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Showcase Camaro, Part 2: Street Freak Bodywork is Finished on Accel's Project Car

May 17, 2024 | motortrend.com | Dave Wallace

Originally published in the August 1978 issue of Hot Rod magazineAccel's project car gets flared, spoiled and chopped by Kolor Me KustomLast month we left Accel's Project Camaro in the custody of Kolor Me Kustom, where this "rolling showcase" for Accel, Deccel, Weber and Accutronic products had just received its one-piece, all-steel, full-tilt front-end treatment (July '78 HOT ROD).
1978-1979 Oldsmobile Starfire Firenza

Mar 12, 2024 | motortrend.com | Dave Wallace

By Dave WallaceJust as surely as the fast-approaching 'Eighties will be remembered for the development, finally, of some serious American sporty cars like the upcoming Mustang/Capri (August HOT ROD) the 'Seventies will be recalled as the decade during which U.S. auto makers got the message—if not the entire picture—about building better smaller cars.
More Machizmo: DKM's 1979 "Macho Z" Chevy Camaro Z28

Mar 8, 2024 | motortrend.com | Dave Wallace

By Dave WallaceThe American fascination with time travel was a favorite subject of the late Rod Serling, creator-narrator of TV's Twilight Zone. Such episodes typically introduce some unhappy, disillusioned person seeking a return to "better days" to the devilish little guy who comes up with just such a deal. Of course a price must always be paid, and the time traveler's subsequent voyage often turns out to be a bummer, compared to whatever was exchanged. The devil doesn't make many bad deals.
How To Win At Bracket Racing

Mar 1, 2024 | motortrend.com | Dave Wallace

Originally published in the August 1978 issue of Hot Rod magazine You'll need some luck, some skill, and all kinds of concentration We know that winning isn't everything, but we've all finished out of the money time enough to realize that it sure beats the heck out of losing! Bracket racing is a lot more fun when the time slip rewards you with a big "W" every once in a while, and nothing keeps a bracket bomber "pumped" like five or six of those babies in a row, which means a trip to the pay...
Double Dynamite: The All-New 1979 Ford Mustang and Mercury Capri

Mar 1, 2024 | motortrend.com | Dave Wallace

Featured Image: The all-new Ford Mustang and Mercury Capri become full-fledged sister ships for 1979. The made-in-Michigan twins, based on an abbreviated Fairmont/Zephyr floor plan and suspension, are both offered as three-door hatchbacks, as shown. Ford's Mustang can also be had as a two-door. Henry Ford II attracted extraordinary attention last summer by suggesting, in a widely quoted speech, that upcoming American cars would drive the imports from our shores by 1981.
Only At Indy: 24th NHRA U.S. Nationals

Feb 17, 2024 | motortrend.com | Dave Wallace

Most years, the idea of picking a single favorite race car at the United States Nationals would be nothing short of ridiculous, considering the numbers of entries and spectators involved. Drag racing's annual "Indy" celebration is many things to many different people, particularly to the 35,000 or so who stick around for the last of the annual Labor Day eliminations.
Top Fuel Dragster Converted to Super Pro E.T. Bracket Racer

Feb 17, 2024 | motortrend.com | Dave Wallace

Originally published in the October 1978 issue of Hot Rod magazineBy Dave WallaceEd & Caron Fischl's "born-again" bracket car is loaded with tricks of the tradeThere was a time when the open-wheeled E.T. bracket car was something of a novelty outside the West Coast, as noted in last year's tour through Bracket Racing America. Upon uncovering one such animal in Pennsylvania, we whipped out the camera and notebook and served it up in December's HOT ROD ("Digger Deluxe").
Showcase Camaro Part 3: The Ultimate Street Freak Gets a Blueprinted 350

Feb 14, 2024 | motortrend.com | Dave Wallace

By Dave WallaceWhile the Kolor Me Kustom body and paint wizards were working over the outside of Accel's Project Camaro (see July & August '78 HOT ROD), the hugger's dog-tired drivetrain gained a much-needed muscle transplant. Out came the original equipment (OE) mouse motor (a dead player, anyway) and tired two-speed automatic; in went a four-bolt 350 by Sid Waterman, the noted nitro-burning engine builder, and a Borg-Warner four-speed.
Drag Racing History: Chassis Builders and Kit Cars from the 1970s

Feb 2, 2024 | motortrend.com | Dave Wallace |Bob McClurg |Bruce Caldwell

From the December 1978 issue of HOT ROD: What did it cost to buy a Pro Stock chassis in 1978?
Inside Holley's Game-Changing Pro Dominator Ram Manifold From 1978

Jan 31, 2024 | motortrend.com | C.J. Baker |Dave Wallace

By C.J. Baker / In case you had any doubts, Holley is serious about being in the intake manifold business. Their intent is to offer completely engineered induction systems that will produce proven results, and their interests extend far beyond the bread-and-butter street market. Holley is very much into the racing manifold business too, as evidenced by their successes in single 4-barrel NASCAR, sprint and drag racing applications.