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Contents: Team Mitsubishi (Dave Wolin and Team Mitsubishi set their sights on the 1988 Coors Racetruck Challenge); Hot Rod Truck Gallery (Some of the world’s wildest vehicles are hot rod trucks. we’ve gathered a cross-section from the best in America); ISCA Grande Finale (More than 20 years ago, Boots Frithof took top honors with his ’53 Chevy, that was the last time a truck took top honors); The Great Cover-Up (It just takes a few minutes to transform an ordinary bench seat into luxurious bucket style seating using a Leto LS truck seat cover); Flyin’ Florida Ford (Steve Kramer of Pompano Beach, Fla is only in his early twenties, but he’s got classic hot rod truck fever); Dump Your ’88 GM Pickup (The new full-size pickup from Chevy features a host of interior and exterior appointments, including a new suspension configuration. And, the Drop Shop came up with a method of dropping it); Dream Release (Sunnyvale, Calif is home to the radical mini. Bob Hoffer built it with a great deal of imagination and was determined to make it a winner); Golddigger (The top spot in the ISCA can be very elusive to capture, but Rinny Dyar pulled it off with his high school graduation present); WIN This Custom Aerostar (Last month we introduced the Family Wagon mini-van conversion. This month we are giving it away. Find out how you can win); Alltest (Now there’s a way for a home mechanic to test the functions of a truck’s engine – without having to go to an automotive repair shop); Low Ride (Terry Enright’s 1978 Chevy Stepside is one awesome low rider, and red all over. It’s no joke, Hot Rods by Johnny Young spared no expense when he bolted this hot tomato together); AudioVision (First came the eight-track, then the cassette, but today’s enthusiasts crave more than great sound, they want the picture too!); Son Of Chevy (Terry Steagall decided to get back at the local Nissan plant when they wouldn’t give him a job, so he built himself a down-sized 1948 Chevy); Racetrack Contest (Win this exciting contest and put yourself behind the wheel of a Mitsubishi Mighty Max mini-truck, that looks and feels like the real Coors Racetruck Challenge trucks); 289 Ford On A Budget (Tips on how to build the ever-popular small-block Ford engine); The Rig (It started out as a high school street truck, but one pass down the local drag strip changed all that for Joe Delehay); Lil’ Blue (The 1000 plus horsepower Ford Ranger can make it to the local hamburger stand in under ten seconds! Which almost gives a new meaning to the words “fast food”) Departments – Editorial; Reader’s Rap; Shop Manual; Truckin’ Today; Chevy Corner; Body Talk; Truck Stuff; Ford Folio; Van Scan East; Just Mini Truckin’; Readers Renderings; Reader’s Rides; Happenings
Issue: May 1988
Condition: Very Good