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January
Up Front - This Month On CarCraft.com (We mix archive and new stuff. Like watching reruns with a twist); Front Man (Thoughts from the corner office); Readers' Pages (From a '75 Nova to a Pantera's baby brother, our readers cover the spectrum); Action!! (Here's why you shouldn't merge into traffic like your grandma); Straight Scoop (Yet another photo of the new Camaro. How many months in a row are we up to) Greasy Stuff - This Guy's Garage (If we received a government bailout, this is the shop we'd build); Speed Shop (Two We Test it write-ups in one month. We were on a roll); Horsepower! (We drool over a 750hp FE Ford. Domo arigato, Mr. Rabotnick); Ford Racing's New Boss (They sent us one. Glad wrings it out on the dyno); Body Art (No nose rings or burned flesh. We take on body art, automotive style); Vintage Tachs (Jeff reaches into his vast archives and unearths some reto-chic rev counters); Upgrade Your Steering Box (GM guys, pay attention. Better steering is a junkyard visit away); Gas Welding (Not just an old-school oddity, oxyacetylene torches are more versatile than any welder you could buy); What's Your Problem? (Jeff dives deep into the topics of I-6 performance and big-block swaps) Fun Stuff - Krass & Bernie (Backward drag racing. Think we'll see it on a cable show soon?); Greg Becker's '68 Camaro (How many of us have the guts to road test our new drivetrain on a 5,000 mile trip); Readers Favorite (This is the street machine you voted for. You'll never guess what it is); Street Machine Of The Year (It's the new Real Street Eliminator. See the action from St. Paul) Out Back - On The Rack (Is this the first page you turn to or the pages you rip out?); Junkyard Crawl (AMC guys, cover your eyes. You're not gonna like this); Behind The Scenes (Believe it or not, this is the second time a new Grand Marquis has been in Car Craft); Rear View (Here's a classic Jeff Smith photo shoot, complete with expensive props)
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February
Up Front - This Month On CarCraft.com (Have you checked out the blog section? We update it almost every day); Front Man (Remember in band camp when we built that '81 Capri?); Readers' Pages (Send your wheelie picks and see them in print); Action!! (Check the flaming downforce wrapping around the wing of this dragster); Straight Scoop (It is time to see the '10 Mustang Pony Edition. It is supposed to be the best yet) Greasy Stuff - This Guy's Garage (Out of the ashes of divorce, this girl saved a shop and made it live); Speed Shop (Do you know how to install spiral locks? We have the solution); Horsepower! (Ever seem a 3,000hp methanol twin-turbo big-block?); Dirt-Cheap Blowers (Remember the Roots-style blower? They make cheap and easy power); Centrifugal Small-Block (Oops! We spent a lot of money then blew this sucker up); Adjustable Timing Distributors (Why use springs and weights to adust the timing curve when electronics are here); Five-Speeds For Any Car (You can do it with a hydraulic throwout bearing and a little inventiveness); Fix A Dent Without Bondo (It's easy if you follow our simple instructions); Fill A Hole In The Firewall (We've drilled a lot of needless holes in our time. Here's how to fix 'em); What's Your Problem? (Is your carb too small? We have pills and advice for that) Fun Stuff - Krass & Bernie (The guys finally build a car for Trosley. Watch for street racing); Street Machine Of The Year (This is the car that won it all at the Summer Nationals in St. Paul); NMCA From Milan, Michigan (Check out the fastest cars in the valley. See you on Paradise Road); Bob Bondurant Driving School (This is the place to get all the driving techniques down pat); '68 Four-Speed 383 Dart GTS (Hey, Mopar guy. Check out this Dart) Out Back - On The Rack (These girls are now fully clothed); Junkyard Crawl (We built a Vega just like this one in college. Well, it was red, actually); Behind The Scenes (See the rest of the Cadillac from the Horsepower section); Rear View (We used to run T-bucket edit all the time. They were cheap in the '60s)
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March
