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Hot Rod Apr 1962
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Hot Rod April 1962 Features
405 Hp Ford 406 Cubic Inches 4-Speed Gearbox
New York's Draggin' Fire Wagons
HRM Tech Feature: Streamlining Free Horsepower Out Of The Air
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Hot Rod May 1962
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Hot Rod May 1962 Features
HRM Tech Feature: Streamlining Free Horsepower Out Of The Air
Daytona Pictorial Plus Winternationals Drags
Big Go West
HRM Exclusive: Chrysler Corp. High Performance 413 Inch, 410 HP V8
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Hot Rod Jun 1962
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Hot Rod June 1962 Features
Old's Turbo-Supercharged F-85
Hottest 2-Stroke? 15-Inch, 36 Horsepower Screamer
Special Report-Buick V8 For Indy
Build A Rod Series-Latest Details And Specifications
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Hot Rod Jul 1962
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Hot Rod July 1962 Features
Ford's New Idea Car-Tomorrow's T-Bird?
How-To Do-It Buick Aluminym V8 In A Comet
Flattrackin' The T's Reviving Racing's Golden Age
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Hot Rod Aug 1962
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Hot Rod August 1962 Features
410 HP 'Golden Lancer' The Super-Hot 413 Cu.In. Compact
The Speedway's Most Radical Challenger?
Tony Nancy's 169 MPH 'Class Drag Roadster
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Hot Rod Oct 1962
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Hot Rod October 1962 Features
First Report '63 Corvette Sting Ray
'Big Guns' Shoot For Bonneville Land Speed Records!
Special: 160 Mph Compressed Air Dragster 2300 FT/LBS Torque... 70,000 Rpm!!!
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Hot Rod Dec 1962
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Hot Rod December 1962 Features
Fairlane V8 Sports Car
Inside Photos Details... '62 Top Eliminator Aluminum Engine Pontiac Dragster
Don Francisco Reports: 14th Annual Bonneville National Speed Trials
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The first magazines were 9" by 12" and were bigger than the popular pocket- or digest-sized magazines that came later. The size was reduced to 8-1/2" by 11" with the October, 1949 issue. This magazine marks the beginning of a golden age in automotive publications, and it set the style for much more to come.
Hot Rod has always been a generalist rodding magazine, successfully covering all aspects in the world of wheels from hot rods, customs, muscle cars, drag racing, dune buggies, vans, etc. Like other Petersen titles like Car Craft, in the mid-1960s content began slowly shifting away from pre-1948 vehicles and instead embraced Detroit classics from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. This fact is represented by the re-grouping of the title into the performance & muscle genre for all issues from 1965 forward.
Rod & Custom was a sister magazine in the Petersen empire. When it ended for a second time in May 1974, it was folded into Hot Rod magazine.
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