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February
Features - Spaghetti, Stanley & The Hammerhead Srd. (Monza), Backyard Bodywork (Yes, you can do it yourself), Bondo Quickie (Step-by-step how-to), Welding Quickie (Basic body welding tips), 30 Metal & Fiberglas Tool Tips (Free advice), Free Oats (How to wake up a Pinto 4 gratis), Project Racer Pacer (Wide, small 401 V8 swap), Big Mouth (Holley's 2-bl swap for V6's and 4s), Only The Beginning (Brownfield small-block Chevy heads), Hurst Hatch (More light for GM intermediates), Lord Of The Butterflies (Holley 660 carbs for racing), Dy-No-Mite Datsuns (A 280-Z, B-210 and pickup for fun), Roundy-Round Superbrakes (Airheart's NASCAR models), Detailed Analysis (Bob Lambeck's stocker secrets), Road Test: Colt GT 2000 (Little Supercoupe lost), Baskerville's Gallery (This month's featured cars), Chassis Equipment Buyers Guide (for street and strip) Departments - Bill of Rights, Craw's Corner, SEMA Scene, Street Beat, Post Entry, Reader's Page, Bud's Backyard, Hot Rod Hints, Roddin' at Random, C.J. Talks Tech, Rear-View Mirror, New Stuff, Coming, In Print, Hot Rod Mart, Parting Shot
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April
Features - Chevette: Level One and Climbing (The newest, littlest car ever brought out by Chevrolet is a good dollar value and great new matarial for the fertile design mind of illustrator Harry Bradley. Dig it), Buying Performance Parts: The Right Way (The right way is the cheapest, possible way, and we offer the rodder several ways to go with his money to better the odds), Turbo Basics (In four seperate sections, HRM explores turbocharging basics, installation tips, a buyer's guide and a listing of turbo kit manufacturers), Troubleshooting Electronic Ignitions (Original equipment manufactured electronic ignitions are on the roads by the thousands today, and here's all you need to know when they go out. It's a breakerless boogie), MoPar's 4-Speed Blueprint (One of the stouter OEM transmission around, the Chrysler 4-speed still requires patience and care for top performance), 360 A-Body Bracket Buildup (Chrysler's racing staff in Detroit shows how to take a typical, loaded, legal streeter from mid-15s to mid-12s with factory parts and few dollars), Free Van Game (In the true spirit of the van movement, HRM creates a totally-weird, frustrating sadomasochistic pastime for Truckies), 5-Speed Fixes (The Doug Nash 5-Speed racing transmission is built like a Swiss Watch and consequently needs special care for max performance. Here's how), Baskerville's Gallery (Gregarious Gary gives great cars great coverage through chemistry), Auto Aerodynamics (Drag coeffecients, lift, downforce and several other previously mysterious terms are explained with regard to race car and street machine design), How To Build A Home Workshop (Several approaches, complete with drawings, are offered to the enthusiast with a currently cluttered shop to show how to use all of your inner space), 100 Shop And Tool Ideas (After you have your shop floor plan figured, you might be able to use any or all of these cheap and effective shop tips) Departments - Editorially Speaking, Bill of Rights, Post Entry, SEMA Scene, C.J. Talks Tech, Roddin' at Random, Bud's Backyard, Hot Rod Hints, New Stuff, Hot Rod Mart, Rear View Mirror, Parting Shot
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May
Features - Man On The Run (Top Fuel's Gary Beck has inherited the number one spot in NHRA competition), Driveway Auto Maintenance (With a handful of inexpensive tools and the tops offered here, almost anyone can perform routine car maintenance tasks and save the money for a rainy day), The Wild Bunch (Street freaks get freakier all the time), If Only I'd Known Then What I Know Now (Jack Roush, one half of the fabulous Gapp & Roush Pro Stock and engine-building team, reveals some of the things they've learned while flogging the 289/302), 50 Juicy Tidbits (Half a hundred ideas to make automotive electrical wiring better and safer for