Hot Rod

THE HOT ROD ARCHIVES

20 Years Ago

December 2002: 98 pages, $3.99

OT ROD’s editorial staff made its annual pick of the Top 10 Hot Rods of the Year, a process made bittersweet by the fact that this was the first such selection without Gray Baskerville, who passed away earlier in the year. The cover car was among the terrific 10: Mike Landi’s 1,150hp, 9-second, street-driven ’55 Chevrolet 210, which Editor Ro McGonegal called “an immaculate study of conception and execution.” The rest of the Class of 2002 included

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