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| April |
Features - 2005 Corvette C6 (All the positive changes that Chevrolet made to the new Corvette); 1971 Dodge Dart Swinger (Long-distance touring in a sublime 340-powered Swinger Special); 1971 AMC Hornet SC/360 (How an American Motors fanatic built his own hairy Hornet); 1967 Ford Fairlane 500 (Ultra-rare W-code Fairlane fastback and its 4-barrel, 427-cu.in., V-8); GMC Syclone vs. Dodge Rampage (Big pickup goes head-to-head with little pickup. Who's faster?); The Wings Of War In 1970 (Chrysler's ultimate weapon in big-league Stock Car Racing); Misty Mountain Hoppin' (The big Bristol Bash, hosted by muscle car supplier Year One); George Berejik (How a New Englander drag racer achieved national fame with his 4-4-2s); Supercharged Shootout (Three supercharged Fox-chassis Mustangs pound the 1320) Technical Reviews - Corvette Buyer's Guide (What to look out for when buying a 1978-79 fastbacl); Camaro Restoration (Husband and wife team up to restore a 1970 Camaro SS); Electronic Fuel Injection (ACCEL/DFI's Plug-and-Play kit for do-it-yourselfers) Columns - Four-Door Fun (Editor Richard Lentinelio elevates the status of having two extra doors); Production Line (Here's a sneak peak at Detroit's hot offerings for the coming year); Muscleaneous (Important speed news, views, events and club happenings to come); Speedobilia (More groovy stuff that your wife will think is useless, but you won't); Mini Muscle (The latest large-scale die-casts to make-em-yourself plastic kits); Backfire (More "This is the greatest car magazine ever" letters of praise); Give Me Back The Old Days (Ray Bohacz fondly recalls the days of bomb shelters and the Cold War); Pontiac's 'Lil GTO (Ken Gross looks back on the car that turned Hot Rods into "Street Rods"); Misguided Perceptions (Hib Halverson provides the proof that GM's cars are superior to imports); Go-Fast Goodies (The latest parts to make your performance car run faster and handle flatter); Hot Rod Heroes (Wally Parks: The man who made extreme acceleration respectable); Vintage Racers (The Chevrolet-powered Sprint Car that beat the Offys); Auction Action (Excessive cents overpowered good sense at the B-J Scottsdale shindig); Ask Ray (Problems. Problems. Problems. Answers. Answers. Answers); Swap Meet (Real transmissions for real men: How to identify a Muncie 4-speed); Cruisin' & Racin' (The show season ain't here yet, but these events will keep you busy 'til then); The Fine Art Of Parts (Parts hoarder Jim McGowan explains why collecting parts is in our DNA) |
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| May |
Features - 1960 Ford Thunderbird (Built to run in NASCAR, it's a one-of-one street survivor); 1967 Buick GS-400 (Supplicating to subtliety in a deceptively docile-looking drop-top); Monterey Muscle (Recalling the glory of American road racing dominance in the Sixties); 1969 Chevrolet Nova SS396 (An innocent-looking L78 coupe that rips off 12s on street rubber); 1960 300F vs. 2005 300C (A premium of Chrysler power, from yesterday and today, squares off); 1967 Pontiac Firebird (One man's determined effort to reanimate a ratty desert castoff); Long Island Stormers (Before Blue Oyster Cult brought notoriety to the island, it was drag heaven); Jim Wrangers (Talking collectible Pontiacs with the passionate publicity prodigy); Catalog Directory (Oodles of notices about neat stuff on which you can unload your boodle); Corrosion-Clean Classics (Hunting zero-rust muscle parts in the dust-dry dessert Southwest) Technical Reviews - Tire Tech (Helping your ride to get a grip with today's high-performance radials); Hard-Working Chevelle (A no-nonsense 1966 two-door Maliby that loves street/drag duty); Dodge Charger Buyer's Guide (Avoid getting clipped when you're shopping for a dramatic 1968-70 hardtop) Columns - The New Awakening (Starting your next project and enjoying it while you work); Production Line (The goodies that the domestic manufacturers are ready to unleash); Muscleaneous (A rundown of happenings to come in the Muscle