Up Front - This Month On CarCraft.com (We've redesigned it. Or we're about to. Log in to find out); Front Man (The future of street machines involves washing your long underwear); Readers' Pages (Check the Readers' Poll and respond to it now); Action!! (It's the disco inferno with a Camaro instead of a hot, skinny blonde); Straight Scoop (This is the first time in months we haven't had a '10 Camaro in this section) Greasy Stuff - This Guy's Garage (Check out the cars Ricky's built); Speed Shop (Ever backed into a tree instead of hooking up the trailer? We have the solution); Horsepower! (This is the coolest 2,000hp nitrous engine we have ever seen); Perform A Basic Tune-Up (When is the last time you did this? Maybe it's time to check your tire pressure, too); Performance Short-Block Tips And Tricks (We asked some masters the tough questions so you didn't have to); How To Trick Out Your Stock Cylinder Heads (If you like your iron heads, this is the story for you); Build A 200-4R (These are the best stock transmissions you can get. We show you all the tricks); How To Start A New Engine (Instead of starting a fire in your garage, follow our simple advice and get it right); Install A Hydroboost (If you cam is too big and your car won't stop, this is the solution); What's Your Problem? (Is there something wrong with your 454 or ride height? We have the answers) Fun Stuff - Krass & Bernie (Freeze! It's the police! Or at least this is a felony impersonation of them); 1,000hp Mustang (This is the late-model winner from our Street Machine of the Year contest); Big-Block '67 Fairlane (This is the proper use of a big-block Ford engine); Big-Block Biscayne (This thing has a big, red body and a big, red big-block); The Judmobile (This LSX-powered '99 Camaro is really close to running in the 8s) Out Back - Junkyard Crawl (Check out these rusty Mopars, if you dare. Or don't...whatever, man); Rear View (It's hard to stop staring at this one. We ran it because On The Rack is down for a month)
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April
Up Front - This Month On CarCraft.com (Check out the video of the new Ford Cobra Jet. You'll buy one now); Front Man (Do you have a sleeper? We have a story for you); Readers' Pages (If you have a car that can do wheelies, we need to see it); Action!! (Boom! There goes the blower through the burst panel. Get the marshmellows); Straight Scoop (We have not-really exclusive photos of the '10 Mustang - in case you haven't seen them) Greasy Stuff - This Guy's Garage (This garage belongs to a Mopar guy who is also a girl); Speed Shop (If you're looking for new heads for your 4.6 or Chevy small-block, they're here); Horsepower! (This is a wacky new Boss Hemi in a late-model Mustang chassis. We ask why); Paint Your Car For $750 (This car looks good enough to squeeze and drink with a little chaser); Inside A Drag Race Transmission (Have you ever wondered what a dog-ring syncro looks like? We have photos); How To Weld Aluminum (There is more involved with this than you think); Driveshaft Science (Don't let your driveshaft chase you around the inside of your car. Get it right the first time); The Secret Art Of Plastic Repair (Did you back the Mustang into a pole? Fix it here); What's Your Problem? (Now with some fancy Ford 351W edit) Fun Stuff - Krass & Bernie (Why didn't we think of this? It's the street machine solution for breeders); The World Power Wheelstanding Championship (This is the second year for a backflip and the first year for a hydroplane blowover); 408-Powered '69 Cart (It looks like a street car until the wheels are in the air); Paul McKee's Stealthy, 455, Six-Speed '65 F-85 (There is nothing slow or uncool about this Olds. See it to believe) Out Back - On The Rack (It's back! And well, nothing has changed); Junkyard Crawl (The only thing we don't like about these Mavericks is the location); Behind The Scenes (Check out what we will have to mop out of the dyno room this summer); Rear View (Remember the candy dipped look? It made some guys famous)
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May
Contents - Up Front - This Month On CarCraft.com (Broken parts, police car blogs, and a Honda Fit ad. Hey, wait a minute), Front Man ("Doug, What's your column about" "Dunno, I'm still writing it"), Readers' Pages (We've got a Pro Street G-body and no less than eight burnouts), Action! (Hollywood stunt men wouldn't have done this fiery exit better), Straight Scoop (We love the new Camaro in vintage livery) Greasy Stuff - This Guy's Garage (Fans of the Gasser, here's your new home), Speed Shop (Press releases from out inbox to your mailbox), Horsepower! (Want a small-block to make 1,500 lb-ft> Just add turbos), Mod Motor Expose (We finally debunk the myth that these are crap engines), New Hemi Tome (These things rock, too. Swap one in and own the noobs), LS Pulley Magnum Opus (LS's fit old cars better with the right pulleys. Sense the theme we're after here), Plump A Fuel System (Do it right and "AN" won't stand for ANother leak), Paint And Body Part II (The continuing saga of "Extreme Makeover: the Chevelle Edition"), What's Your Problem? (More LS questions, inquiring minds want to know) Fun Stuff - Krass & Bernie (Bernie's reunited with the one that got away), The New Cobra Jet Mustang (We envy the guys who got one. Check out history in the making), Ed Allen's '65 GTO (Don't underestimate this sedate-looking '65. It packs a 660hp punch), Joe Kosiba's '63 Nova (This thing runs 8s and is easy on the eyes too), Donnie Delmain's '66 Dart (There is nothing slow or uncool about this Olds. See it to believe) Out Back - On The Rack (We lovingly stretch out some shirts for you each month), Junkyard Crawl (Our guy Magneto sniffs out the buried treasure), Behind The Scenes (Peek into what we do in out off time), Rear View (We descend into the vault for a piece of history)
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June
Contents - Up Front - This Month On Carcraft.com (New pop-up ads on every new page. Thanks, guys), Front Man (An intellectual stimulus package from our commander in chief), Readers' Pages (There's a guy in Michigan with a 10-second van. Why? Why not), Action! ("I cannot tell a lie. I did chop down the Christmas tree"), Straight Scoop (Glad agonized over this layout. Hope you like it) Greasy Stuff - This Guy's Garage (It's always the unassuming places that have the coolest stuff inside), Speed Shop (Are your drill bits duller than a bag of hair? The Doctor is in), Horsepower (The turbos on this big-block could suck in small children), Affordable Project Cars (Drastic times call for drastic measures. Fairmonts are looking pretty good), Diagnose Your Fuel-Injected Car (Don't be intimidated. Get a scanner and get to work), Bolt-On Buick Power (If you love torque, you'll love this series. Part One of Three), Build a C4 Corvette (Keeping with the alternative theme, Smith dives head-first into a bucket of fiberglass), Make A Pressure Luber (Ever wonder how to prime an engine without a distributor? We show you how), Inside Dart's SHP Small Block (Want more than 400 inches out of your SBC? Dart makes it easy), What's Your Problem? (Smith calls his column the cure for insomnia. We always learn something, though) Fun Stuff - Krass & Bernie (Be careful who you give advice to on the internet), A Week Of Cruising (We get up early and stay up late to cram as many cruises as possible into a week), Vintage Decals (Things were really cooler in the '60s), Ray Banks' Mustang (It generates so much cornering force, our brains fell out) Out Back - On The Rack (Three more girls who didn't give us their phone numbers), Junkyard Crawl (Sick of Corvettes in CC yet? Don't look here, then), Behind The Scenes (Check out the table for two outside this New Orleans restaurant), Rear View (We put on the rose-colored glasses and take another trip through our archives)
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July
Up Front - This Month On CarCraft.com (The dates for the Summer Nationals in St. Paul are official. Start planning now); Front Man (You don't get to be the editor without having an opinion); Readers' Pages (We almost got the year of the orange Camaro wrong and buried ourselves in hate, man); Action!! (It's like a train wreck, but with cars); Straight Scoop (Ford's Romeo engine plant has churned out mod motors like Saruman and the Urak-hai) Greasy Stuff - This Guy's Garage (If you and your buddies pool your spare change for 50 years, you too can own a section of a shop like this); Speed Shop (This is the first place you'll see V-band clamps in this issue. They show up again later); Horsepower (How do you get big power out of a small-block? Spin it to the moon, Alice); Install Your First Turbo (Hopefully, this is the first of a long-running series of turbo articles in CC); Buick 455 Dyno-Thrash (Last month we made 513 lb-ft. This month, we slow the earth's orbit); Rear Suspension Guide (If the subtle differences between leaf springs and four-links escape you, Jeff Smith will set you straight); Waterborne Paint (Thanks to government legislation, watercolors are no longer just for kindergarten); What's Your Problem? (Here are answers to your tech questions from our in-house treasure trove of information) Fun Stuff - Krass & Bernie (The guys help an old buddy open a racing school - overnight, of course); Mark Wells' '69 GTX (If you spend 14 years restoring your car, it could look this good too); Ford Racing's New Cobra Jet Mustang (Jeff shows how the FR500CJ Mustang stacks up against its predecessors); Jim Williams' '78 Malibu (A big block in a light car - the perfect recipe for fast timeslips and a few broken parts) Out Back - On The Rack (Hotties in cool threads. We stop at nothing for our readers); Junkyard Crawl (Cover your eyes if your easily offended. These could also apply for the above); Behind The Scenes (We get out from behind the keyboard sometimes); Rear View (How a Sox & Martin Barracuda ties in to Petersen Publishing history)