you), Rolling Thunder Revue (NHRA calls it the Winternationals, but this year the Pomona event was a lot more than that simple title indicated, with record performances and upsets everywhere), Sweet Judy Blue-Eyes & Her Mean Mother MoPar (Judy Lilly of Colorado is the winningest lady drag racer of all time), Beating The System (The basics of wiring the four major electrical subsystems in your street car), The Great Vacuum Balancing Act (Everyone knows about vacuum inside manifolds, but how about in the crankcase), Nasty Nitrous (Nitrous oxide isn't funny when it comes to street horsepower boosting), Acid Rock (They're just ordinary batteries with problems of their own), When Better Race Cars Are Built...(Buick will build them), New Motors For An Old Speedway (An overall look at some of the radical powerplants expected to show up at Indy), Baskerville's Gallery, Daddy-Longlegs (The 1976 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 455 4-speed, even with all of its smog and safety equipment intact, has become the strongest showroom cruiser in the U.S.) Departments - Editorially Speaking, Bill of Rights, Street Beat, SEMA Scene, Vanstand, Post Entry, C.J. Talks Tech, Roddin' at Random, Hot Rod Mart, Rear View Mirror, Parting Shot
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June
Features - The Unusual Richie Zul (Feature Editor Ro McGenegal digs deep into the mind of a strong Pro Stock contender), History of the GTO (Have you ever wondered what GTO stands for?), Painting With Airbrushes (With a little help you can create your own murals), Street Rod Cooling Systems (Understanding the basics of cooling engines), Monza Fever (Our cover car leads us into a discussion of freaky body bolt-ons), Fiberglas How-To (Step-by-step photos of gluing on wild body panels), Body Panel Shoppers Guide (Where to find all those insane components), 914/302 Porsche Rod Test (A small-block Chevy-powered tractable street rocket), Camshaft Basics (All of the magic was forgotten for this text), Gatornationals Photo Album (Our photographers were there, take a look), A Course in Consistency (Take a quick trip through a unique racing mechanics school), Racing Action, Twin Chevy Suburbans (Part 1: Hot Rod builds a utilitarian tow vehicle), 50 Street Survival Tips (Timely suggestions on how to save time, money, trouble and more), Auto Upholstery For Beginners (A few tips to get you started on your own interior), Used-Car Buyers Guide (Consider these words of wisdom before dropping your cash), Olds 442 Road Test (Still a 442 after all these years, only radically different), A Slam, Bang Daytona 500 (This was not your normal NASCAR finish), Baskerville's Gallery (A solid collection of assorted special interest vehicles), Enduromania (A four-way bike test, and they are all 250s) Departments - Editorially Speaking, Bill of Rights, Van Stand, Post Entry, C.J. Talks Tech, Street Beat, SEMA Scene, Roddin' at Random, Hot Rod Mart, New Stuff, Advertisers' Index, Rear-View Mirror, Parting Shot
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July
Features - NHRA: 25 Years Young (A quarter-century of changes and progress), Compact Musclecars (You'd be amazed at the rewards that come in small packages), Ten Great Rods (The best in the history of the world, in our humble opinion), Metalstripping Basics (Getting old paint off old metal takes special know-how), Devil In Disguise (Our Project IMSA Capri was heavenly to do and superbad when done), V8 Juice For Capris (The basics of swapping in a 302 V8 in place of the 2800 V6), What's It All About, Roger? (When it comes to dynamite Capri body kits, Roger Chastain has all the answers), Kitchen Table Carb Results (If you clean it outdoors, you can rebuild it on your place mats), Rod Test: Combination T (Jon Tedesco's Florida T Touring car sports a blown Ford 289), Rockin' Rolls (A hot rodder's $2400 conversion kit for Monte Carlos), Bracket Racing Car Selection (The secret is consistency when you build for successful bracketeering), Bracket Racing Pictorial (A