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Hot Rod Jan 2023
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Hot Rod January 2023 Features Hot Rod Of The Month Gray Basker Ville's 1932 Ford Returns To EI Mirage Dry Lake He Bought The Car In 1966 And Put More Than 250,000 Miles On It Over His 30-Year Career With Petersen Publishing
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Hot Rod Feb 2023
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Hot Rod February 2023 Features Fox Mustang Godzilla 7.3L Engine Swap Where It All Began Hotrod.com Drag Week Tom Bailey's Fifth Win Was By The Slimmest Margin Ever Engine Tech: Should You Use Diesel Oil?
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Hot Rod Mar 2023
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Hot Rod March 2023 Features Tech/3,000 HP Billet Is By Steve Morris Engines Power/Supercharged 56 Olds Holiday Coupe Fabricate/ Troy Ladd Builds A 31 Ford Coupe FlatHead Racing At The RPM Nationals
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Hot Rod Apr 2023
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Hot Rod April 2023 Features Show/Crazy Engine Swaps At Holley Is Fest Tech/How Piston Rings Contribute To Engine Heat Build/Bulletproof Muncie M22 Four-Speed Nitro Revival Nostalgia Drag Racing At Its Finest
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Hot Rod May 2023
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Hot Rod May 2023 Features Blueprint Engines '3.6L 4-Banger Accepts LS Heads Buick Grand National Roadworthy After 15 Years Custom-Fabricated Ford Model A Rollcage Where It All Began Hotrod.com
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Hot Rod Jun 2023
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Hot Rod June 2023 Features Project Groundhog: Chevy 5.3 Left In The Dirt Tech: How Engine Oil Helps With Ring Seal Interview: John Force On Perseverance And Success Where It All Began Hotrod.com
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Hot Rod Jul 2023
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Hot Rod July 2023 Features Project Groundhog: Budget Chevy 5.3 Assembly Tech: AFR's Gen 3 Hemi Cylinder Heads Tested Interview: Erica Enders On Pro Stock Championships Where It All Began Hotrod.com
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Hot Rod Aug 2023
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Hot Rod August 2023 Features Legend: The Black Ghost '70 Hemichallenger Customize: How To Trim & Flush-Fit Bumpers Build: 31 Ford Coupe Hits The Dragstrip Where It All Began Hotrod.com
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Hot Rod Sep 2023
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Hot Rod September 2023 Features Pros & Cons: Inverter VS. Transformer Welders Build: Mind-Blowing 600HP Fordy-Block Customize: LS7-Style Heads For The Masses Where It All Began Hotrod.com
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Hot Rod Oct 2023
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Hot Rod October 2023 Features Road Trip: Budget Beater's Cross-Country Adventure Barn Find: Stash Of Rare AMCs Uncovered Upgrade: GMB-Body Steering Box Install Where It All Began Hotrod.com
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Hot Rod Nov 2023
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Hot Rod November 2023 Features Homebuilt: 32 Ford With Family Heritage Custom: Extra - Fancy 63 Galaxie Convertible Tech: A Buick Grand National Reimagined By The Roadster Shop Where It All Began Hotrod.com
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1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023Robert 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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