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Hot Rod Jan 1988
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Hot Rod January 1988

Features
Special 40 Collectors 40 Issue!
Exclusive Pull-Out Centerfold!
Celebrating Hot Rod's History! Four Decades Of High-Performance Leadership
Win A Mustang GT Convertible!

 


Hot Rod Feb 1988
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Hot Rod February 1988

Features
4-Sec./300-Mph Top Fuelers?!
Win A Mustang GT Convertible
Route 66 Part 3: OK City To Albuquerque
Hot New Holley Carbs

 


Hot Rod Mar 1988
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Hot Rod March 1988

Features
What's New! Ford & Chevy Hi-Perf Street Heads
Route 66 Finale: Back To L.A.
Milestone Musclecar: 383 GTS Dart
Graphic Attack

 


Hot Rod Apr 1988
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Hot Rod April 1988

Features
Run For Fun Bracket Racing Basics
Special Centerfold Inside!
Secrets To Street Performance
10-Sec. 5.0-Liter Street Mustang

 


Hot Rod May 1988
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Hot Rod May 1988

Features
Controversial??? Street Power Formula!
Late TPI For Early Chevy's
Milestone Musclecar: 375/396 Camaro
Hot News For The '90's...Hot

 


Hot Rod Jun 1988
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Hot Rod June 1988

Features
Don't Get Taken... The Bogus Parts Scam!
Bonus Centerfold! Penske-Donohue Trans-Am Camaro
Horsepower Shoot-Out
Superchargers Nitrous Turbos

 


Hot Rod Jul 1988
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Hot Rod July 1988

Features
Special Feature: Hot New Trend Mini-Trucks Galore!
Musclecar Parts Repro Crackdown
430-Hp Blown Street 351W
Milestone Musclecar: 1966 Fairlane GT 390/427

 


Hot Rod Aug 1988
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Hot Rod August 1988

Features
Hottest Acts In Drag Racing!
7-Sec. Shoeboxes & Eddie Hill's 4.99/288-Mph T/F
Smog-Legal Hi-Pro Parts
Legal TPI Modifications

 


Hot Rod Sep 1988
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Hot Rod September 1988

Features
383 Small-Block Maxi-Mouse 12-Sec. Street Chevelle
New Alloy Hemi Heads For 440s
C4, C6 Ford Auto Trans Tricks
Over 75 Full-Color Photos!

 


Hot Rod Oct 1988
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Hot Rod October 1988

Features
Exclusive! Trick, New Street Fuel-Injection
Wow! Centerfold! Wild '33 Willys
Sweet Ok Street Deals!
How To Find Your Next Supercar

 


Hot Rod Nov 1988
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Hot Rod November 1988

Features
Exclusive! Hot, New, 4-Cam, '89 'Vette Engine
Road Blast: Turbo V6 Trans Am
Swap Tricks: Rat Motor Monte Carlo
Milestone Musclecar: 428 Cj Mustang

 


Hot Rod Dec 1988
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Hot Rod December 1988

Features
Believe It Or Don't! 184-Mph, 12-Sec, 30-Mpg Street Blaster
Best Performance New Car
Best Car Our Top Ten
Best New Trend

 

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Robert E. Petersen launched Hot Rod magazine in 1948 to coincide with the first Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) Exposition in Los Angeles. This magazine closed a needed gap in hot rod coverage after the demise of Throttle magazine at the start of World War II. It gained success quickly, and many imitators followed. Petersen's success allowed him to launch Motor Trend and many other titles.

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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