constellation of cars covering the entire bracket racing spectrum), A Lesson In Anatomy (Getting to the heart of winning bracket race cars), A Bracket Comparison (Two Chicagoland families and their bracket racing formulas for success), Twin Chevy Suburbans (Part II: Final tips on customizing two different Chevy Suburbans), Tune-Up Tools (From beginner to professional, tune into the right tools), CB Basics (HRM tells how to save your green stamps and avoid getting burned with a weenie), 150 Backyard Racing Tips (The greatest collection anywhere, ever, of useful building hints), Baskerville's Gallery (A Datsun-powered Deuce, a Texas funny and other great American cars) Departments - Editorially Speaking, Bill of Rights, New Stuff, Street Beat, Post Entry, SEMA Scene, C.J. Talks Tech, Van Stand, Roddin' at Random, Hot Rod Mart, Advertisers Index, Parting Shot
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August
Features - Williamsburg Rod Run (400 rods blow away the Bicentennial), Martinez & Barth - F/G Vette (Hard luck, low bucks and high hopes), The Raging Pinto (Handling pieces to give 'em something to talk about), Street Rod How-Tos (Backyard ideas you can do yourself), 12-Bolt Magic (Taking the mystery out of prepping rearends), Wonder Water (Getting mileage & performance out of H2O), Jack Roush on Ford's 351C (Budget building a killer small-block Ford), Van-In Pictorial (Neat vans and smilin' vanners), Van-In Craziness (Still crazy after all those beers), Cut-Out Van Model (A little something to do in your spare time), Van-In Activities (Rootin', tootin' competitive vannin'), Three-Van Comparison (What's new in the world of factory street vans), BFG / Hot Rod Van Project - Introduction (B.F. Goodrich, Creative Car Craft and the Hot Rod staffers build a unique Chevy van), BFG Van - Part 1 (Suspension mods), Kenny Youngblood Gets Nuts, Again (Two really wild trucking concepts), Metal Massage (How to bang things into shape), Capri - Part II (Hot Rod revisits the Devil), Baskerville's Gallery (A visual tribute to some neat machinery) Tires / Wheel Section - Tireoglyphics (How to translate sidewalk grafatti), Tire Basics (What you should know about tire construction), Shopping Guide (Let your eyes do the walking), Detect Tire Wear (A little preventive maintenance can keep you rolling) Departments - Editorially Speaking, Street Beat, Backyard Bonus, C.J. Talks Tech, Van Stand, Post Entry, SEMA Scene, Roddin' at Random, Hot Rod Mart, New Stuff, Parting Shot
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September
Features - John Lingenfelter, Racer (John runs a full schedule in two sanctioning bodies), The L.A. Roadster Club (A club that's done a lot over the last 20 years), Inside Smokey Yunick's Bag of Tricks (Smokey talks about a lot of what he's gotten away with), Smokeu's Infamous '67 Chevelle (A car that caused a batch of confusion), Smokey's 355-inch Chevy Secrets (He knows it and shares it all), Street Freaks (Cruisin' for the heart of Saturday night), Street Rod Dash Ideas (There's a clustered message here), A Cool Idea (Intake mainfold cooling mod), Racing Action (Tony Nancy lights it up), Bracket Racing Parts Guide (Goodies to make your racer run), NHRA Sportsnationals (All the tough Sportsmen racers attend), Baskerville's Gallery (Another great collection), The New Porsche 924 (The first water-cooled Porsche), Rod Test (On a wing and a prayer), Quick-Change Holley Jets (You can do it in under 60 seconds), The Denimachine (Giveaway vans worth $18,000), Turbo, DOHC Monza (Ah, the return of the Spyder), Pontiac's All-New 302 V8 (The first new engine in a long time to come out of Detroit), Biker's Bonus (A loadful of driveway troubleshooting tips), BFG Van Project (Customizing the front end), A New Idea in Trailers (Packing it in can be fun) Departments - Editorially Speaking, Post Entry, C.J. Talks Tech, Van Stand, Off The Wall, Roddin' at Random, New Stuff, Hot Rod Mart, Advertiser's Index, Parting Shot
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October
