Action!!The Big Ka-boom! If anyone ever questions the dedication or integrity of a Top Fuel driver, show him this photo sequence. While Jeff Diehl was on a Top Fuel licensing pass at the helm of Chuck Beal's Funny Car, nitro carnage ensued as the motor locked and did what most fuel motors do when the blower loads up with unburned nitromethane. Photographer Ron Lewis caught the action as a couple of rods made their exits from the block, and this Funny Car turned into a flame thrower. And Jeff walked away
Rust In Peace Steve Magnante made a pilgrimage to the East Coast to visit the wildest musclecar graveyard in America. There he found trashed Judges, torched Road Runners, mangled AMXs, rusted Mach 1s, and some Camaro carnage to boot. Be sure to have your air-sickness bags ready when looking at the photos.
Live Mopar!Even GM and Ford guys have to admit Mopar Madness has swept the nation like a horde of high-octane-burning, tire-smoking, Hemi-sweating locusts. Car Craft went looking for a cure for the Pentastar Plague and spent a day with the South Bay Mopars. We came back immunized but also carriers of the disease that has all car guys afflicted and hallucinating about Six Packs and B-Body screamers.
30 Ways To Make Budget Paint Look GreatOnly Freiburger could write "polish a turd" in Car Craft then prove how you really can. Using the much lamented "You're building what?" Disco Nova as an example, he shows how to combine budget paint, a little elbow grease, some lunch from Taco Bell, and a few late nights in the shop to create a slick-looking paint job on any car.
Junkyard Crawl: The Power Of PintoBy now, car crafters have become familiar with Steve Magnante and his infamous junkyard crawls: digging out hidden jewels from the salvage yards and scrap heaps of Southern California. But how does he get those automotive treasures back to his El Monte cat ranch? Check out how the master of salvaged parts harnesses the Power of Pinto. And, no, we don't think he grew up under power lines or ate paint chips as a kid.
On A LarkStudebaker? A what? Most people aren't aware that the company that swallowed up Packard and eventually became part of AMC put a fair number of cars on the roads of America. They weren't always the fastest or most glamorous cars, but with a little Car Craft ingenuity and a good '60 Studebaker Lark, Marsh Hansen shows how you can give a Stude a Vette transfusion and come up with a tire-scorching street sleeper.
Build An AmcLooking to start a new car project but want to build something that stands out? Don't forget the fourth player in the performance wars of the '60s and '70s: AMC. Still overlooked as great bases for performance projects, a ton of AMCs cruise below the radar begging to be juiced up for annihilating tires. We give you the basics on what to look for to start your AMC project. No, we didn't pick the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
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