Hot Rod - 1996

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January
Cover Stories - What's Hot For '96 (Fearless predictions for the new year.), '50 Ford (ZZ Top Billy Gibbon's snaky new ride, Kopperhed.), '56 Chevy (A second son from the Green Machine concept.) Street Machine - '68 Camaro (Smokey Yunick's infamous road-race Camaro is back.) Special Section - Hot Parts Buyers' Guide - Driveline Parts, Chassis'Suspension Parts, Interior Parts, Parts For Under $50, Engine Parts Tech - Street Hemi Assembly (Building a 90s Elephant Part II.), High-Tech Fuels (Is there really such a thing as liquid horsepower.), Hi-Po Muffler Comparo (Putting the hush on 1300 horsepower doesn't rob power.) People & Places - Bonneville (Speed Week lives up to its name in two ways.), Mopar Nationals (Can there be too many Chryslers in one place?), Woodward Avenue Cruise (Thousands relive the classic Motown cruise.) Rods & Customs - Goodguys Pleasanton (Visiting one of the West's biggest rod runs.), '34 Sedan Delivery (Comp Cams builds a rolling test facility.), Tri-Power Install (Adding triple-deuces isn't as hard as you think.) Hot Rod Bikes - Vulcan 800 Test, '92 FXSTC
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February
Cover Stories - Exclusive: 460 HP V6 Monte Carlo (There may be a rear-wheel-drive Monte in our future); Help Make It Happen (This survey will send your thoughts to Chevrolet) Street Machines - Camaro Z28 SS vs. Cobra vs. Firebird WS6 (Three new factory specials offer a total of 920 horsepower); '71 Nova (A nine-second car that took nine months to build); '57 Plymouth (Suddenly, it's Hot Rod history alive again) Tech - Cover Story: Budget Bolt-Ons & Easy How-Tos (These upgrades are affordable and easy to do, too); Easy Jet Swaps (The Carb Shop's new Speed Blocks make it a breeze); Floorpan Replacement (How to repair that Flintstone Flyer); Car Care Buyers' Guide (Taking care of your ride means more than just a bucket and a sponge) Special Bonus Section - How To Drag Race; Super Street Racers' Tips; Safety Requirements; Drag Race Track List People & Places - Cover Story: Fastest Street Cars In America (The NMCA Finals in Memphis are bigger and faster than ever) Rods & Customs - Halibrand Quick-Change Install (Follow these steps to a new rearend); '51 Anglia (One man's dream street rod comes to life); '27 Track T Roadster (This historic hot rod is "E-Mack-Ulate"); Pigeon Forge (A Tennessee hot rod brings out the best) Hot Rod Bikes - Fat Boy; Buell Lightning Departments - Starting Line; Reaction Time; Readers' Rides; Roddin' At Random; New Stuff; Pit Stop; Tech Inspection
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April
Cover Stories: Camshaft Tech - Cover Car: '68 Camaro (Roy Thomas' Pro Streeter is a seven second small block.), Choosing A Cam To Make Power (Tips on selecting the right bumpstick for your engine.), Roller Cam Installation Tips (Adding a roller may be easier than you think.), Cam & Valvetrain Buyers' Guide (Where to find the parts and the pieces you need.) Street Machines - '59 Corvette (A deep purple Fastest Street Car contender.), '55 Chevy (This shoebox has been through more than a few changes.) Tech - Cover Story: Tire/Wheel Tech & Buyer's Guide (Tips on type and fit, plus a lilst of rolling stock sources.), GM's New H.O. 502 (A new crate, big-block plus the new Aurora racing engine.), '57 Chevy Buildup (New sheetmetal for the Pavement Pounder.), Mopar Tranny Upgrade (Adding a late-model overdrive trans to a GTX.) Special Bonus Section - The Best of How It Works, Camshafts, Lifters, Rocker Arms, Valvesprings, Cam Drives , Valves People & Places - Petersen Automitive Museum (Do you want to see a whole collection of Hot Rod feature cars.) Rods & Customs - '38 Chevy (One man's dream street rod comes true.), How To Redo Stainless Trim (It's possible to refurbish those trim pieces.), Header Install (Fitting tubes to street rod applications.), '32 Ford (This traditional highboy is like a slice of vanilla pie.) Hot Rod Bikes - '95 Softail, Footpeg Replacement Departments - Starting Line, Reaction Time, Readers' Rides, Roddin' at Random, New Stuff, Pit Stop, Tech Inspection
