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Hot Rod Jan 2018
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Hot Rod January 2018

Features
Celebrating 70 Years Of Hot Rod
Inside Speed Week's Fastest Streamliner
Ardun Flatty+'30 On Deuce Rails
Why This A V8 Sets The Standard

 


Hot Rod Feb 2018
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Hot Rod February 2018

Features
World's Fastest Street Cars
Nitrous Wins Drag Week
Dave Schroeder 872CI Big-Block
1966 Corvette Wrecked & Rebuilt

 


Hot Rod Mar 2018
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Hot Rod March 2018

Features
3-D Print Your Own Speed Parts!
Vintage Y-Block
Alle Bending With Kaase
Drag Week Shootours

 


Hot Rod Apr 2018
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Hot Rod April 2018

Features
10 Money Saving Tips For Body & Paint Prep!
Javelin Ringbrothers 1,000HP Hellcat-Powered AMC
Taj Ma-Haul! RHD Cuda Goes To India!
Hot Rod Where It All Began

 


Hot Rod May 2018
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Hot Rod May 2018

Features
Dare To Be Diesel! Welder Up's Insane 4X4 Dodge Charger
Diesel Engine Guide
Power Tour Pelp
Hot Rod Where It All Began

 


Hot Rod Jun 2018
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Hot Rod June 2018

Features
Thid Dodge Daytona Is Now A Jaw-Dropping Sensation
Newspeed Parts From Sema You Gott A Haven
Compact Accessory Drive Swap ANLS In To Anything
Hot Rod Where It All Began

 


Hot Rod Jul 2018
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Hot Rod July 2018

Features
HemiLsx Break The Rules With A Ford-Headed Chevy
Dirt Track Street Car
Win A 1000 HP Dodge Hellcat
Street Legal Miller Mov Car

 


Hot Rod Aug 2018
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Hot Rod August 2018

Features
Hemis Cudas // Vettes 40-Year Stash
Twin Turbo Pantera
New Saleen Mustang
Factory Five 35 Pickup

 


Hot Rod Sep 2018
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Hot Rod September 2018

Features
490 - Inch LSX Engine
500HP Nitrous Fogger System
$500 Grand!
Custom Metal Work

 


Hot Rod Oct 2018
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Hot Rod October 2018

Features
Mail - Order Parts
Basic Tools
No Machine Work
Pick Your Boost

 


Hot Rod Nov 2018
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Hot Rod November 2018

Features
200-MPH Twin-Turbo Model T
The Ultimate Road Trip
This Year's Power Tour Was The Biggest Ever!
Hot Rod Where It All Began

 


Hot Rod Dec 2018
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Hot Rod December 2018

Features
New Factory Drag Racer From Dodge Challenger 1320
Behind The Scenes Photos Insider Information
Chevy Performance On The Road
Challenger Hellcat Recieve At Pikes Peak

 

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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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