COVER STORY: WATERLOGGED TROG - The weather may have shortened the event, but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the “Gentlemen” drag racing on the sand at Pismo Beach.

RODDIN’ @ RANDOM - A fiery day for the Championship Speed Shop dragster, cool vintage pics from a new Isky biography, and checking out the Scene at the California Hot Rod Reunion and a nostalgia rod meet in Sweden.

BACK TO BASICS - A 1930 roadster that’s more than the sum of its parts.

A RACER’S BEST FRIEND: STEVE GIBBS - Ironically, one of the most important people in drag racing isn’t a racer himself.

RODDIN’ @ RANDOM
Blackie Gejeian’s hot rods auctioned in Monterey, saying goodbye to Surfer Tom Jobe, and making the scene at the new Lions Drag Strip Museum and Uncle Sam’s Pie Eating Contest.

MORE OF THE SAME: THE LIGHTNIN’ BUG/KOOKIE KAR
Tracing the evolution of Norm Grabowski’s Cad-powered T.

FLAG MAN
You know what they say about opinions...

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
L.A. Roadsters play Highway Bingo.

ROADSTERS ON THE LAKES
Rare color photos of El Mirage in the 1940s.

THE TUDOR IN THE BARN
Found treasure is a driver today.

COVER STORY: BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER
Model A roadster marks a milestone.

EXERCISE IN SIMPLICITY
Reliving the days of riding in Grandpa’s hot rod.

COVER STORY: WILLYS FEVER
A true survivor of the Gasser Wars.

THE RAKE
Preserving a piece of Northeastern drag racing history.

FLAG MAN
Complaints, yours and mine.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
The timeless look of dry-lakes racing.

FLAG MAN
Evoking an earlier era to encourage fresh faces.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
Wet salt at Bonneville, circa 1959.

FLAG MAN
Racing is electrifying.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
Riverside’s grand opening, as seen through 1950s smog.

RODDIN’ @ RANDOM
Eli English finds another historic hot rod, Ed Pink makes
SEMA’s Hall of Fame, H&H Flatheads celebrates an
anniversary, and on the Scene at the Dragfest at Famoso and
Mecum’s Indianapolis auction.

COVER STORY: ROADSTER REVISITED
The one constant in this Deuce roadster’s 70 years of life has
been Gene Winfield.

THE HINMAN ROADSTER
After building it as a teen, he helped with its revival
60 years later.

MR. STITCHES RIDES AGAIN
New life for a barrier-breaking Chevy gasser.

ELAPSED TIME
Out of hibernation after more than 40 years.

PARTS THAT APPEAL
Garage decoration, Model A wheels, and flathead fan pulleys.

FIRE POWER FLIRTATIONS
Making the most out of a 392 Hemi.

FLAG MAN
It’s all a matter of perspective.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
Well-turned-out Deuce was one Draggin’ Dreamboat.

RODDIN’ @ RANDOM
Photo contest winners, Dragfest returns, goodbye Gas
Ronda, and on the scene at the California Hot Rod Reunion,
Nitro Revival, Hot Rod Hill Climb, and RPM Nationals.

Celebrating a hot rod legend.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
Woo Woo and the Sex Kitten. I kid you not.

RODDIN’ @ RANDOM
SoCal loses another dragstrip; new efforts to Save the Salt; more
funding for the Petersen photo archive; and making the scene at
the Meltdown Drags, Pendine Sands Hot Rod Races, and Deuce
Day.

COVER STORY: RESURRECTED - A basket-case coupe was his very first hot rod build.

COUPE WITH ATTITUDE - This Cad-motored Deuce started as an “atrocious” body shell.

000 - A one-time relic with righteous stock car race history.

POWER STRUGGLES - Part 13: 1967 brings our racing review to a close.

COVER STORY: BETTER THAN ORIGINAL - A long-dormant ’34 roadster is brought back to life.

PARTS THAT APPEAL - A wheel that’s a blast from the past, new retro-look gauges, and chambered mufflers for a throaty exhaust note.

COARSEGOLD COUPE - Patience and persistence paid off in acquiring this Deuce coupe.

A CLASS-A CHASSIS - Our Racing Roadster project gets a proper foundation.

RACING IN 1966: FUELERS, FLOPPERS & CAMMERS.

BANGER BLOWOUT! - HAVING A BLAST WITH FOUR CYLINDERS.

PURE HEAVEN: A FUEL ALTERED PIONEER.

SCRATCH-BUILT - BANGER RAIL.

BUILDING A STREET/RACE FOUR-BANGER.

RACING IN 1965: PUSHING THROUGH THE 600-MPH BARRIER.

WRECKED COUPE  BECOMES RACING ROADSTER.

COVER STORY: BLUE BIRD - All they wanted was a father-and-son project car with no history. Maybe next time.

MARK OF EXCELLENCE - “Do what you do and have fun,” the customer told Nickey’s Gasser shop. This tilt-front Nomad was the result.

POWER STRUGGLES - Part 10: Racing moved into the mainstream in 1964, but also saw its share of tragedy.

ROCKIN’ ROADSTER - The “bridesmaid” Model A finally gets its chance to shine..

TYPHOON VICKY - Haven’t you ever wanted to go back in time?....

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
Save the Salt, circa 1962.

RODDIN’ @ RANDOM
The Orange Crate returns, so does Stroker McGurk, and making 
the scene at the Colorado Dirt Drags and the Meltdown Drags.