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August
Up Front - This Month On CarCraft.com (Go to our site for details on the Summer Nationals. Register early and finish your car. We'll see you there); Front Man (It's time for employee reviews. Doug, your column is my favorite page of the magazine); Readers' Pages (Guess what? No first-gen Camaros in these pages. Oh, who are we kidding); Action!! (Remember the movie The Running Man? Fireball was the baddest of the bad guys); Straight Scoop (KFC's chicken is now without trans fat. Where did it all go? Potholes, maybe?) Greasy Stuff - This Guy's Garage (Would you have the gut to saw a Camaro in half lengthwise? We wouldn't); Speed Shop (The latest and greatest from the aftermarket, plus a fountain-of-youth battery fix); Horsepower (With an aluminum block and custom cross-ram intake, there are big-bucks in this big-block. At 540 inches, big power too); Sleeper Small-Block (With crappy iron heads and a crappy intake, this big-inch stroker looks like a smog-era 305, but it smokes the competition); Rebuild An Electronic Quadrajet (Consumate recyclers that we are, we spared another Q-jet from the landfill. Think Al Gore will subscribe?); GM Steering Column Rehab (Woobly steering wheel? You can fix it with Locktite, two special tools, and a lot of patience); What's Your Problem? (Do you want to fit a serpentine belt to your big-block? Smith shows you how) Fun Stuff - Krass & Bernie (We're still waiting to meet girls who look like the ones Bernie hangs out with); Raphael Ordaz's Turbo Mustang (A homemade turbo system in a Fox-body Mustang - this is the epitome of car crafting); Doug Eisberg's '69 Nova (Yeah, it's got a big-block, but it hides its size very well); Tim Dolan's '69 Buick Skylark (We laughed at this car until we saw it pull the wheels. Who's laughing now?); Paul Allen's '03 Mustang Cobra (Want to make more than 600 hp with one bolt-on? Buy a Cobra, buy a Whipple, and put the two together); Carl Casanova's '68 Camaro (Check out the homemade gauge cluster in the console. Oh yeah, the supercharged LS1 and T56 are pretty cool, too) Out Back - On The Rack (I used to hate tube socks til I saw page 100); Junkyard Crawl (Are we crazy or was this Javelin's shifter handle designed by an NFL kicker?); Behind The Scenes (We went somewhere to watch some guys race. The cops even showed up, too); Rear View (We've been around since 1953. We've got vast archives to draw from)
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September
Contents - Up Front - This Month On CarCraft.com (Trace the evolution of the CC/Rambler), Front Man (Remember the in and out list? Doug resurrects it in his column this month), Readers' Pages (Check out the Ventura in Kermit the Frog green), Action!! (Driver Tom Padilla launched his car hard at the line and then launched his body at half-track), Straight Scoop (Another automaker bites it. We should kill the news section of the magazine - it's too depressing) Greasy Stuff - This Guy's Garage (Mopar fans, you'll love or hate this guy), Speed Shop (Good news; Edelbrock has new heads that aren't expensive), Horsepower! (A 15.0:1 small-block in a little Vega translates to huge acceleration), Overdrive Swap (You've got to love an article where Jeff quotes Queen and makes his car faster), Install Subframe Connectors (This is the last time the CC/Rambler will be likened to a wet noodle), Build An LT1 (Should you bother? We did and made pretty good power - spent a lot though), GM A/C Delete (Jeff references AC/DC and makes his car faster. He was really on a roll), What's Your Problem? (We swear - no more music references) Fun Stuff - Krass & Bernie (Hey, these guys read Popular Hot Rodding. Isn't that cheating?), The Lost Z/28 (Camaro fans, you'll love or hate Jeff after reading his story), The Forge Show (Remember in the '80s when every TV show had a cat burglar episode? That guy would have made a killing here), Crash-A-Rama (John McGann had to use his catlike reflexes to dodge all the flying debris), Ice Racing (Lithium-ion batteries work best in subzero temperatures - just ask David) Out Back - On The Rack (Are the girls hot this month? Um, yeah), Junkyard Crawl (We saw a California GS at a car show four months ago. Magneto found one in the yard), Behind The Scenes (We really should start shooting article leads like Jeff used to back in the day), Rear View (We have so much cool stuff downstairs, we could start a photo agency)
