Real- World Rides - Hot Rod Network. We know you’re tired of magazines dictating to you what’s cool and what’s not. Why is it that some cars are deemed worthy of serious consideration, while others aren’t? Big- dollar guys hog up too many pages in too many books, while the average Joe gets treated as if he doesn’t even exist. In all fairness, sometimes the dudes with bankroll pull off some miraculous stuff that get the rest of us buzzing and thinking about new ways of doing things, but how often can you say you were truly inspired by that? The recently released EOS 70D appears to be a much improved and direct replacement for the EOS 60D in the Canon range. The 70D has a high level of specification for a. Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Welcome Fortune City Customers. Fortune City is now Dotster. With this change, you now have 24x7 support. Don't hesitate to call our Support team toll free at 800-401. A Manual for Students in. Most of you want to know what other guys like yourself are doing, and that’s one big reason we hold our photo contest every year. It’s a great opportunity to strut your stuff, and see what other hot rodders are doing, without magazine guys stinking up the place with arbitrary or capricious judgment. For instance, how much is too much to spend on a project car? Regardless of what we think, we can say that you guys will admit to spending an average of $2. What size wheels are the coolest? Again, it doesn’t matter what we think. Just over two thirds of you have 1. And you’re a loyal lot too, with the average length of ownership at 1. For this contest, we received nearly 3. We promised to print all of them, provided entrants follow some basic rules. We tried to keep those rules simple- like enter by the deadline, give us five high- resolution digital images, fill out a tech sheet, and write a cover letter- yet a significant number of those entries were disqualified on those grounds. You may also notice that with the exception of two finalists, we did not print the ladies in this issue. Due to space constraints, we will have a separate story on our ladies’ rides in our March issue. That promises to be a hot one, so look for that on the newsstand in late January. When the dust settled, Tom and Amy Craig of Schertz, Texas, won our photo contest with their ’6. Camaro RS/Z2. 8. It wasn’t an easy decision, since we had so many great photos to choose from, but we appreciated the very successful effort that Tom and Amy made, and the fact that neither is a professional photographer. Likewise, we’re awarding the runner- up Mothers Picture Perfect award to Brian Ober of Dickenson, Texas. Nice save, Brian!) Tom and Amy will receive a set of tires from our photo contest sponsor, Nitto Tires, while Brian will get a selection of Mothers car care products. If you didn’t find the time to get your car in this year, we plan on doing it again next year. If you car isn’t finished, we also plan on having a separate issue dedicated to unfinished reader projects sometime in the spring- so keep an eye out for details. As we said earlier, some entries we got were unusable for some reason, so if you fell into that group, feel free to try again next year. If you just want to complain and you didn’t send us any pictures, you dear friend, need to get off the couch! The Winner. This year’s PHR Photo Contest winners are Tom and Amy Craig. Their winning photo was accompanied by this letter, which explains their life with this sweet ’6. Camaro. For their effort, Tom and Amy will get a set of Nitto tires of their choosing. From the looks of it, they are in need of some better traction, and we know Nitto has just the thing they’re looking for. Congratulations to Tom and Amy. Enjoy your newfound grip! Now, in Tom’s words, here’s their story . A ’6. 8 RS/Z2. 8 Camaro, which was originally created by General Motors, and recreated by myself, the photographer. The other beauty would be a vintage 1. We are Tom and Amy Craig, and this is our story. My wife really likes horses; I really like hp. So we have more in common than you think. A few years ago, we owned a ’8. Buick Grand National that my wife would drive to cruise nights. I would drive my car, a ’7. SS Chevelle with big- block power. The Buick was the opposite of the Chevelle. The Buick had fuel injection, A/C, and a quiet motor. My Chevelle has none of those things, although it does have a 5. It was nice having two different types of cars, one with a loud thumping cam and lots of torque and speed, the other with quiet turbo power and air conditioning. I’ve never had a hot rod with A/C. It spoiled me. The Buick made decent power, but I couldn’t start modifying it to go faster; it was too clean and original. Just the idea of a fuel- injected car that was cozy to ride in with A/C and over 5. Keeping my wife involved in my hobbies makes it a lot easier to spend money. Hot rodding is expensive. She wanted a ’6. 8 RS Camaro. It’s OK though, I love this car too. This Camaro has an iron- block GM 6. L engine with 1. 0. L9. 2 heads, and intake. The cam is an SLP 2. The transmission is a 4. L6. 5E overdrive automatic. It has Street and Performance headers, aluminum driveshaft, Moser 1. Detroit Truetrac differential, Detroit Speed and Engineering Quadra. Link rear suspension, QA1 shocks all around, and subframe connectors. There are Budnik Lateral wheels wearing Michelin Pilot Sport tires (3. R1. 