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May
Cover Story - America's Most Beautiful Roadster (Behind the scenes of building the Boydster.) Special Section: Super Street Speed Secrets - Super Street Speed Secrets (Tips on how to make your street car quicker.), Ten Seconds For $10,000 (Building a low-buck street/strip Nova - Part 1.), '57 Chevy Buildup (Pavement Powder begins chassis beefing.), Eight-Second Impala (An awesome two-ton street sleeper.) Street Machines - Cover Story: Readers' Rides (Find your car in this special section.), Readers' Beaters (They may be ugly, but they sure are fun.), Hot Rod Rig (Driving the world's biggest hot rod.), '55 Ford (A way-cool, non-Chevy Nifty Fifty.) People & Places - Inside Pro Stock (How Warren Johnson balances on the racer's edge.) Tech - How To Buy Your First Hot Rod (What to look for - and watch out for.), Setting Up A Leaf-Spring Chassis (Readying the Rumble Bee for its 750 hp Hemi.), Chassis/Drivetrain Buyer's Guide (Where to find the best parts sources.) Rods & Customs - '49 T-Bird (That's no type, this is a Bird 'n a Box.), Proper Panel Fit (Getting the gaps right.) Hot Rod Bikes - '87 FXR, Amp Recharger Kit
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June
Cover Story: Paint & Body Tips & Tricks - Proper Prep Tips (How to get your car ready for a new color.), Hot New Colors (The latest hues from DuPont and Hot Rods By Boyd.), How To Make It Work (Tips on fixing door dings and panel creases.), Rust Busting (What to do about the dreaded sheetmetal cancer.) Street Machines - Cover Story: Driving an IROC Firebird (Now this is the way to cruise Daytona.), '69 Chevelle (This Pro Streeter has been - repeatedly - crashed and fixed.), Cover Story: Viper GTS Coupe (Unveiling Dodge's new 450hp hot rod.) Tech - '57 Chevy Buildup (Building Pavement Pounder's exhaust and cooling systems.), Chevy Small-Block Buildup (Pulling power and effeciency from an EFI Mouse.), Planting A Hemi (Operation Rumble Bee gets its Elephant.), Father's Day Gift Buyer's Guide (Looking for ideas for your dear ol' dad.), '72 Nova Buildup (Engine assembly for the 10-second $10,000 Chevy.) People & Places - Cover Story: Detroit Autorama vs. Oakland Roadster Show (Comparing the rod scene East and West.) Rods & Customs - Cover Story: Street Rod Trends (Tracking the latest ideas from nostalgia to high tech.), How To Paint Flames (An easier way to get your car lickin' hot.), '34 Ford Coupe (Evolution best describes this rod's progress.), '29 Model A Sedan (The secret to this newstalgia car is in the details.) Hot Rod Bikes - '95 Softail, Harley Paint Tips
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July
Cover Stories: Horsepower In The '90s - Camaro Then And Now (Comparing our first Camaro project with our latest.), Late-Model Mustang Mods (Building Ford's new pony for speed.), Speed Parts Then And Now (Comparing '60s and '90s go-fast parts.) Street Machines - '72 Nova (Middle-age madness strikes again.), '55 Chevy (Well, it started as just a repaint.), '68 Chevelle (Consider this the Iron Man of Super Speed.) Tech - Cover Story: Cooling System Tips & Tech (How to beat the heat this summer.), Cover Story: Cooling Parts Buyer's Guide (Where to go to help you keep your cool.), '57 Chevy Buildup (Building Pavement Pounder's suspension, driveline and brakes.), EFI Small-Block Buildup (A V8 that's powerful and effecient, too.), Cover Story: Junkyard Gems (Finding the ultimate in low-buck parts.), Nostalgia V8 (This 327 looks as if it came right out of a fuelie Corvette.) People & Places - Cover Story: The Land Speed Record Controversy (Has the sound barrier already been broken?) Rods & Customs - Cover Story: '32 Roadster (Consider this a '90s version of a Cammer Deuce.), New Age Customs (How to mix good looks and highway performance.), '33 Five-Window (A shag-nasty alcohol-burning race rod.) Hot Rod Bikes - '94 Softail, Harley Trailer
