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And finally, an ad showing Jay Leno's Blastolene Special, affectionately known as "The Tank Car" due to its 29.4L M47 Patton tank motor! Over-the-top gorgeousness, with money-is-no-object creativity
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Sticking with the theme of high powered Mopars, the same issue also did an article on a secret Chrysler program that was developing 1971 Daytonas and Superbirds. Not only were these cars wicked cool, there was even a little scale model drama thrown in;
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HRM August 2005 did a cover story on the newly released Dukes of Hazzard movie As was only right, the General Lee was the star of the movie And in the same issue of this magazine were a couple of drawings I thought would be so fun to replicate in scale! The first; a "General Grant" to represent the North Or, a modern two door version of General Lee
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Chip Foose '36 Ford roadster known as "Impression". HRM July 2005
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And speaking of Chris Ito and Steve's Auto Restorations, HRM June 2005 had this on a '35 DeSoto Airflow to be called "Phantom Airflow". I don't know if this one ever saw the light of day, as there was nothing of it in Steve's website - although there were plenty of other phenomenal builds! https://www.stevesautorestorations.com/projects/
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HRM February 2005 had this small segment on a truck designed by Chris Ito and being built by Steve's Auto Restorations called "Ramrod". At first I thought it was a '33 Dodge pickup, but when compared to a stock vehicle, there isn't much that hasn't been heavily modified. Just a glorious series of curves and arcs. I so want to either build this one in scale, or find it in diecast otherwise. And, as for me, I would totally want it in bare metal as seen here! Here are some other photos from the web; And here it is completed
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I'm not sure if others are having technical difficulties, but just recently my initial link to the HRM magazines starting acting up. I have been accessing it by going to the main Motor Trend page and clicking on "Magazines".
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HRM had by now taken to using the term "rat rod" quite liberally, and was covering car shows devoted to this genre. Here, they showed a 5 window with twin Chevy motors. I was fairly ambivalent about the car, but did like the setup of the engines... HRM May 2005
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HRM May 2005 had a wonderful article on the Bonneville Speed Records holder known as "Goldenrod". Since the topic was the rebuilding of said vehicle, there were lots of photos of the guts of the machine. I've squirrelled these away so in the event I decide to build this icon, I will have some reference material.
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Zane Cullen '32 Board Track Racer. Old meets new in a fantastic way!
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For those looking to do an Altered Wheelbase Car, HRM March 2005 also had a slice-by-slice how-to on the topic
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BTW; the article on the Chrysler Firepower refers to it resembling the Ford GR-1, but I have to respectfully disagree. It too is a beautiful car, but had the proportions and heredity of a totally different inspiration (The Shelby Daytona Coupe) Seems to me, the Firepower, the GR-1, and the Daytona Coupe all deserve to be done in scale
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What happens when you take a Dodge Viper and give it the design cues of a Chrysler Crossfire? You get the Chrysler Firepower! Stunning looking GT car As far as I know, it was only reproduced as a 1:43 scale model by Norev, and a 1:64 scale diecast by Hot Wheels.
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This little spot in HRM March 2005 gave me an answer to a question that had been on my mind; did Troy Trepanier ever do a TV show? As it turns out, not only did he do "Rad Rides by Troy" (or "Rides" as it is colloquially known), but his show predated Coddington and Foose. His shop is still in full vigor today, and seems to be putting out some beautiful cars. https://radrides.com/builds/
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Has anyone gotten any inspiration for a build from these posts? I always enjoy hearing about these!
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Your experimental paint job is my favorite part! Just beautiful
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Troy Trepanier built '70 Plymouth Barracuda known as "Sick Fish". HRM January 2005
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So, if you're HRM and you've mounted a campaign to have a new Chevelle built by GM to your specs - and they totally ignore you, then you go to Aloha Motors and tell them to build it on the GTO underpinnings and call it the Hot Rod Magazine 40th anniversary Chevelle HRSS 454. I don't believe this car became a big success, but the look was pretty neat! HRM November and December 2004
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Beautiful photos of the '64 Dodge Charger concept. HRM November 2004 Now I'm totally looking for a scale model of this stunner!
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2004 was another watershed year for the hot rod industry, as the old guard was being replaced by the young guns. Perhaps nowhere was this transition more visible than the two hot rod shows which appeared on cable that year. The old-timer Boyd Coddington's show "American Hot Rod" debuted in January, with Chip Foose's "Overhaulin" following suit in April. While HRM stayed out of this topic till their November 2004 issue, they did showcase Foose's '34 Mercury coupe known as "The Stallion", winner of the 2003 Ridler Award in July.
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And in a totally different direction, the Chrysler ME4-12 concept car. The Chrysler cars of this era definitely showed the influence of Mercedes in the new design language. This car exists as both 1:18 and 1:24 scale diecasts. I don't believe a 1:25 scale model was ever made.
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Edelbrock Sr.'s '32 Roadster. Pure art. HRM May 2004
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'04 So-Cal SSR. HRM April 2004
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Seth Hammond and his wonderful Bonneville racer. HRM February 2004 Apparently, the car gave its broken bits to a new lakester, while Hammond went on to race another day... https://www.museumofamericanspeed.com/77sethhammondlakester.html
