Cover Section: Paint & Body How-Tos
How to Use Bondo Without caking it on
How to Align a Fender And keep your gapsand sanityin order
How to Spray Flames And a get a good, cheap paint job in the process
How to Finish the Job Without ruining your brand-new paint
Special Section: Car Care
Car-Care Product Guide What to use and how to use it
Tech
Pontiac LeMans 455 Swap We whipped out a wheezing six-banger and jammed in a 500-horse 455
All About Superchargers Marlan huffs and puffs and blows you away
Valvetrain Innovation for the Masses Jesels new Sportsman shaft-mount rockers are trick and affordable
Air Cleaner Shootout We tested every size of K&N filter imaginable on a 520-horse big-block; the results are shocking
Stick-Shifts for Drag Racing Anybody can stall a converter; it takes a hero to bang gears
Features
Plum Crazy This GTX was inspired by a magazine article
68 Camaro The brutalest door-slammer weve seen in a long time
Inside Marlans Secret Toolbox A never-before-seen look into a certified tool nuts secret stash
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On the cover: Like them flames? Betcha cant even tell its a Ford thanks to Wesley Allisons clever photo trickery.