HOT ROD 1980 JULY - '35 CHEVY DELIVERY, BLOWN V8 PINTO
Within this issue you will discover the following topics:
1. THE COLORFUL ART OF CUSTOM PAINTING: Putting a trick paint job on a '70 SS396 Camaro
2. HOW TO PAINT FLAMES: If HOT ROD staffer Bruce Caldwell can do it, so can you
3. NEW SERIES: BOLT-ON BASICS: Bolting in a B&M QuickSilver Camaro/Firebird shifter
4. THE OCTANE GAME: Gas/alcohol blends for increased performance
5. SHOP SERIES: DETONATION: How detonation damages your engine and affects fuel economy
6. HOT ROD FORUM: "Ground-up" engine-building for fuel economy
7. ROD TEST: '29 FORD MODEL A ROADSTER: This healthy '29 is full of get up and go
8. WORLD'S FASTEST STREET CAMARO: Scott Shafiroff crosses a streeter with a Pro Stocker
9. FORD POWER: STREET BLOWER KITS: Blower Drive Service has a kit for nearly any combo
10. RIDE ON: A fine '55 that's all new inside
11. FORD'S NEW HEMI: Performance for the '80s: Ford's 1.6-liter 4-banger
12. HIGH-PERFORMANCE MUFFLERS: Plumbing for power in a free-flow exhaust
13. MAIL-ORDER STREET ROD, PART 2: Bolting together HOT ROD's repro ragtop
14. BACK TO BASICS: ANALYZING HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION: How to solve the case of the missing quart(s)
15. HOT ROD'S SHOP TRUCK: We build a 1980 Ford pickup
16. SPECIAL DELIVERY: Tom Porter's '35 Chevy is one rare package
17. BIKE TEST: HONDA'S BIG XL500S: Honda's thumper delivers fun for every bike-buying dollar
18. POP ART: This Anglia combines English styling with Yankee ingenuity
19. PONY EXPRESS: A well-bred, V8-powered, Paxton-blown Pinto
Plus other great hot rod, racing or how-to items.
COVER: Paint is definitely one of the most important ingredients in a sano rod, street machine or truck. Yet many rodders shy away from laying on their own paint, even though they've spent countless hours on the rest of the car.
It's a lot easier than you think, and now we're gonna show you just how Bill Carter puts a wild paint scheme on a '70 Camaro (page 22)-and how a HOT ROD writer applied flames to our new Ford shop truck (flame how-to, page 27; complete buildup, page 86). And then there's Gary Simon, owner and painter of his '29 Ford Model A Roadster (page 40)-a brilliant job, we'd say COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: PAT BROLLlER, PPC PHOTOGRAPHIC; ED COCH JR., TITLE DESIGN
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