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August
Cover Stories: Special Too-Fast Issue - Cover Story: '67 Camaro (Is this the ultimate Camaro?), 190-MPH Charger (Terminal velocity with brick-like aerodynamics.), Super Street Chevelle Buildup (How to build a nine-second street car.), Two Ways To Run Fast (An old-tech Camaro and a new-tech Corvette.) Street Machines - Cover Story: The Coolest Camaros Of All Time (Celebrating 30 years of Chevy ponycars.), '67 Chevy II (A fast street Nova is reborn.) Tech - Cover Story: Low-Buck 670HP Big-Block (Making tons of power with off-the-shelf parts.), Cover Story: Pros Answer Your Tech Questions (Hot tips from industry experts.), Cover Story: Budget Engine Parts Buyer's Guide (Where to find low-dollar, high-performance parts.), '72 Nova Buildup (The low-buck Nova makes budget and hits the strip.), '87 Monte Carlo Roundup (How to build a late-'80s hot rod.) People & Places - Goodguys Pomona Show (Show and go in Southern California.), Remembering Zora Arkus-Duntov (He was more than the father of the Corvette.) Rods & Customs - '40 Mercury (The story of this car reads like a movie script.), Cover Story: 21st Century Street Rods (Taking traditional rods into the next century.), Why Do Rods Boil? (Get the heat out of your engine compartment.), How To Choose A Manifold (Street rod intakes to match your application.) Hot Rod Bikes - '94 Softail, New Edelbrock Heads
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September
Cover Stories: Power Tour/Power Festival - Power Tour (2900 miles of tire smoke and dead dinosaurs.), Power Festival (Twice as big as last year and killer race action.) Street Machines - '65 Corvette (Steve Gantz's too-red, too-low, too-cool plastic fantastic.) Tech - Cover Story: GM's Gen III Small-Block (An exclusive look at every technical detail on the new small-block Chevy.), Cover Story: Reader's Tech Tips (Tricks, tools and insight from the HOT ROD faithful.), Spindle Extenders (Better handling throughinexpensive bolt-on parts.), 840 Horsepower From 540 Cubes (Building the Lunati Chevelle's Rat motor for nine-second e.t.'s.), '87 Monte Carlo Buildup (Binders and suspenders for PAW's G-body.), Ignition Tech (Karl Brauer climbs Jacob's ladder in search of a better spark.), Mail-Order Engines (How to get horsepower from a mail truck.) Rods & Customs - Plymouth Prowler (Another HOT ROD exclusive! First drive in Plymouth's new hot rod.), '39 Chevy (Dan Jacobs' Troy-Built Predator gobbles up our studio, then the road.), Ford Spotter's Guide (Thom Taylor shows how to tell the difference between '49, '50 and '51 Fords.), Brake Tech (Tips to keep your rod's brakes on the straight and, well, straight.) Hot Rod Bikes - Forward Pegs For The Sportster, '72 Sportster
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October
