Hot Rod - 1977

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January
Features - Coupe De Race (One rod that belongs on Bonneville), Street Rod Goodies (A guide to some street rod mods), How To Build a $1100 Bracket Racer (And win on a budget), A Comparitive Look at Two Bracket Racers (They do it for love, not money), The 1976 Winston World Championship Series (Tharp, Prudhomme, Jenkins, Muldowney, et al), A "Paranoid" Camaro Bracket Car (With 10.70 e.t.s., it's the competition that should worry), High-Country Custom (Dave & Edie Cox's dynamite doorless '73 Ford), Supercharged 392 '51 Austin Pickup (They call it "Cap'n Crunch" - and crunch it does), Concealed Nitrous Cheating Tricks (How to fly and hide it), Pull-Out Racing Calendar (This one is good all year), Bracketire Basics (Selecting race tires for brackets is tricky business), The New Kawasaki KZ650 (750cc performance for under two grand), 120 Dynamite Bracket Racing Tips (The most complete collection anywhere), Custom-Fitting Your New Intake Manifold (There are a number of tips to consider), "Brute Force" Burns Bright (One of the hottest pictures you'll ever see), A Mellow Yellow '33 Willys (Quite a slippery low-profile jammer), Denimachine Part 5 (Performance and economy mode, plus a batch of custom treatments), Sound Down (California tightens up on noise legislation), The Limited Edition '77 Trans-Am (A collectors item in our own time), Weber Bred (A fast and frugal "Kompressed Kamaro) Departments - Editorially Speaking, Post Entry, Roddin, at Random, New Stuff, C.J. Talks Tech, Hot Rod Mart, In Print, Backyard Bonus
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June
Features - The Marque Of Shelby (History of the Cobra and the designer, Carroll Shelby); Jack Mullins' One-Man Pontiac Crusade (Chief of the Pontiac Super Stock racers); Secret Heads For The Small-Block Chevys (Never-before-shown factory "porcupine" heads); Jim Evans' Hot 'N' Hammered '40 Chevy (This beauty proves there's no rider like a lowrider); Atlanta 500: Life In The Fast Lane (Fastest qualifier Richard Petty wins with a record 144-mph average speed); Joe Threatt's H/SA Mustang (How to turn your virtually stock '72 Mustang into a Street Eliminator winner); Small-Block Chevy Offset Stud Kit (Now you can run high-ratio rocker arms on the street); The "Chrome Kids" '50 Merc (What do you say about a purple body with green flames?); Robert Urquidez-s Low-Steppin' Stepside (A '68 'n' '71 Chevy combo guaranteed to please); Flaming Passion (Jim Talaga's '32 Ford Coupe); Vantasyland (Vini Bergeman's van is a dream come true); Jim McCashin's 427 Shelby Cobra Screamer (Come ride with us in a $30,000 + sports car); Prize Catch (An immaculate black '32 three-window coupe); Like Father, Like Son (Dick and Rick Korkas MoPar-powered '41 Ford); One Trick Vic (John Overbay's '33 Ford Victoria); Champaign Flite (Tony Delio's '32 Plymouth is "deucedly" different); The Best Of Ford Pictorial Review (Henry would be proud of his faithful followers); Randy Linscott's '66 Chevelle (A $10,000 12-second hummer); Movin' On (Jack Ries' Ford F-100 isn't getting older, just better); How To Select Street Carbs & Manifolds (Basic guidelines for choosing the right aftermarket combination); Mario Rossi's 351C NASCAR Engine (How to build a 570-HP Cleveland Ford for a Sunday drive); Trailering And Towing Basics (Towing your trailer with a hitch); Bird Of Prey (Testing Buick's new "even-fire" V6 Skyhawk); Honda's Sporty New "F" Series Bikes (Testing the new CB750F2 and CB400F); The HOT ROD/Monroe Handler Mustang II (Part 1 of the wildest street Mustang project ever); Swifter Shifter (Make your shifter perform better than ever with a few simple tricks) Departments - Editorially Speaking; In Print; Post Entry; Roddin' At Random; New Stuff; Hot Rod Mart; C.J. Talks Tech; Backyard Bonus
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July
