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The Ultimate Sleeper 1956 Ford F-100 with Small-Block V-8 Power
Ever since the dawn of hot rodding there have been plenty of drivers surprised by non-descript cars or trucks packed with plenty of dynamite in a sedate package. They’re usually plainly wrapped with...
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Car Craft Summer Nationals 2017: Pro Builder Announcement Muscle Car...
The Pro Builder’s Shootout at the 2017 Car Craft Summer Nationals is shaping up to be a very tight competition. This just in- Muscle Car Restorations sent pictures of the car they will be entering in...
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Wrenchin’ Wednesday: Tracking Down Unweclome Engine Sounds
Engines are heinously noisey. OEMs spend millions on R&D during development trying to hide every rattle, tick, bang, and clunk that a car tends to make as it goes about its business; but to a...
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Video: First Look At the Power Tour 2017 Route
There’s less than one month to go until the 23rd annual HOT ROD Power Tour presented by Chevrolet Performance and driven by Continental tire. For hot rodders, the event is Thanksgiving, Christmas, and...
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Reader’s Ride: 1966 Buick GS
My name is John Quigg, and I have been a subscriber to your magazine for a long time. I am writing to get my dad’s 1966 Buick GS in your magazine. He bought the car brand new and has been racing it...
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Top Twelve Ways to Increase Your Social Media Following
Imagine a situation where a race team enters a meeting with a potential sponsor. That race team presents a beautiful proposal, a hearty schedule, and opportunities to help promote the sponsor. After...
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Slant Sickness! How To Add 77 HP To Your Mopar Slant Six!
If you’re a regular Mopar Muscle reader and don’t own a Slant-Six right now, chances are, at some point in life you did. After all, between 1960 and 1991 over 12.5 million of the buggers were built....
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HOT ROD’s July 2017 Issue Preview
What might just be HOT ROD’s greatest coup ever is in full glory in the July issue. We have the exclusive exclusive on the Dodge Demon—the quickest production car on the planet. Ever. And to celebrate...
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Tom Derych’s Blown Hemi Charger Is The Mopar Muscle Car He Always Wanted
Beginning in the mid-1970s Tom Derych tore around town, and was a regular at New York National Speedway, in a 440 powered 1974 Dart Sport. “The car was fast and a lot of fun, but to me it was never a...
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Video: Goodbye to Chris Cornell, A Voice Larger Than Life.
We aren’t the paparazzi, and we certainly don’t have any intention of swinging the HOT ROD Brand in that direction. But sometimes, news comes a long that’s such an unexpected bummer that we choose to...
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How To Properly Determine Your Battery’s True State-Of-Charge
How Do You Check Battery Health? By testing it, of course! But any test’s validity is influenced by the battery’s true state of charge. If it has just been recharged or the engine has been running with...
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HOT ROD Garage Ep. 51 Begins Road-Trippin’ Project Lemanster
In this episode of HOT ROD Garage, presented by Lincoln Tech, Tony and Lucky began hammering and welding on project #Lemanster! This rusty 1965 Pontiac LeMans convertible will become HRG’s summer road...
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Quick to Make Friends and Reach the Finish Line, Road King Kenny Safford was...
Author’s note: Kenny Safford passed away in 2014 at the age of 72. He is high on my list of heroes. He could outwork several ordinary men, so he accomplished much. He was a dedicated, loving husband to...
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Win The King’s Superbird … After They Finish Building It!
Just four months into the Smithfield/Albertsons Superbird build, it’s already rounding Turn Four at Daytona and blasting toward the finish line. The bulk of the heavy labor is already in the rearview...
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Car Craft Spotlight: Cleveland Power & Performance, Drivetrain Swap Specialists
You’ve likely seen their videos; we’ve shared a few on our social media channels. Cleveland Power & Performance are the guys who take late model salvage cars and pluck and palletize all the...
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Boss of the Barn, Part 5: Restoring the interior of the Barn Find Boss 429
Everything has an expiration date. There is a time by which everything decays to the point that it is no longer usable; this is commonly known as the law of entropy. Unless energy is imparted into the...
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Freak Show Friday: Bonking a ‘Burban Back to Your ‘Burban
We always admire crafty builders that modify their cars and trucks to suit their needs and budgets. Such is the case here with the Chevy Suburban ‘Burban. When you need to carry 4×12-foot plywood you...
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How to Fix a Race Car That Won’t Handle Correctly
Oh Behave! Today, most teams are focused on the setup du jour with bump setups on asphalt and softer, less aggressive setups on dirt. With all of this attention on the springs, gadgets, and overall...
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CPP Presents the 2017 Suspension Buyer’s Guide
QA1 Get the performance you need for any driving style with QA1 Adjustable Truck Shocks, designed to fit a variety of classic trucks. Choose from custom mount, stock mount, or Mustang II shocks with...
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Pontiac Trans Am SD-455: Did Pontiac Save its Best Muscle Car for Last?
It was over, Johnny. The muscle car thing had run its fun, psychedelic course by the early 1970s. Rising insurance rates, falling compression ratios, and looming federal regulations effectively killed...
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