Cover Story - 50 Customizing Tips & Tricks (Make your car stand out from the me-too crowd.) Street Machines - '55 Chevy (Dennis Terzich builds another winner shoebox.), '69 Camaro (Kris Kahabka's yellow cover car in vivid detail.), '55 Lincoln Capri (Baskerville has a blast with Varni's Stinkin' Lincoln.) Tech - Cover Story: How To Build Your First Engine (How to make your first time easier - and get better results.), Cover Story: Trick Tools & Gadgets (We raid the catalogs and come up with some real droll tools.), '87 Monte Carlo Buildup (The final installment on PAW's Project F-Force Monte.), '70 Chevelle Buildup (The Lunati Chevelle gets chassis and drivetrain details plus paint.), Cover Story: Exhaust Buyer's Guide (Stuff to enhance the fourth stroke,) People & Places - Goodguys Indy (More than 3,000 street rods converge on Speed City.), One Lap Of America (No sleeping allowed on this banzai blast across the country.), Cover Story: Power Tour '96 Photo Album (More notes and snapshots from the road - can you see your car?) Rods & Customs - '40 Willys (In memory of a fallen comrade.), Cover Story: '33 Highboy Buildup (SplitFire starts work on its hottie.), Budget Beater Update (Little things to make the '31 roadster even more road-sorthy.), Cover Story: '55-'57 Chevy Spotter's Guide (Thom thumb pins the tri-Chevy's for visual recognition.) Hot Rod Bikes - Boyds Bolt-Ons
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November
Cover Stories - '70 Chevelle Buildup (Final details and testing on Lunati's Street Heat Chevelle.), Ten Steps To Performance (A to Z on how to hot rod your car.) Street Machines - '56 T-Bird (Past meets present in Chris Dixon's newstalgia Thunderbird.), Swingin' '60s (A new trend: examples on hot rodding early '60s big cars.), Swingin' '60s Sketchpad (Thoms's thumb gets creative with Buford's, MoPar's and others.) Tech - Blower Tech (Whipple puts the screws to your low-power blues.), Cover Story: Induction Parts (Suck your way to horsepower with this buyer's guide.), Cover Story: Nitrous vs. Blowers (To squeeze or to blow, that is the question.), Hot Rodding The 4L80E Trans (Bulletproof durability and overdrive. What more could you ask for?), Shock Absorber Relocation (Relocating rear shocks for tire clearance.) People & Places - Power Your Photo Album (Highlights from East of the Mississippi.), Fastest Street Car Race (At Mid-Michigan, when ten grand is on the line, the racing gets serious.), Cover Story: Americruise (On the road with Gray and the pre-49 set.) Rods & Customs - '32 Highboy (Keith Crane's flamed flat-attack.), '33 Fords (Alloway vs. Clark. Coupe vs Roadstger. Two hot.), '33 Highboy Buildup (Part two of the Lobeck-built, SplitFire beauty.) Hot Rod Bikes - '80 FLH, Carburetor Improvements
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December
Cover Stories - S-S-S-Sidewinder (Dodge's concept Dakota is all Viper underneath.), The Best Of 1996 (Best crashes, best races, best bikinis.), Top 10 Hot Rods Of The Year (After the yelling stopped, we chose the best of the best.) Street Machines - Time Warp Nova (Re-created in the best Bill Thomas style, circa 1962.), Super Deuce 9Mark Enwia's '67 Chevy II: street legal small-block in the eights.), Underhood Inspection (Bob Hood's meticulously prepared eight-second Nova.) Tech - Curing Holley Hiccups (Simple tune-up for the 1850 600-cfm four-barrel.), Back To The Future (In Part 2, the OBD II Camaro breathes easier.), CHC Power (Lingenfeiter's computer-ported cylinder-head packages.), Hot New Parts For 1997 (Trick stuff you can't live without.) People & Places - Atlanta Power Fest (Hot cars, hot stuff, hot times.), It's A Drag Race! (Hot Rod's Street Car Drag Racing Series reviewed.), Street Rod Nationals (Let me stand next to your fire!) Rods & Customs - Low Bucket (Dave Gadbury's 46,000 '23 T "prime evil".), Performance V Finale (SplitFire's '33 is a masterful piece.), '55-'56 Ford Spotter's Guide (The other "shoeboxes".) Drag Racing - The Heads Up News Departments - Starting Line; Reaction Time; Readers' Rides; Roddin At Random; New Stuff; Pit Stop; Tech Inspection
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