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Hot Rod Magazine September 1998 issue had a write-up on collectible kits and diecasts of the time. One such kit was the "Hurst Hairy Olds" - an AWD twin engine show beast I had never heard of before. Finding one was no trick, as they were initially released in the 60's and 70's by Monogram, and re-released in the 90's by Revell. I scored one of the Monogram models on ebay
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For those following along, I've been going through the Hot Rod Magazine archives, and am now up to Y2K. As I've been posting items of interest on this forum, I have naturally been motivated to order certain kits, diecasts, resins, etc. for future builds. I am now up to number 19 of such purchases. An ad in HRM November 1998 showed the Franklin Mint '57 Chevy racer, and immediately caught my eye. Besides buying this diecast on ebay, I also wanted to get a kit for a full-on custom. The Revell Snap Tite '57 Bel Air did the trick, and it comes with flame decals
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A little shout-out to the upcoming "Diva Roadster" - described as part Cobra and part Caterham Seven. HRM February 2000 When pulling up other photos, you can see the references to the aforementioned cars, although it really did have a look all its own - a cool one at that!
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With that, we reached Y2K. Petersen Publishing now had over 80 monthly publications, and had come under new ownership with the retirement of Robert Petersen in 1996. The Petersen Automotive Museum had been established, and was becoming a premier custodian of the very cars featured in its magazines over the years. Hot Rod Magazine had only gone up a buck in ten years, and was now at $3.95 an issue. Their coverage remained focused on the hot rod scene, with a three year flirtation at the beginning of the decade involving Harley Davidson. This included monthly feature articles on HD motorcycles as "two wheeled hot rods", as well as technical segments on HD motors, etc. As always, I encourage those following along in this thread to post any articles or photos you may find of interest in the pages of Hot Rod Magazine. I am thoroughly enjoying what I believe is a communal effort on our part to bring enthusiasm, inspiration, and education to our hobby. Happy New Year to all!
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It's also funny that the word "apocalypse" was interspersed numerous times throughout this issue - none less prominently than in a really cool article on what a future flathead might look like.
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With HRM December 1999, we were reaching the end of a millennium, and thus this issue was largely devoted to forecasting the future of the automobile. One article suggested that the major manufacturers would be trading on their respective heritages by reinterpreting popular and defining designs from their past. It seems this article was equal parts intuitiveness and observation, since car concepts of the time were suggesting this was the direction of the car industry anyway. But, in any event, it made for fun reading and included some inspirational sketches as well.
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Article on the Hot Wheels offerings coming for the new millennium... There were a bunch of cool designs, but the one that totally captivated me was the 1:64 "Bizarro" collectible. I'm going to look for it in scale, but definitely would love to do one as a scratch build at some point. The rib up the middle notwithstanding, I think it is a spectacular design!
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'64 Barracuda with attitude
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Article on the Chip Foose "Shockwave" AMBR winner Stunning car, with shades of "Hemisfear" incorporated in the design.
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Ad for the Shelby Series 1. I've seen this car in the flesh a number of times (the Shelby Museum is 20 minutes away for me), and it never fails to impress. Both beautiful and purposeful. I have also built the Revell 1:25 scale model of this car, and found it to be a fun build
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'59 El Camino
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'66 GTO. Nuff said
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'27 Model T Lakes Modified HRM May 1999
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Interesting technical article on the planetary gear transmission. That would be fun to incorporate into a scale model build!
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'41 Outlaw Willys Coupe
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Tasty '57 Olds 88
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A retrospective article in HRM April 1999 showed this V-12 Allison powered trike by George Barris. It also indicated only Evel Knievel would ride it, which made me wonder why he didn't use this beast to make the jump across the Grand Canyon instead? He might have actually made it!
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What the heck is a "bathtub" Nash? Yet, very kool! HRM April 1999
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And, just for giggles, two Pontiac Fieros - both stuffed with Cadillac Northstar V8's!
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This one reminds me a lot of the recently created '68 Charger "Hellacious", but predates it by 20 years; may I present the '68 mid engine Camaro known as "Cam-Aero".
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Ah, the desire to recapture the "good old days". It has such appeal. Here, a company named AVX tried to capitalize on this with a 90's Firebird melded with the styling of the '60's Avanti. I really liked the overall look achieved. HRM March 1999
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Another one of those "trends" seemed to be the revitalization of heretofore largely considered nondescript cars into the new class of "hot rod" - such as the Biscayne and Olds 98 above. This, I'm sure, was owing to the relatively large numbers of these cars in unmolested condition, and their relatively low price to purchase (?). Yet another example is this beautiful '57 Buick Station Wagon (the article mistakenly listed it as a '58). Just look at ALL that chrome! HRM March 1999
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Seeing this little photo (here blown up for your pleasure), I have to wonder why more of the '47 Olds 98 Custom Cruisers weren't tricked out. This one looks awesome to my eyes! HRM January 1999