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October
Up Front - This Month On CarCraft.co, (Summer Nats, Summer Nats, and more Summer Nats); Front Man (This is the stuff that keeps Glad up at night); Reader's Pages (Wow, no hate mail this month. Are we doing something wrong?); Action!! ("Houston, we have liftoff"); Straight Scoop (Look past the lame microcars and you'll see a sweet Corvette due out next year) Greasy Stuff - This Guy's Garage (Who knew seeing Hondas would land you so many muscle cars?); Speed Shop (Mopar guys, rejoice. It just got a little cheaper to build a 440); Horsepower! (This old-school big-block churns out more power than you might think); 70HP Head Swap (This engine was no slouch to begin with, either); Alignment Basics (Don't know your castor from a toe in the ground? Smith will straighten you out); Install Cutouts And Flamethrowers (Impress your friends, annoy your neighbors); Steering Wheel Install (The CC/Rambler gets a new wheel. At least the old one wasn't sticky like GM cars from the '70s and '80s); Emulsion Tube Trickery (Smith loves carbs - carburetors, that is. Come to think of it, he's not averse to carbohydrates, either); Automatic Overdrive Overview (Swap in an overdrive and watch your mileage skyrocket, if you care about that sort of thing); What's Your Problem? (Smith also likes fuel lines, and he's happy to share his knowledge) Fun Stuff - Krass & Bernie (This is why we prefer not to be famous); Joe Mencacci's '70 Javelin (AMC fans will freak over Joe's awesome cross-ram intake); Jeff Beaufoy's '70 Nova (Mopar fans will enjoy this turncoat's new brand of choice); Anti-Tour 2009 (Gray skies are gonna clear up. Put on a happy face) Out Back - On The Rack (John almost asked one of these girls out. She'd have turned him down, anyway); Junkyard Crawl (X marks the spot of the final resting place for these old Chevys); Behind The Scenes (Glad was at a Ford racing press event and brought back pictures); Rear View (We're sorry about this one)
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December
Up Front - Front Man (Here's a Vanilla Ice reference. Didn't see that coming); Readers' Pages (We almost managed to fill this whole section with Camaros); Straight Scoop (Mustangs in NASCAR? Or just a car of tomorrow with Mustang stickers?) Greasy Stuff - This Guy's Garage (Jake Osborn has a good idea for an oddball Thunderbird and a Grand Marquis engine); Speed Shop (Easy car wax and a new Boss 351 block - not things we'd normally pair up); Horsepower! (It's an LS - no wait - that's a big block? What the hell is that thing?); Replace Rusty Sheetmetal (We risk tetnus and transmission blowouts to breathe life into our '64 El Camino); Rooftop Metalflake (It's a better way than a vinyl roof, in our opinion); Sleeper Small-Block (Part two of our stealthy, big-inch small-block. We added a lot of power without spending a lot of dough); Where Do I Get That? (No, it's not a guide to communicable diseases. This is Smith's treatise on where to find the best deals on oddball parts); Turbo Pontiac Cranks 744 Lb-Ft (We love that this thing still breathes through a Quadrajet); What's Your Problem? (A reader's engine-build update and a publisher's fashion faux pas. Oh, my eyes) Fun Stuff - Krass & Bernie (Add one more 6 to the page number and you'll get a preview of what the guys are spooked about this month); Eight Is Not Enough (In spite of the title, Smith refrained from any Dick Van Patten references in this copy); Tim Sockness' '98 Ranger (This was our favorite vehicle from this year's Summer Nationals); Car Craft Summer Nationals 2009 (Read about the rest of the cars we saw in St. Paul) Out Back - On The Rack (As if coverage of the bikini contest wasn't enough); Junkyard Crawl (This broken down Beeper will break your heart); Behind The Scenes (A peek behind the curtain); Rear View (This picture was taken way back in the days when we had a travel budget)
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