Ford 4.6 mod motor out of the junkyard, bolt on a Chinese turbo, and make 592 hp for $2,298); What Breaks? (When you start making big power in one of the new Hemicars, stuff will eventually break. Here’s what frags and how to fix it); $139 Superchargers! (Admittedly, this is about as dirtball as it gets. But it works); Interior Redo (The project E-Rod ’79 Camaro Z-28 gets a spiffy new interior) Departments – Starting Line (The California DMV is torture); Holeshot (The singular pursuit of some strange guys); Roddin’ At Random (Highlights from the Detroit Auto Show); Where It All Began (Wally Parks racing a tank. Really); Test And Tune (Wait’ll you see Jon Kaase’s stack EFI for the Boss 429); Pit Stop (Do you want to build a Ford 531C? Marlan provides some advice); World Of Hot Rod (Behind the scenes with HOT ROD); Coming Next Month (Neat and historic customs from the Grand National Roadster Show)
Issue: May 2011
Condition: Very Good