Cars Illustrated - Volume 4 Number 5 (DIGITAL EDITION)

“From Buick with Balls” would cement Cars Illustrated as the automotive source for all information on new production vehicles when it came to quarter-mile drag racing performance.  When the test driver ran a 13.85 second ET at over 99 MPH, the new car craze was on.  And, Cars Illustrated would be there for the next three years documenting the straight-line performance of new cars and reporting directly from the street racing scene all over the United States. 

This is a 1:1 digital copy that will let you read Cars Illustrated - Volume 4, Number 5 on your phone, tablet, laptop, or home computer.

Road Tests

21 From Buick With Balls, Turbo T-Type terror.

52 Chevy Z-24, Zzzzzzzzzz.

Street Stompers

33 English muffin, Old gassers never die.

40 1964 Ford Thunderbolt, Ford’s fastest idea.

48 ’64 421 GTO, When flying Phil reads this, we’re finished.

60 460 Cube Hemi Roadrunner, It ain’t over till the elephant sings.

62 Cruiser, Kinda wimpy ’55 Chevy.

63 Bruiser, Ball out ’55 Chevy.

73 460 Cube Blown Camaro, When too much really is too much.

Tech

30 Mission Impossible, ETs for nuthin’ and your kicks for free.

36 Fuel For Thought, Stacking up on the hows and whys of injection.

Racing

26 1986 NHRA Springnationals

Special Features

3 Contents Page, Freaking out with page numbers.

45 Quarter million quarter mile, Bet with your head, not over it.

54 Galloping Gourmet, Street racing with the Chef of the future.

57 Grand National on a Shoestring, Attention K-Mart shoppers.

65 Shafiroff on Nitrous, The straight scoop from the man who knows.

76 Four Barrel vs. Six Pack, Wasting your motor in five easy passes.