I think the July issue...with 4 muscle cars on the cover and
something like "675 HP built with all new parts" at the bottom of the cover.
"All new" includes an old Dove single plane intake, a throttle body the guy had been using on an old 452" efi FE, some old rocker shafts of un-named manufacture (guessing never advertised in HR so no credit??).
Nice to see an FE build. Seemed to me that Hot Rod went out of its way to denigrate the build and the parts though. Calling it a dinosaur engine and antique and just generally damning the accomplishment with faint praise as it were. Or maybe I'm just overly sensitive
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In the same issue they get all effusive over a 69 Camaro that the text and headlines lead you to believe is an actual 69 Camaro that'll run with the big boy toys on the track. Read the actual parts and construction facts and you learn that it's got a custom frame, with all custom suspension and custom interior and aftermarket brakes and gauges and engine and...... Yeah, that's an original 69 Camaro alright. It does have an original steel 69 Camaro body...with glass deck and hood and plopped on flares on all four corners and some Superbird abomination of a rear wing.