Nation); Speedobilia (Let your kids get scholarships; buy this stuff instead); Mini Muscle (Scale performance cars, the best reason to buy a bigger house); Backfire (We don't need no stinkin' Dr. Laura; our readers love us); Use It Or Lose It (Ray Bohacz will convince you to drive that muscle car, lest it atrophy on you); Homilies On Hemi Hegemony (Ken Gross explains his gut-wrenching desire for Chrysler's heavy hammer); Quixotic Quad-Engine Quest (Hib Halverson ruminates on Michey Thompson's heroics at Bonneville); Go-Fast Goodies (Innovation revealed; the right stuff to make your muscle stronger); Hot Rod Hero (Vinny Napp, a great drag promoter who brought kids into the sport); Vintage Racers (A vicious Hemi-powered sports racer that assaulted the road courses); Auction Action (The bargain hunters roll into Phoenix after the big-buck deals leave town); Ask Ray (Our resident savant handles your most intimate questions on muscle tech); Swap Meet (Getting ultra-specific on the vagaries of GM's 12-bolt Posi-traction rear); Cruisin' and Racin' (The only social calendar you need as spring rumbles on the scene); "A" Is For Avaricious (Jim McGowan decries the lustful piggishness that's contaminating the market) |
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| June |
Features - 1972 Plymouth GTX-R (The injected-wedge canyon racer Chrysler didn't build finally became reality); Got $25K? (Twenty-five very opinionated cognoscenti tell you what's a smart $25,000 investment); 1965 Shelby G.T.350S (Bankruptcy avoidancce tactics: Don't get reamed for a real one, build one just as good); 1973 Chevrolet Vega (The flip-top Vega Funny Car that launched a thousand fantasies as Jim Liberman staged it); 2004 Ford Focus SVT (Getting real and raucous with Ford's vest-pocket, $18,000 cardiac case study); 1977 Z28 vs, 1978 Trans Am (They're not disco-era dinosaurs, GM ponies had distinct personalities, of a sort); 1963 1/2 Mercury Comet (When the storied S-22 treatment was bestowed o a surprisingly lithe compact hardtop); Craig Jackson (Prognostications on tomorrow's tumultous muscle market by one of industry's sharpest); Road Course Ponchos (The lowdown on Pontiac's tepid, torturous trip through the Tran-Am series) Technical Reviews - Buick Gran Sport Buyer's Guide (Evaluating nearly forgotten 1973 and 1974 coupes from the dawn of Colonnade styling); 1968 Plymouth Road Runner (The insipirational story of a lady who overcame adversity to restore a landmark Mopar); 1970 Chevrolet Nova (A hand-me-down, Stovebolt-powered Nova that's a nitrous-juiced terror) Columns - Painting Cars (With paint stuck under his fingernails, editor Lentinello gives some useful painting advise); Production Line (Be a fly on the wall while the industry contemplates its latest ripper notions); Muscleaneous (Get down with the pound-the-ground crowd now that spring's back around); Speedobilia (Buy your own Father's Day gifts; at least you won't surreptitously return these); Mini Muscle (Ethan Allen can't decorate your digs as nicely as these metal masters); Backfire (Not even Haight-Ashbury in the summer of 1967 comes close to this lovefest); On Hallowed Ground (Ray Bohacz tells tales of American pride at Ford's fabled River Rouge assembly plant); Storrow Drive Sleeper (Ken Gross recalls tearing up the Brahmins in a tank-like Ford that was anything but); Round And Black (Hib Halverson clues you in on the mysteries of tread patterns, aspect ratios and inflation); Go-Fast Goodies (Open wallet, pull out plastic, dial customer service, get respect); Hot Rod Hero (Ed Eaton, the lawman who brought drag-racing order to the Wild East); Vintage Racers (A big pre-war Chevy prairie schooner that stormed across the Bonneville Salt Flats); Auction Auction (Who's bidding what for which favorite trapping of their youth); Ask Ray (From the winds of northwestern New Jersey comes this month's ration of sagacity); Swap Meet (Hallelujah! A treatise on disc-brake conversions that doesn't flagrantly plug an advertiser); Cruisin' And Racin' (So the buds are starting to pop; quit being a mope and start burning some rubber); Trickle-Down Muscle (How the torch of torque is being passed to the next generation) |
