HOT ROD 1979 MAR - HUSTLER 1, ROAD RUNNER, HANKY PANKY

 

Within this issue you will discover the following topics:

1)   RETURN OF THE ROAD RUNNER: More power puts Plymouth's bird on the comeback trail

2)   RED HOTS: Vern Luce's '32 Vicky is one sweet piece

3)   FLAMES HOT LICKS & PAINT TRICKS: How to do it without getting burned

4)   DEJA VU: Chrisman Bros. & Cannon Hustler I dragster rides again

5)   LORD OF THE RINGERS: Steve Fagan's Chevette is a sheep in wolf's clothing

6)   457-HP CHEVY FIREBIRD: The latest exotica from the home of the Macho T/A

7)   BACK TO BASICS--FUEL PUMP CHANGE: Mechanical fuel pump test and replacement procedures

8)   POLICE RADAR--BEAT THE TRAP: 15 ways the cops can cheat with radar

9)   TUBE TECHNOLOGY: Headers: How to pick 'em, protect 'em and install 'em

10)   TONE DEFT: How to design and build a high-performance exhaust system

11)   BOSS 3-WINDOW: Terry Berzenye's 351C powered '32 rod

12)   SHOP SERIES--CARBURETION: Understanding carburetors for performance and economy

13)   THE TOP TEN: These are the rods we'd like to have in our garage

14)   NUMBER ONE: Phil Cool's blown L88-powered '32 highboy 

15)   AND NOW THE RUNNERS-UP: The only loser here is that we don't own any of them

16)   FLAMED RAT POWERED '55 CHEVY SEDAN DELIVERY: Need a good rod? Call the Cal Street Rod men

17)   ROD TEST: BLOWN 454 '56 F-100 PICKUP--Pickin' on Chuck McConnell's pickup is a sure putdown

18)   BOLT ON FIREBIRD/CAMARO HANDLING PACKAGE: Herb Adams' kit can get your F-body handled

19)   BIKE TEST: SUZUKI GS-850 Suzuki enters the shaft-drive era

20)   GEISLER & CHOATE'S HANKY PANKY: 900+hp twin-turbo Bonneville Studebaker

21)   HOT ROD HERITAGE: ED ISKENDERIAN--The Camfather will grind you a cam you can't refuse

22)   FIRE WAGON: The only thing better than a Nomad is a Nomad with flames

23)   FORD 351M BUDGET HOP-UP: First in a series of low-buck engine buildups

24)   LONG TIME COMING: Out of the land of AMC came Kelly Long's 304 Gremlin

25)   TECH QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

26)   READER'S RIDES

Plus other hot topics.

 

COVER: No matter what vintage or model, nothing says "hot rod" better than flames. Illustrating our point is Terry Berzenye's 465-hp Boss 351-powered Deuce I (see page 63), Mel and Kathy Jefferies' immaculate '55 Nomad (page 100) and our very own project-to-be '79 Plymouth Road Runner, which was used as a guinea pig by customizer Eddie Paul to illustrate the proper way to do a flame job (page 22).