Condition is Very Good.

COVER

MILEAGE STRETCHING TRICKS

HOT ROD

DRASS: SY200 WINREN

CAR SHOWS: HONRTON

DIRT TRACK JAN SPPERMA

VANS: ADD IN

MAPEN 104

55-'57

CHEVY

SPECIAL

SECTION

HOW-TO:

TRICK PAINT FROM

SPRAY CANS

318 MOPAR HOP UP

COLDAR RAM

STREET:

THE

MULHOLLAND SCENE

BANCE:

WHAT TO DOWHEN

YOUR CAR WONT START

SHOP SERIES:

SHOCK ABSORBERS

The way it was. These are

the original photographs

(courtesy

Motors) of the famed '55,

'56 and '57 Chevys.

of

General

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THE UNDERGROUND

GRAND PRIX

Illegal racing

activity in Southern

California

JAN OPPERMAN IS

A JESUS FREAK

Profile on the

43

sprint car driver

CHROME TAIL FINS

IN 1974

A fond look back

46

at the '55-'57

Chevys

CHEVY PICTORIAL

The best from

around the country.

FIRE EXTINGUISHER

BUYER'S GUIDE

THE HOUSTON CAR

SHOW

HERSHEY

THE NUTS

The world's biggest

IT'S

swap meet .

110

TECHNICAL

NO. 3

1974 by

770

pany. All

d month-

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STEVE BORTKO'S

$1117 RACER

Drag racing on a

budget.

MILEAGE-HOT ROD

STYLE

More gas-saving

tips . .

BUDGET-BUILDING

THE 318 MОPAR

300-plus hp without

spending a fortune

AMC PARTS GUIDE

The manufacturers

and where to contact

them

PINFEATHERS

Superlight piston

pins from CSS

FORDGING UP A

WINNER

..58

Forged cranks for

the 351 V8

60

TRICK TOOLS

Any job is easier

with the right

tools

.. 66

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QUI

CARB KITS

A whole new line

from Holley

WHAT TO DO WHEN

YOUR CAR WON'T

START

Another basics article

from Hot Rod

Wanda

THE "STOCK"

EXCHANGE

Put a late-model

Chevy in that

'55-'57

92

HOW TO AIR

CONDITION YOUR

VAN

. 94

CANNED NEAT

Trick van paint

jobs from spray

cans

102

AUTO SHOP SERIES

Ups and downs of

shock absorbers

NATURE BLOWER

Low-buck cold-air

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duct for improved

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It ain't cheap

but it doesn't

look cheap

MOSHER'S FIAT

600

RACING ACTION

R. Gaines Markley's

crash at the

Supernationals.

THE LAST VW

BODY SWAP

Turning a VW into

a flatbed truck .

PERMATEX PINTO

A show car that

doubles as a

74

Modified

... 80

MOTOR

CYCLES

CAN-AM 125

A killer bike from

Canada

UP ON TWO

WHEELS

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