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| July |
Features - 1965 Dodge Coronet (Defining brutality with this mean clone of the factory A990 lightweight); Money For Muscle (Financing on the cheap is available, but watch that federal deficit); 1979 Buick LeSabre Turbo (Huffing away with a boosted, low-option full-size coupe); 1982 Chevrolet Corvette (The Commemorative Edition of this legend was sadly underpowered); Corvair Chronology (A walk through the history of Chevy's innovative rear-engine compact); Dueling 1969 Shelby Mustangs (Self-shifting survivors from the last generation of the massaged Mustangs); 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser GT (DCX's little cutie turns into a litle mercenary, thanks to an SRT-4 transplant); Gas It, Dude! (The wild and wooly world of 1960's Gasser competition in Buckeye Country); Arnie "The Farmer" Beswick (Crippling, painful adversity couldn't blunt this Pontiac superstar's determination); Car Corralling (At Spring Carlisle, neat cars seeking buyers are everywhere you look) Technical Reviews - The Evolution Of Javelin Styling (A fascinating journey through AMC's pony-car catchup saga); Chevelle SS Buyer's Guide (Bowtie buffs salivate over the 454-cu. in. A-bodies built from 1970 to 1972) Columns - Transition Time (Our editor-in-chief explains why, in due time, everything changes in life); Production Line (Chevy supercharging,, flubbed Ford appellation and a pedal-pusher legend returns); Muscleaneous (The search for real American heroes, and the summer of Corvette); Speedobilia (You can't take it with you. So before it's grabbed in probate, spend it on this stuff); Mini Muscle (American racing history lives on gloriously in scale, and you can still race it); Backfire (Reader's spend their own $25,000, salute quality journalism and debate "who's on first"); Dirty Little Secrets (Ray Bohacz, our in-house technofreak, discloses his romance with the big rigs); Hell Hath No Fury (Airing the family's dirty laundry, Ken Gross recalls the car his father didn't buy); Seeing The U.S.A. (Hib Halverson searches for a Corvette Z06, and discovers the real America); Go-Fast Goodies (Wanna get faster? Need more attitude? These items will help you); Hot Rod Hero (Harry A. Miller, who turned the early American race car into a work of art); Vintage Racer (The Mustang Boss 302 that helped Ford nip AMC in the 1970 Trans-Am slugfest); Auction Action (Shopping for American performance amid Atlantic City's "gaming" palaces); Ask Ray (With wit and wisdom, our patriotic pundit gives you the righteous tech gouge); Swap Meet (Jim O'Clair has the full lowdown on getting a Borg-Warner T-5 five-speed manual); Cruisin' And Racin' (All the latest on where the tribe gathers to ritualize the muscle car); Stuff! (Like a chipmunk with its acorns, Jim McGowan loves to hoard obscure components) |
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| August |
Features - 1965 Pontiac GTO Royal Bobcat (How Pontiac's regal performer responded to the Royal (Bobcat) treatment); Musclepalooza (Sun, show and speed on a springtime Sunday and believe it, the joint was jumping); 1964 Studebaker Lark R3 (Rare doesn't even begin to describe this supercharged Studebaker powerhouse); Don't Get Ripped Off (The military used intelligence to avoid bad outcomes. So should you); 1987 Dodge Shelby CSX (Shelby's first massaged Shadow front-driver gets a Lotus-tuned heart transplant); Buick GS455 vs. Pontiac LeMans 455 (Dueling Seventies-era big-block A-body droptops make for hot fun in the summertime); Lou Vignogna (Making small-displacement Mopars run fast with the big boys); 2004 Pontiac GTO (Jeff Koch recommends you drive the new GTO before you pass ill-informed judgement); Pikes Peak (In the Sixties, Pikes Peak was where top drivers arrowed American performance cars into the sky) Technical Reviews - 1972 Hurst/Olds Vista Cruiser Pace Wagon (Resurrecting a rarely spotted piece of Indy race history); Let's