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20 Years Ago

March 2001: 136 pages, $3.99

welve seconds and 20 mpg is a pretty compelling headline, and we suspect this issue sold pretty well because of it. The Sub Lime 1970 Challenger was a worthy car, too. Photographed in the rain while on the previous year’s Power Tour, a dreary setting is likely the reason why the car was clipped out and

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