Features - Don Prudhomme, King Of The Funnys (A day in the life of a working-class champion); Delivery-Ing The Goods (Andy Tarlow's '36 Ford Sedan Delivery is still on the job); Sam Foose's '48 Ford "Repro-Custom" (An improvement on one of Henry's "better ideas"); Landau Ahead (Ron and Cindy Clapper's '27 Chevy cloth-top coupe); Basic Engine Machining Guide (Explanations of the terms you've heard but never quite understood); Mouse 'N' Cat (Linda Scheib's 350 Chevy-powered Jaguar); 455 Buick Budget Hop-Ups (Kenne-Bell's performance package turns the Buick into a stormer); Mile-High Roadster (Denver's high-altitude calls for some special qualities in a rod); A Little Bit Of Everything (Niblett's '33 Dodge is the automotive equivalent of "kickapoo joy juice"); Pickups, Vans And 4 X 4 Highriders (Off-roaders find a spot alongside traditional trucks 'n' vans); The Truth About Mushroom Lifters (How to get most of the benefits of roller tappets with flat-tappet technology); Test-Driving The Datsun Pace Car (A comparison between the all-out 200-SX pace car and the factory stock version); Hoosier State Harvest (Out of the Indiana cornfields came this '32 Chevrolet sedan); Ricky Marshall's '55 Chevy Lowrider (Marshall proves that six-in-a-low can be down, but not out); Mario Rossi's 351C NASCAR Engine, Part 2 (Concluding the discussion on building a 570-hp Chevrolet Ford); MoPar Bracket Packages (Taking the guesswork out of selecting performance parts); "Magic Pan" Show Bike (Syd DeSoto's wild Harley-Davidson); United Nations (A '48 English Thames that goes mmmmm); NASCAR's Finest: Richard Petty's Dodge (What's red and blue, costs $55,000 and is the scourge of its competition?); Bad Company: New Harley XLCR Cafe Racer (This limited-edition bike looks like 100 mph standing still); 40-Channel CB Buyer's Guide (A whole new dimension in CBing); Homemade Midget (The only things the brothers Janssen didn't make were the tires); Bracket Racing Suspension Basics (Ideas on controlling wheelhop and starting-line inconsistency); Spicer Of Life (An immaculate pearl orange and firemist cinnamon '36 Ford) Departments - Editorially Speaking; Post Entry; New Stuff; Roddin' At Random; In Print; C.J. Talks Tech; Hot Rod Mart; Backyard Bonus
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September
Features - Tommy Ivo's Silver Anniversary (For 25 years Tommy Ivo has been blasting down drag strips), 3-in-1 Chevy II - Part 2 (The importance of planning ahead and the cost of racing in different classes), Family Jewel (Mat Doherty 's '55 Austin-Healy is built for concours and competition), Tall Fellow (Robert Washington's '26 Ford Coupe), Bracket Racing America: Michigan ("Detroit Iron" dominates the E.T. Bracket scene here), Sudden Death II (Steve Lisk's hemi-powered Challenger is the new king of Detroit), Chevy's New Aluminim Small-Block V8 (Is this the next Chevrolet production engine?), Hot Rod / Monroe Mustang II: Engine (Out comes the 302 and in goes a 400+ horsepower Jack Roush motor), New Truck Test: '78 GMC Diablo Pickup (GMC's Z-28 with a pickup bed puts performance back into driving), Family Affair (Jim and Peggy Torelli's together Anglia rod), Mr 54 (This '54 Chevy show-stopper has transported bride and groom to six weddings), Bike Test: Honda's CB400 Series (A look at three new lightweight machines, one with automatic transmission), Lucky Blue Van (Larry Harger's "blue ribbon" Chevy), Charger Trans-Am? (The latest "California Charger" AA/FC has a Pontiac Trans-Am body) Vettes! - Our Favorite Vettes (Hot Rod's editors choose their favorite 'Vettes), 25 Vette Tips (A Vette owners ideas for improving performance and reliability), Giant Vette Color Sections (Nine pages of wild Vettes, eight of them in color), Vette Handling Basics (Parts and tips that make a Vette handle like a vacuum cleaner), Women and Vettes (The only thing better than a Vette is one with a woman in it) Street Guide: Turbos - Turbo Potpourri (What's happening in the turbo world plus installation tips), New Car Test: '78 Buick Regal Turbo (It's 3.8-liter V6 combines 350 V8 power with six-cylinder economy), Rod Test: AMC Turbo Hornet (Don't be fooled by a stock-looking '77 Hornet; it may be Randall American's) Departments - Editorially Speaking, Post Entry, Roddin' at Random, New Stuff, In Print, Hot Rod Mart, C.J. Talks Tech, Backyard Bonus