Cheat (Careful valve tuning sets power onto the path of least resistance); Corvair Corsa Turbo Buyer's Guide (Chevrolet's boosted 1965-66 Corsa is performance in a totally different package) Columns - Striking A Blow For Righteousness (Jim Donnelly revisits why this magazine. and its readers, are important); Production Line (Detroit's car kitchen mixes fast and edgy haute cuisine with leftover comfort food); Muscleaneous (Craig Fitzgerald gives you Kitty Kelly-like skinny on what's happening); Speedobilia (You still have a few square feet of shelf space left, right? Use it properly); Mini Muscle (Hey, you never heard us say that only full-size cars are collectible); Backfire (Do you prefer you monthly copy of HMM dog-eared, or plastic-wrapped and pristine?); Do I Have To Like Them? (Ray Bohacz distances himself from the journalist crowd, as only he can); Little GT...uhO (Ken Gross offers his two cents on Pontiac's reborn high-performance coupe); An Ode To The J.C. Whitney Catalog (Hib Halverson gets back to his roots with "Everything Automotive"); Go-Fast Goodies (Spend your hard-earned money before the IRS gets its hooks in it); Hot Rod Hero (Drag racing pioneer Shirley Muldowney blazed a trail by sheer determination); Vintage Racers (Ole! The 1954 Lincoln Capri that won the grueling Carrera Panamericana); Auction Action (Cunning coverage of the Carlisle All-Ford Nationals' car corral); Ask Ray (Dispensing astute mechanical wisdom is what Mr. Bohacz does best); Swap Meet (Getting a charge, literally, out of Jim O'Clair's informative tech upgrades); Cruisin' And Racing (Pull oft that dust cover and tank up on pricey premium. Lets's go for it!); Masterly, Lalignant Misanthropes (Automotive know-it-alls really get Jim McGowan's goat) |
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| October |
Features - 1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator (When the Mustang morphed into a mellifluous blend of power and panache); Fast Assets (Is the needle of reality about to pop the bubble of giantic muscle-car prices?); 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 (It's disciplined, it's unmolested, and it's still in the garage of its first owner); 2004 Cadillac CTS-V (Proof positive that a motivated General Motors can indeed built world-class cars); Bullitt Brethren (Two antiheroes from Ford: a 1966 Mustang 390 GT and the 2001 Bullitt GT); Family Tradition (Rick Moroso is growing the performance giant his father created from scratch); 1950 Oldsmobile 88 (More than a half century ago, the Rocket epitomized American high performance); Empire State Embroilments (Not that long ago, the roar of big-bore horsepower echoed through the Hudson Valley); 2004 Chevrolet Impala SS (Is a supercharded front-driver worthy of the SS badge? Decide for yourself); Carlisle All-GM Nationals (If the guys on The Fourteenth Floor let it be built, it had a place of honor here) Technical Reviews - Restoration Profile (The resurrection of a 1970 Plymouth 'Cuda 440-6 with no options); 1969 Camaro Buyer's Guide (We'll tell you how to select one of the greatest pony cars of all time) Columns - Held Up Without A Gun (Jim Donnelly's nightmare scenerio: The authorities legally seizing your muscle car); Production Line (If Detroit decides to build it, or is even thinking about it, Craig Fitzgerald will fill you in); Muscleaneous (We ponder American culture, unlike PBS, through the prism of high-performance cars); Speedobilia (Drag-racing history presented in two different media, and worthwhile Pontiac engine tech); Mini Muscle (Steve Martin used to blather "Let's get small." We make those words meaninfgul); Backfire (The Muscle Nation weighs in on why lawyers shouldn't litigate our lexicon); The First Muscle Car: Older Than You (Jeff Koch votes on the very first muscle car. His choice will surprise you); Magnum Force (Not Dirty Harry wasting David Soul and Tim Matheson, but Ken Gross in a neat car); (Improving) Quality Time (Hib Halverson discusses what product quality and HUMMER-hammering have in common); Go-Fast Goodies (Mark