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    BACKFIRE

    Dec 27, 2019 5 minutes

    EARLY MUSCLE

    I am a 77-year-old car fan, and have been since I was 14 years old. I think your magazine is the best of the bunch, including Hot Rod, which I’ve subscribed to since I was 14.

    My current and last hot rod is a 1950 Oldsmobile Club Coupe, built to B/Gas specs. It was sourced from North Carolina two years ago. The car was trucked to Livermore, California, 50 miles southeast of San Francisco to be completely rebuilt by my 50-year-old son, Jeff.

    The car was basically rebuilt from scratch. It had a 440-cu.in. Chrysler and TorqueFlite automatic transmission, which I have taken out. The body remains as bought with radius rear wheelwells, no side chrome, and 1977 Camaro front disc brakes. It is equipped with a 9-inch Ford rear-end with a ratio of 3.55:1, 10-inch Mickey Thompson slicks on chrome reversed wheels, new TH400 “hydro” and

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