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Hot Rod Jan 2021
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Hot Rod January 2021

Features
LS3 Makes 840 HP With A Procharger
Rescued And Rebuilt Masterpiece '69 Resto-Mod
Vintage Trans Am Mustang Racer
Data Logger For The Masses

 


Hot Rod Feb 2021
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Hot Rod February 2021

Features
Alloway's Hot Rod Shop Builds The Ultimate 1970 Chevelle
Build A Performance Fuel System
Coyote-Swapped 1967 Mustang
Floor Pan Rust Prevention

 


Hot Rod Mar 2021
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Hot Rod March 2021

Features
1967 Nova Restomod Built In A Week!
Family - Built Model A Keeps Tradition Alive Role Model
Install Big Brakes On A Duster
Show-Winning 2nd-Gen Camaro Restoration

 


Hot Rod Apr 2021
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Hot Rod April 2021

Features
Performance Manual Transmissions Compared
This Mid-Engine Hemi-Swapped Rampage Busts The '80s Stigma
Aluminum Fe Makes 627 HP On Pump Gas!
Build A 1,000 Horsepower Coyote

 


Hot Rod May 2021
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Hot Rod May 2021

Features
Electric Turbos: Future Tech Or Flash In The Pan?
'67 Coronet Resto After 25 Years
Sacrilegious! LS-Swapped '65 Falcon
Rust Repair: '70 Cuda Subframe

 


Hot Rod Jun 2021
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Hot Rod June 2021

Features
Cheap Crate Engine Buyer's Guide
Socal Quarantine Cruise
LT4-Swapped 1969 Nova
Coyote - Swapped 1940 Ford

 


Hot Rod Jul 2021
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Hot Rod July 2021

Features
Rust In Peace: Classic Car Junkyards
Power-Adders Compared
Dual Purpose This Big-Block Camaro Was Built For Street And Track
Sleeper '93 Mustang Makes 507 HP

 


Hot Rod Aug 2021
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Hot Rod August 2021

Features
Time Capsule '69 Camaro Pulled From Storage
Plus Rare '72 Roadrunner GTX
Olds Mobile F85 Week End Project
Rocker Panel Rust Replacement

 


Hot Rod Sep 2021
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Hot Rod September 2021

Features
1969 Camaro Built In A Week
Comprehensive AMC Builder's Guide
Plymouth Scamp Built Right
Small-Block Serpentine Conversion

 


Hot Rod Oct 2021
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Hot Rod October 2021

Features
Race Car Tech For The Street: All About Carbon Fiber
Low Mile '69 Barracuda Resto
Quick & Easy C10 Rust Repair
Independent Rear Suspension Conversion

 


Hot Rod Nov 2021
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Hot Rod November 2021

Features
Coilover Conversions Budget Bolt-On For Tri-Five Chevys
'73 Challenger With A Gen II Hem I
'74 Camaro Z/28 Pulled From Storage
New Steering Column For An Old Nova

 


Hot Rod Dec 2021
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Hot Rod December 2021

Features
WWII Aircraft Nose Art For Your Car
Fox-Body Mustang Clutch Install
Custom Racing Brakes For Early Fords
Hot Rod Where It All Began

 

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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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