McCourt conducts our monthly roundup of worthwhile hi-po purches); Hot Rod Hero (The saga of the late C.J. "Pappy" Hart, who first discovered that people would pay to race); 1946 Novi Governor Special (The sinister supercharged screamer that Henry Ford may have urged for Indianapolis); Weekend Warriors (Our new addition to HMM, a look at bracket racers from the era of old-school muscle); Auction Action (Dollar-related doings during Barrett-Jackson's stop at the Petersen Automotive Museum); Ask Ray (Like Kwai-Chang Caine in Kung Fu, you come seeking knowledge, and our Ray provides); Swap Meet (Mopar 8 3/4-inch rears are the subject; Jim O'Clair has called the class into session); Cruisin' & Racin' (Where to travel as autumn arrives, meet some people, and lay down some rubber streaks); Here Come Da Judge (Juristic authority is real power, but Jim McGowan lays out its attendant headaches) |
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| November |
Features - 1964 Oldsmobile F-85 4-4-2 (In the beginning, the great performance Olds was based on a police package); 1973 De Tomaso Pantera GTS (A stout Ford Cleveland small-block gets blended into a soulful Italian GT Mangia!); 1967 AMC Rebel 770 (According to the engineer who ran the project, this was the Rebel Machine's progenitor); Ford vs. Buick (A 1970 Torino Cobra squares off against a 1972 Buick GS on the mean streets of Rhode Island); Crossing Generation (Willie Stroppe, who's lived "Total Performance" through a lifetime of Ford competition); 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle Funny Car (The FXers kept dipping the bodies, then Bruce Larson had the brilliant idea to use fiberglass); Trans-Am Cougars (Mercury wasn't suposed to win the 1967 Trans-Am title, but that's nearly what happened) Technical Reviews - Bolt-On Power! (A review of equipment that can easily make your GM A-body a lot stronger); Restoration Profile (A rare 1971 Plymouth Sport Fury GT, with complex stripes); 1966-1967 Pontiac GTO Buyer's Guide (A close look at two remarkably different cars from successive model years); Seal It The Right Way (Confused by the welter of goop-laden tubes on the shelf? Here's Sealants 101) Columns - After The Wake (So, what's going to happen to your megabuck mucle car when you're finally in the ground?); Production Line (A better "new GTO," a GT successor, and a Corvette ad blitz that flopped embarrassingly); Muscleaneous (Retro cars just keep on rolling, and a listing of our theme issues for 2005); Speedobilia (An inexpensive muscle history, an even cheaper T-shirt, and a vital Buick Turbo guide); Mini Muscle (Diecast replicas to intrigue fans of anniversary Corvettes, Mustangs and big-block Mopars); Comparative Virtues (Jeff Koch wonders, if a Hemi Road Rummer faced off against a CTS-V, who'd be the winner?); Affordable Muscle (A Ken Gross essay on the democratization of high performance following World War II); The Brake Shudder Syndrome (Hib Halverston rwlla you qhy ewxwnr GM hi-po cars love to eat their brakes prematurely); Go-Fast Goodies (Pieces to dampen crank vibration, aid high-rpm operation and pull in your satellite stations); Hot Rod Hero (Doc Watson, the guy who invented the vaunted Hurst/Olds); Vintage Racers (The sole big-block 427 Shelby Cobra build specifically for drag racing); Weekend Warriors (A Manhattan banker spends his playtime racing a 12-second '69 Charger); Monterrey, 2004 (All the good, and rarely cheap, performance cars offered in the shadow of Pebble Beach); Auction News (What experienced auction-goers have in their bag of tricks, and two potential Mopar bargains); Ask Ray (The sage from the New Jersey highlands weighs in with solutions to complex problems); Swap Meet (Jim O'Clair maps out the vagaries of the Carter AFB four-barrel, along with its accessories); Cruisin' & Racing (Coast to coast, we lay out the venues where you can go lay down some sticky rubber); Stand Up And Be Counted (Don't like how politicians trash older cars? Jim McGowan says, "You have the power") |
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