Description
Contents: Americruise ’97 – Americruise ’97 -See what the fifth Americruise was all about.), The Show (The Illinois State Fairground played host to more than 3,000 rods, customs and classic trucks.), The Tours (Read first-hand accounts of each of the nine tours that led to Americruise.) Feature Stories – Top Gun (A chronicle of the life and career of custom top and interior creator Bill Gaylord.), Brake System Buyer’s Guide (We’ve completed a treasure trove of trick parts to help you in your quest for stopping power.), Ford Motorsport’s Ultimate T-bird (The ‘Bird is finally finished. Here’s your chance to check it out.) How-To Tech – Big-Block Chevy Buildup (In Part Two of our “Killer Rat” buildup we add heads. a valve train, intake manifold. ignition and carburetion.), Emergency Brake Install (Adding a universal E-Brake to your ride is easy with Lokar’s kit.), Engine Bracket Install (We update the mounting system on a ’57 Chevy small-block.), Bracket & Brake Install (A classic Jaguar IRS gets a bracket & brake update.) Rods & Customs – ’40 Ford Convertible (Terry Drake’s award-winning two-door is as “Fab Phantom Phaeton”.), ’30 Ford Coupe (This “Lethal A” is one mean-looking beast.), ’48 Chevy Pickup (A group of friends hailing from Pennsylvania helps create “Fitch’s Fine ’48”.), ’50 Merc Custom (Handsome, powerful and cleanly shaved, “Mercules” has reached mythic status.), ’32 Ford Sedan (With some work by the experts at PC3g, Charles DeHeras’ cherry sedan becomes his “Old Blue ’32”.)
Issue: November 1997
Condition: Very Good