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Original Flathead Power Steering

Final Year Flattie P/S Upgrade
25759044 Posted July 8 2009 12:41 PM by R&CTimB

In a recent Rod & Custom article on power steering for Flathead engines (see the August 2009 issue or look under the Tech heading on this website), we mentioned the fact that Ford offered a factory power steering...

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Pete Millar's Hot Rod Car Toons

The Father Of Arin Cee And His Comic Strips For Car Guys
16060070 Posted May 6 2009 05:21 PM by R&CTimB

Hot rod cartoonist Pete Millar inspired millions of enthusiasts with CARtoons magazine, which he created in 1959 and later with Drag Cartoons, which appeared in 1963. He is also the creator of the Arin Cee comic character...

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Lost and Found

Hot Rod Verse by Scotty Gosson
18403764 Posted April 22 2009 04:57 PM by R&CTimB

Just a little toy town on the freeway Gas station grocery store and cozy cafe Deadeye waitress with a shoot to kill smile Says it's time for my break I'll be back in a while When my watch fell asleep I got up on my feet...

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Get Smart About Suede Paint

The World Is Going Flat
Posted July 9 2008 04:58 PM by RCTimB

Flat. Suede. Primer. Non-gloss. Call it whatever you want, this style in hot rod and custom car paint has been around too long to be considered a fad. And it’s too widespread to be dismissed as a half-baked alternative to...

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August 24, 1968

Hot Rod Verse by Scotty Gosson
Posted June 19 2008 01:59 PM by RCTimB

Routine maneuvers through the downtown summer night Local radio soundtrack for dancing reflections rolling under streetlights Hare and hound sheep and wolf slap and tickle exercises mix it up with rooster challenges issued...

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Three Quarter Time in Second Gear

Hot Rod Verse by Scotty Gosson
Posted April 30 2008 05:19 PM by RCTimB

Just when we ran out of asphalt The first raindrops fell They hit the ground like airstrike invaders and made the dust dance We smiled at the baby Dresden and crunched through the gravel When I downshifted for Spaghetti...

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Rodder & Custom Reunion

Finding His Old Ride After 37 Years
Posted April 30 2008 05:14 PM by RCTimB

If there's anything better than building and driving a hot rod or custom car, it's being reunited with a long-lost favorite. In the "Yesterday's Young Guns" department in the  November 2007 issue of R&C, we told...

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Yellow, Green, Red

A Street/Strip Initiation Ritual Study by Scotty Gosson
morris burnout Posted April 15 2008 12:57 PM by RCTimB

Chain hoist balancing act—working without a net to fit five hundred pounds into a one pound bag—stretching the envelope to get the message inside. Sleight of hand trickery somehow fits eight header tubes into no available...

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Serendipity at the Kitchen Table

Cuban Classics As Custom Car Raw Material by John Gibbs
Posted April 15 2008 12:48 PM by RCTimB

I recently had one of those serendipitous moments. You know, like that old TV commercial where one guy with a bunch of chocolate runs into another guy with peanut butter and they go down in a big messy heap, only to...

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June 2008 R&C

A Look at Vintage Kart Racing
Vintage Karts Posted March 15 2008 10:15 AM by RandC Kevin

The Heroes of this hobby are still racing old-time karts.

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Does Ink Have Emotions?

One Man's Personal Relationship With Car Magazines
Posted February 13 2008 05:57 PM by RCTimB

In my home town, there was no kindergarten or preschool that I know of. My mom set up a little chalkboard in our living room and taught me to read and write the alphabet, so I'd at least have that going for me when I...

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May 2008 R&C

First Look
1935 Humpmobile Posted February 13 2008 12:09 PM by RandC Kevin

Here's a first look at one of the interesting features in the May 2008 issue.

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2008 Grand National Roadster Show

Friday Sights
1932 Ford Roadster Posted January 25 2008 04:12 PM by RandC Kevin

It's the first of the year which can only mean that the Grand National Roadster Show is back in town.

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Slingshot Surfer

Posted January 11 2008 07:22 PM by RCTimB

Hangin' it out in the cozy curl! But this pipeline is made of smoke and the nose is sniffing through it. As it does its Hula dance (Limbo for the guardrail now), then dive in at a thousand feet, or be flattened like a...

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