Cars Illustrated - Premier Issue (DIGITAL EDITION)

Vette to the Max

The premier edition of Cars Illustrated opened up with several editorials that set the course for this wild little magazine out of New York City.  The editors promised that this magazine would be different, have an attitude, cover street racing like no other magazine had before, and promised to stir things up in the auto industry. 

This is a unique DIGITAL EDITION of your favorite Cars Illustrated magazine, a complete 100% digital replica of the original magazine. This is a 1:1 digital copy that will let you read the PREMIER ISSUE of Cars Illustrated on your phone, tablet, laptop, or home computer!

Musclecar Memories

50 SS454 LS6 Chevelle, The heaviest Chevy of them all.

Street Stompers

33 Novablown, Putting the Chevy II under pressure and on the bottle

40 Lowbottomy, LowBoy big block street rod.

47 Yankee Van, Four-wheeling over traffic.

Tech

29 Gear for go, How to swap rear gears and why.

53 Buick V8 Buildup, Forging the Flint Flyer.

Great American Engine Series

73 Chrysler 426 Hemi, Race hardware for the street.

Features

21 Performance ’86, New muscle from Detroit.

25 Haulin’ Glass, New York to Miami in 18 hours.

37 Tire Melting 101, Dr. Heasley’s school of burnouts.

42 Variations on GTO, The wild world of GTOs.

57 1987 GTO, The Goat is back – next year.

61 LA’s wild street scene, Coaster rollers.