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October
Features - Rod Test - Rod Simpson's Porschev (Driving a 305 Chevy-powered 011S Road Racer), Bracket Racing: Indiana and Illinois (There's no better place to bracket race in all of America), 3-in-1 Chevy II: Engine Buildup (John Lingenfeiter builds up two 327s for S/S and bracket racing), NHRA Summernats (Top Fuel dominates the action at Englishtown), How To Build a Repro Street Rod - Part 1 (The foundation of it all; the frame), Just a Passing Dream (What happens when you combine a 467-inch ZL-1 and a Kelmark GT kit car), "Orange Juice" Blown Camaro (Bill Kimberly's 6-71 supercharged Z-28), Billy Stepp's New Pro Stock Arrow (Ronnie Sox is back, teamed up with Billy the Kid), Crazy 'Bird (Dave Eatherly's Pontiac Trans-Am takes to the A/Gas warpath), Fred Fabbri's Blown '32 Chevy Coupe (A 6-71 blower and fabbri-cated parts produce a mind blower), '78 New Cars: The Thrill is Back (Detroit's been hard at work putting performance back into driving), New Car Test: Ford King Cobra Mustang II (Easily the most formidible-looking Mustang yet), 500-HP, Blown Small-Block Buildup (You can drive it on the street, yet run high 11s in the quarter), Magic Wheels (Jose Chavez's Dodge van from Sleeping Beauty to Cinderella), Bike Test: Suzuki GS400 Twin (Suzuki enters the 400cc commuter bike wars), Frank Mazi's New CC/A Opel (They said his first Opel couldn't be replaced, but they were wrong), Big Rig: Home-Built VW-Powered 8-Wheeler (Ken Nethken does his trucckin' in a "bugged rig") Special Section: Backyard Tech Tips - Domestic Engine Dimensions (A list of sizes and wwights of popular engines to aid swappers), Braided Stainless Steel-Covered Hose (Although not cheap, they'll enhance your cars appearance and safety), Automatic Transmission Failure Analysis (How to determine what went wrong with your transmission), Brakeline Plumbing (Covering the basics without getting tied up in knots) Departments - Editorially Speaking, In Print, Post Entry, Roddin' at Random, New Stuff, Hot Rod Mart, C.J. Talks Tech, Backyard Bonus
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December
Features - Budget Chevy Pro Stocker (Proving that the "little guy" can make it in pro drag racing); How To Build A Street Freak (Constructing a street freak quickly and economically); Building A Repro Roadster - Part 3 (Making the rod look good is just as important as improving its performance); Bracket Racing America (Bracket racing comes of age in NHRA's Northeast Division); The Great Hot Rod Van Giveaway (The Ulstad's went to the National Truck-In with one Dodge and came home with two); Ken Frey's '69 Nova (A Canadian comes to California to turn his dreams into reality); MoPar Bracket Science (Good news for Chrysler freaks: Direct Connection goes E.T. racing); The Truth About Holley Carb Mods (Are you really getting your money's worth from those high-dollar carb mods?) Chevys And Vettes - Phil Cocuzza's SS/EA Vette (Dog bites and Corvette junkies in Toms River, New Jersey); '78 Silver Anniversary L-82 Corvette (Wider tires, more horses and new fastback styling highlight the Vette's 25th year); Wild Chevy And Vette Pictorial (What may be the best selection of Chevy freaks yet); Corvette Buyer's Guide (Dress-up and performance parts for your Vette); V8 Vega Swap Kits (Making it easy to turn your Vega into a street killer car); Kollofski's Rat-Powered '55 Bel Air (A combination of street rod symmetry and street machine madness); The Third Annual Bracket Nationals (A $45,000 purse attracts over 600 dial-in types to Byron Dragway); Honda 750F2 Bolt-On Mods (Five easy bolt-on pieces from RC Engineering put new life into a Honda); The Rod That Jack Built (A vintage '31 Model A Coupe) Departments - Editorially Speaking; Post Entry; Roddin' At Random; New Stuff; In Print; C.J. Talks Tech; Hot Rod Mart; Backyard Bonus
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