7 rear and 2. R1. 7 front). For brakes, it has SSBC discs all around. The interior is an updated deluxe houndstooth with ’9. Camaro front seats custom upholstered to match the original. We installed Hot Rod air conditioning, a custom steering wheel, and Auto Meter Phantom Gauges. The paint is PPG black. It was built to be driveable for my wife, as well as powerful for me. I had no idea how fast and powerful that little 3. It’s never been on the dyno, but according to other similar builds I’ve read about, it should be making about 5. That’s what I call big- block power in a small- block package. You would think those 3. Nope!’6. 8 Chevy Camaro. Amy Craig, Schertz, TXEngine: 3. LQ4 small- block Chevy. Cylinder heads: factory. Camshaft: SLP; . 5. Induction: EFITransmission: 4. L6. 5E automatic. Rearend: Moser 1. Front suspension: factory. Rear suspension: DSE Quadra. Link, QA1 shocks. Brakes: SSBC disc front and rear. Wheels: Budnik Laterals; 1. You’ll have some fine products to maintain your homegrown paintjob. Next month, we’ll resume giving the winner of “Hometown Hot Rodding” an assortment of Mothers products to keep his or her ride looking nice. Mail us a photograph or, if you’re a modern guy, email us a digital image. Remember that digital images need to be 3. Also, be sure to include info on the car, along with your name and address. MOTHERS PICTURE PERFECT RUNNER- UP’6. BUICK RIVIERA GSBRIAN OBER, DICKINSON, TXEngine: 4. Cylinder heads: factory. Camshaft: factory. Induction: 7. 50- cfm Quadrajet. Transmission: Switch Pitch 4. Rearend: factory. Front suspension: factory. Rear suspension: factory. Brakes: drum front and rear. Wheels: Buick Ralley. Tires: Douglas. Performance: 3. Years owned: 5. Photographer: owner. Camera: Samsung Pro- 8. Shoot location: Galveston County, TXFINALIST’6. BUICK RIVIERACAM MILLER, SMITHFIELD, UTEngine: 4. Cylinder heads: factory. Camshaft: factory. Induction: factory. Transmission: Powerglide. Rearend: factory. Front suspension: Air Ride. Rear suspension: Air Ride. Brakes: disc/drum. Wheels: Boyd Coddington. Tires: Nitto. Performance: 3. Invested: $2. 0,0. Years owned: 2. Photographer: Chris Dunker. Camera: Canon 1. DSShoot location: Logan, UTFINALIST’6. FORD MUSTANG FASTBACKDAN MELVILLE, ROHNERT PARK, CAEngine: 3. Windsor. Cylinder heads: Edelbrock RPM aluminum. Camshaft: COMP roller. Induction: Edelbrock Torker II intake, 6. Mighty Demon, Paxton supercharger. Transmission: TKO- 6. Rearend: Ford 8- inch, 3. Front suspension: Ron Morris coilover. Rear suspension: HD leaf, Edelbrock shocks, traction bars. Brakes: SSBC 1. 1. Wheels: American Racing Estrella; 1. Tires: Cooper ZEOWPerformance: 5. Invested: $5. 5,0. Years owned: 6. Photographer: Craig Melville. Camera: Canon 5. 0DShoot location: Rohnert Park, CAFINALIST’6. CHEVY CAMAROANDY NEUSTIFTER, WESTFIELD, INEngine: 3. Chevy. Cylinder heads: double- hump. Camshaft: hydraulic. Induction: Z- 2. 8 intake, 6. Holley carb. Transmission: M- 2. Muncie four- speed manual. Rearend: GM 1. 2- bolt, 3. Front suspension: factory. Rear suspension: factory. Brakes: disc/drum. Wheels: Wheel Vintiques; 1. Joe’s Hospital garage’7. CHEVY MALIBUMARC LUETJE, TOPEKA, KSEngine: 3. Chevy. Cylinder heads: Vortec, ported and polished. Camshaft: COMP solid; . Induction: Edelbrock Air Gap intake, 8. Race Demon. Transmission: TCI TH3. Rearend: GM 1. 0- bolt, 4. Front suspension: Belltech spindles, Eibach springs, KYB shocks. Rear suspension: Eibach springs, KYB shocks. Brakes: disc/drum. Wheels: Corvette C5. Tires: Goodyear; 2. R1. 7, Mickey Thompson; 2. R1. 7Invested: $4. Years owned: 2. 1Photographer: owner. Camera: Fuji Fine. Pix V1. 0Shoot location: Topeka, KS’3. PLYMOUTH FIVE- WINDOW COUPEBLAIR BLANCH, MICHIGAN TOWN, INEngine: 3. Chevy. Cylinder heads: ’6. Corvette 2. 0. 2- inch valve. Camshaft: Crane. Induction: Holley intake, 6. Demon carb. Transmission: TH4. Rearend: GM 1. 2- bolt, 3. Front suspension: ’3. Plymouth straight axle. Rear suspension: leaf springs, Rancho shocks. Brakes: Nova disc/drum. Wheels: American Racing T- 7. RTires: BFG Silvertown Performance: 3. Invested: $1. 2,0. Years owned: 5. Photographer: owner. Camera: Sony Cyber- shot 5. MPShoot location: Michigan Town, IN’6. FORD MUSTANGDARREN BARTZ, ASHBURN, VAEngine: 3. Ford. Cylinder heads: Edelbrock RPM aluminum. Camshaft: COMP roller. Induction: Edelbrock dual- plane intake, 6. Edelbrock carb. Transmission: Top Loader four- speed manual. Rearend: Ford 9- inch, 3. Front suspension: factory. Rear suspension: HD leaf springs. Brakes: factory. Wheels: vintage steel. Tires: BFG; 2. 15/7. R1. 5, 2. 25/7. 0R1. Invested: $3. 5,0. Years owned: 4. Photographer: owner. Camera: Nikon E4. Shoot location: Ashburn, VA’6. AMC RAMBLERJACK STABENOW, WATERLOO, IAEngine: 3. Ford. Cylinder heads: cast- iron Windsor. Camshaft: Crane. Induction: Summit dual- plane intake, 6. Holley carb. Transmission: C6 automatic with shift kit. Rearend: Ford 9- inch, 3. Front suspension: factory. Rear suspension: factory. Brakes: Sprint disc, Ford drum. Wheels: Weld Pro Lite; 1. Paul, MN’7. 8 CHEVY MALIBUDAN MILLHOLLAND, MARYVILLE, TNEngine: 4.
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