Features - Bowling Green Truck-In (Complete coverage of the biggest van event ever), Deuce Tudor (Bill Desatoff's study in subtlety), Head Porting Kits (The first professional do-it-yourself guide), Youndblood's 1977 Street Freaks (A premier showing of the custom cars of tomorrow), Chevy Rod (The K-rod we've all been waiting for), Automatic Transmission How-To (You can do it yourself), Life Savers' Fabulous Funny Car Contest (Read and win vehicles from Wonderland), The Jesel Valve Train (A ticket to ride), Montgomery's AA/MC Killer Pinto (High performance for low bucks), Coke How-To Buildup (The Denimachine is in-jean-iously dressed), BFG Part 3 (Future Shock gets more shocking), CB Basics (What's it all about), CB Guide (Whipping your antenna into shape), Smokey Part 2 (Revealing the remainder of his secrets), Motorcycle Performance Tires (Putting bigger holes in your heads), Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest (Fifty-fur t eams get it on), Baskerville's Gallery (Another great constellation of cars) Departments - Editorially Speaking, Post Entry, Van Stand, C.J. Talks Tech, SEMA Scene, Off The Wall, Roddin' at Random, New Stuff, Hot Rod Mart, Advertiser's Index, Parting Shots
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November
Features - Camaro Perfection (It not only looks strong, it's a killer car), Camaro Handling (The late Mark Donohue conceived this package), Rod Test (A '32 Deuce complete with wind in the hair), T-10 Tech Study (How Borg-Warner evolved to its current state of T-10 developments), Early Rod Repro Guide (More and more reproduction parts are being made every day), Future Shock - Part 4 (All that bodywork is fitted with a turbocharged engine), Home Workshop Ideas (Basic tips that can save you money), Denimachine How-To's (Dynamite interior tips and ideas), On The Horsey Side: Part 2 (Ohio George's turbocharged engine secrets), Baskerville's Gallery (A tricked-up tour of outstanding vehicles) Special Events Section - Events Intro (Let us show you what really happened), Street Machine Nationals (More than 1000 freaks electrified Tulsa), Street Rod Nationals (The world's largest open-air show), Bonneville Salt Flats (Playing with the salt of the earth), NHRA Indy Nationals (A lot of upsets seemed to please the spectators), An Unusual Fairy Tale (One man's full-bore attempt at Indy's gold) Departments - Editorially Speaking, Post Entry, C.J. Talks Tech, Van Stand, Off The Wall, New Stuff, Roddin' at Random, In Print, Hot Rod Mart, Advertiser's Index, Parting Shot
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December
Features - 50 Street Rod Building Tips (Everything the novice builder needs to know) Giant Chevy & Vette Section - A Wide-Awake Chevelle Sleeper (The secrets behind a top-street racer); The New Mirage IMSA-Style Monza (A sight for sore eyes); The Complete Chevy Parts Guide (We've got Chevy's numbers); The Latest In Oil Pan Mods (Extra horsepower the easy way); Four Oddball Chevy Engines (They're weird and wonderfully powerful); Helpful Heavy Chevy Racing Hints (A low-buck way to victory); Giant Chevrolet Pictorial Section (Covering the entire Stovebolt spectrum); Small-Block Chevy Racing Comparison (How they're modified to run in three different areas); Chevy Suspension And Chassis Ideas (For bracket cars and other racers); Professional Paint Detailing (Beauty is skin deep); Denimachine Part 4 (Finishing up those great interior ideas); Baskerville's Gallery (And the hits just keep on coming); Building A Street Rod For 50 Cents A Pound (At that price, how can you resist); Spectacular Smash-Up Pitorial Series (Frightening photos of a too-close call); B.F. Goodrich Future Shock Part 5 (This final installment gets into the space-age interior); Mucho Macho Jeep J-10 (A 4WD killer with style) Departments - Editorially Speaking; Post Entry; New Stuff; C.J. Talks Tech; In Print; Roddin' At Random; Off The Wall; Hot Rod Mart; Advertisers' Index; Parting Shot
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