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Contents: Double Vision (These Kansas-bred rods belong to a pair of twins. Jack has the ’36 and Jim drives the ’28 Tudor…or is it the other way around.), Kentucky Nuggets (Another trio of rods from the South. Two of the three were built for under ten K. Guess which one wasn’t. Is it the ’31 Vicky, the ’29 Roadster or the ’34 five-window.), Big Boys Toy (This month’s cover car is a beautiful fat-fendered belonging to Bob Clark and Neill McNeill.), Tons Of Fun… (It takes all kinds of people to build all kinds of rods. This one you’ll just have to see… How about a ’47 Ford Cabover.), Coupe De Danville (This Danville’s back East and the rod is a ’35 Chevy coupe.), Something Blue (Michael Civeill built a primo ’29 “A” highboy with some innovative ideas.) Events – Hot Time In A Cool Town (It’s Ridler Award time in Detroit and the 33rd Autorama was one of the best yet. Just ask Bobby Alloway – Ridler Winner.), Hot Fun At The “Run To The Sun” (Lake Havasu was the setting for the 7th Annual Relic and Rode event.), Nojoqui Falls Run (This event traditionally marks the end of the California Rod Run season. If you missed it then, don’t miss it now.), Hot August Rod Run (Michigan in August is pretty hot and so is this run.) Shop Tours – Butch’s Rod Shop (Get acquainted with the guy from New Lebanon, Ohio who carries the most complete line of non-Ford chassis parts. Also, home of the “Weedeater” dropped axle.), Sun Specs (Frank Yanczer had a great idea to keep the cost of hi-tech accessories down. His story is quite unusual.), Chassis Engineering (One of the oldest rod shops in the country, the West Branch, Iowa company specializes in fat-fender chassis components.), Pete And Jake’s (Home of the California Kid and the Four-Bar.), Sanderson Headers (Wanna see how street rod headers are made?) Buyer’s Guide – Street Rodding Illustrated‘s Guide to Chassis Parts For Fat Fendered Street Rods Special Features – Centerfold (This month you get to hand the “Kentucky Nuggets” on your garage wall.), Hot Rods For Teachers (SRI goes on location with Van Halen as they shoot their latest videi, “Hot For Teacher”.) Departments – Editorial, The Cop Shop, Mail Collector, Rod Mart, Nifty Fifties, The Rod Shop, Coming Events, As Index
Issue: May 1985
Condition: Very Good