Ok, that's pretty much the definition of the name for this magazine for many people.
Photography Credit: Gordon Jolley
If intimidating your opponent is half the battle, then Alabama's Jerry Hardt has already won: his A Modified Special is just the thing for conjuring up images of the post-apocalyptic no man's land from Mad Max–hardly a hospitable place to visit.
The wheelbase and most other measurements for this car were lifted from the donor vehicle–a good indication of the tidy packaging …
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Ok, that's pretty much the definition of the name for this magazine for many people.
The Year 2004: Sounds like The Future, looks vintage. Somehow looks even more bitchin in black and white.
This guy was building ghettocets before it was cool!
(Well, not as cool as it is now 
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Awesome. Do we know if he is still running it 14 years later?
Not that I am aware of. He was in our club and local region, but do not believe he is active any longer. I can't recall seeing it after 2000 or so.
It was a big, big car, but the workmanship was pretty good. He had a blast with it.
Wonder where it is/what it looks like now
Tyler H said:The Year 2004: Sounds like The Future, looks vintage. Somehow looks even more bitchin in black and white.
That article ran before 2004. I can check when I get home, but I'm guessing it's from 1996 or so. Jerry and his creation showed up at a test and tune that we did at Road Atlanta in conjunction with the ARRC. This is also from a time of film cameras, black-and-white magazine signatures and stuff like that.
racerdave600 said:It was a big, big car, but the workmanship was pretty good. He had a blast with it.
Only big by A-mod standards 
This article is from 1996 as David remembered. I accidentally left the 2004 year in there when using intro text from another article. All fixed now. Sorry for the confusion.
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