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As I have been going through the 80's issues of HRM, it began to feel as though a lot of the cars being showcased were derivative of earlier works. An article in November 1984 seemed to touch on this with two beautiful creations that certainly made a statement. The first was a '40 LaSalle 4-door, the second a '34 DeSoto Airflow.
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HRM September 1984 hailed the return of the Thunderbird with a number of interesting custom versions. I liked them all, but the Mercury Cougar racer was my favorite! It may take me a minute to find a model of this vintage Mercury. Off-hand I'm not finding it...
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I read this article repeatedly, and still don't know what year this Pontiac Firebird Formula was. The build-up kinda' reminded me of the old Johnny Cash song "One Piece at a Time" (Hilarious car song by the way). All I can say is it looked great in these photos.
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A super-classy '57 Chevy in HRM June 1984. There were a whole series of article on how it was built for Hot Rod Magazine - only to be given away to some lucky bum!
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This futuristic interpretation of a roadster is just plain awesome (I think it's called the California Star)! I'm totally disappointed that I can't find a scale model kit, or diecast, of this creation. HRM May 1984
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A great series of photos in HRM April 1984 for truck lovers. This is just a couple of pages from the article - I personally like the '55 Chevy Cameo best, although they are all wonderful!
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An ad in HRM March 1984 which I would totally have ignored, except I noticed mention of Mark Hamill. Turns out it's the car from "Corvette Summer". I wonder if the movie was any good? The car is funkadelic!
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Nice article in HRM March 1984 of a gentleman named Gary Conley who made quarter scale running engines.
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Finally, from the out-in-left field "cannot even be found by Google" files comes this article from HRM February 1984. Even with the description listed, I still couldn't find either car exactly. I'm thinking the one in the forefront is a Crosley racer that may have been sold eventually to someone named Banta and repainted. The car in the background I'm certain is a DeTomaso Pantera, but I can't find anything on it.
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Too awesome!; 1968 Caprice Estate Wagon turned racing machine. One of my first cars was a '65 Belair station wagon with a 283, and I loved that car. Too bad it's virtually impossible to find Chevy station wagon scale models from that era, except for the ever present '65 Chevelle wagon.
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And another page from the "unlikely racers" category; a Dodge Rampage UTE all set up to race. HRM January 1984 Saw this one recently that was kind of tweaked, with a hemi, mounted in back... And sometime we need to talk about mini-UTEs in general, and Aussie UTEs in particular... The folks down under make some really cool ones, and I'd love to find a scale model of one to build - like this beautiful Holden UTE (if it looks like a Pontiac GTO, that's because essentially it is).
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I don't know what to say, except it's cool and it's different; a Chrysler Imperial full-dress racer called "Mopar City Missile"! HRM January 1984
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And also in HRM December 1983, the introduction of the Dodge Caravan minivan. A particularly honest advertisement, if I do say so myself...
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Greg Fleury '34 3-Window Coupe. To my eyes, it's kind of like the Vern Luce Coupe meets Alumacoupe HRM December 1983
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HRM September 1983 had an article on the Pontiac Fiero "SD4" program. Apparently, GM was going to offer track-ready cars (for IMSA racing?), and here they were showing off their high-tech engine, racing chassis, etc. Where the program went, I don't know, but the look was awesome!
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Also in HRM August 1983 was this ad (magnified here for your enjoyment): Looked just weird enough that I had to research it. Turns out it was pretty rad in its own right!
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HRM August 1983 had this super clean roadster. I particularly like the color combo and rims... Then come to find out, it was a kiddie car - which made it twice as cool!
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Yup, I just checked and it turns out I do
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