 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
Gifts to give your favorite hot rodders—and for yourself, too. 

COVER STORY: FOUND! ED ROTH’S CUSTOM 
PICKUP
After sitting in a barn for almost 50 years, Big Daddy’s F-100 
is back.

INJECTED HEMI + RACE CHASSIS + REAL STEEL -  BARE-METAL BRAWLER.

1961 RACING ACTION: Hot Rods at the First Winter nationals.

BONUS! - HEMI BUILD & DYNO TEST.

RETROSPECTIVE: Remembering Art Chrisman.

PLUS: Dry-Lakes Roadster from Canada.

RODDIN’ @ RANDOM - An open house with historic gassers, a ’34 roadster comes out of hiding, and making the scene at the March Meet and Gear Jam Drags

THE COUPE IN THE COOP - Cover story: A barn find that turned out to be a very historic hot rod.

THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN WEENIE - Three generations have raced this memorable Midwest Model A.

POWER STRUGGLES - Part 6: In 1960, auto racing roared back to life, AMA ban be damned.

PARTS THAT APPEAL - New 21-stud cylinder heads, whitewall slicks, and a trick carb/topper combo

SIZE MATTERS - A 60-year scaled-down salute to an iconic HOT ROD cover car.

NUMBER 12 - This postwar dry lakes racer is still going strong 70 years— and many flatheads—later.

MODEL A MADNESS - VINTAGE V8s & A HOPPED-UP BANGER

BOAT MOTOR IS NO ANCHOR!

TRI-POWER - CADDY BUILD

HOT RODS - AT GNRS

CUSTOMS AT SACRAMENTO AUTORAMA

The Quest for 400 MPH AND MORE....

Flathead forever - MAKING THE MOST OF THE FAVORITE FORD V-8

RACE ACTION 1958: BONNEVILLE, PIKES PEAK, SPORTS SPECIALS & JILL ST. JOHN! 

WHITE OWL DRAGSTER REBORN

“THUNDERLUNGS” IN HIS OWN WORDS

CADDY-POWERED PREWAR COUPE

FIELD-FIND GASSER - PRE SERVING A PIECE OF DRAG RACING HISTORY.
- THE RED BARON LIVES
- TIME WARP ALTERED COMPLETE!
- CALIFORNIA HOT ROD REUNION.

1957 RACE ACTION - Pikes Peak, Bonneville, Indy and more...

PLUS: FUEL/ALTERED FLIP AT FAMOSO— YOU WON’T BELIEVE HE WALKED AWAY!

RIGHT-COAST RODS - HISTORIC HOT RODS FROM PHILLY & BROOKLYN

AUTO R ACING 1956: WILD NASCAR ACCTION

PERIOD-CORRECT GASSER REAREND

BUILD A RELIABLE 500HP BIG-BLOCK
 
COLLECTING HOT ROD MEMORABILIA

CLOD-FLINGING ACTION AT THE DIRT DRAGS

PLUS! AS SEEN ON TV: BEACH BOYS ROADSTER

Passionate Purple Deuce - RE-CREATING A LEGENDARY STREET/STRIP COUPE.

AUTO RACING 1955: A.J. IN A BELLY TANKER?

BOWLING GREEN HOT ROD REUNION.

WORLD OF SPEED MUSEUM

FROM BONNEVILLE TO THE BRICKYARD AND BACK:

RODDING PIONEER SKIP HEDRICH

FLIP FRONT FORTY—40 YEARS LATER - Cover story: This former HRM feature car is a tribute to ’60s gassers and a very special person.

A FORTY FORD AT LAST! - Scratching a life-long itch for just the right ’40 Ford, plus
some of our favorite ’40s from the past.

THE GOLDEN AGE OF DRAG RACING, PART 7 - 1967: Bringing our look at the Golden Age to a close with an eventful year on the ’strip.

FAST LIFE - An A/V-8 roadster that lived through three distinct stages in
Northern California.

THE BIG GREEN CAR - A gasser with altitude that has never gone out of style.

THE GOLDEN AGE OF DRAG RACING, PART 6 - 1966: A year of vehicular variety unequaled in any season since.

MEMENTOS FROM A LIFETIME OF SPEED - Telling Clem TeBow’s story through the artifacts he chose to keep.

PARTS WITH APPEAL - Camshafts for vintage engines, flywheels too, and a posi for the venerable Pontiac/Olds rearend.

TIME WARP - Turning a fiberglass T tub into a real race car body.

RODDIN’ @ RANDOM - A puzzling Deuce, a sneak preview of the 66th Grand National Roadster Show, and an historic dragster shows up in an
unexpected place.

THE T UNDER THE TABLE - Cover story: The Woody Lee T reemerges, a well-preserved time capsule from the lakes, the strip, and the salt.

THE ONE THAT ALMOST GOT AWAY - Marcus missed out on the Cad-powered T. Luckily, his brother didn’t.

BARN-FIND ROADSTER - Cover story: Old Crow’s Bobby Green rejuvenates a ’32 roadster that had been in hibernation since 1962.

THE GOLDEN AGE OF DRAG RACING, PART 4
1964: Celebrating the return of nitro and witnessing the birth of the Funny Car.

PARTS WITH APPEAL - Split wishbone radius rods, a resto Chevy trim bar, and a decorative flag for the garage or man cave.

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Hot Rod Deluxe Magazine - March 2017

Hot Rod Deluxe Magazine - March 2017

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waterlogged trog

back to basics

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