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The Versatility of a Truck

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THE HOT ROD ARCHIVES

Spencer Murray’s Dream Truck

THE SLOW ONE RUNS 10S! • Killer Performance builds a duo of supercharged, pavement-shredding Chevy pickups

MAKING A SPLASH AGAIN • Mark Oja builds a tribute to the original Belltech truck

BENEFITS OF LONGEVITY • Jim Nygard has owned this 1968 427-powered Ford F-250 High-Boy truck since 1976

ROWDY TIRE-FRYER • LUCKY COSTA’S SUPERCHARGED C10 WAS BUILT FROM A PILE OF PARTS

COP SPEC OPS • How to go racing for cheap in used police cars

SMALL BUT MIGHTY • Inside Rochester’s classic 2G two-barrel carburetor

IT’S GOT TWIST • 493-Inch Mopar big-block street engine makes 600 hp

2K POWERHOUSE • SCOGGIN DICKEY MAKES 2,000 HP WITH GEN V L8TS

Classing Up the Joint • Interior upgrades made easy with TMI Products

PORSCHE-KILLING FREAK • Twenty-year-old Cole Reynolds is building this super cool outside-the-box hot rod

LIGHT MY WAY • New LED headlights from Holley look like traditional sealed-beam headlights but work much better

Budget Beater • We build this Weiand-Blown C10 for under $8,500!

Upping the Ante! • Installing Ridetech’s coilover conversion on an ’88 to ’98 Chevy pickup

FINISH LINE • Building a 1927 Ford Model T Offers Lessons in Stress Management