COVER STORIES: The Burbank Choppers, Soichiro Honda, Mr. J

ARTICLES ON: Mad Fabricator’s Society, The return of the New York Dolls, Pere Ubu’s David Thomas interview, Bonneville ’06, Paul Gruskin’s new book Rockin’ Down the Highway

REGULAR FEATURES: Editor Speaks, Big Nate’s Video Roundup, Bobo Tech, Chas’ Compendium of Automotive Oddities, Dirty Donny’s Canvas Highway, Bumbeck’s Bit’s and Pieces, Tales Of Kidd Mopar, Record Reviews

CAR OF THE ISSUE: Catthouse Racing’s 1965 Buick Skylark

OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST: The first totally MLV / Jeremy Stoner issue

FIRST APPEARANCE OF: Pheck artwork

NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN: Davey?

PICTURE OF MIKE KISSING: Nobody – but hugging Dennis Tek!