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Gauge Magazine - FEBRUARY 2019
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FEBRUARY 2019 ISSUE 242
Features 12 Primo Taco 34 Topless Cruiser 60 Vulcan 6.6
Special Features
42 Gauge Girl Sommer Shaye
Gauge Magazine, Number 242 February 2019, is published monthly by Gauge Media Group. Copyright © 2019 Gauge Media Group Inc.
This month’s cover photo shot by Nick Means featuring Gauge Girl Sommer Shaye
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Goodguys 21st PPG Nationals Eville Shindig Clean Culture IMPORTEXPO 21st PPG Nats AutoCross
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ENGINE
1996 Toyota Tacoma PATRICK BURNS Gauge Magazine - FEBRUARY 2019
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“Primo Taco” 1996 Toyota Tacoma
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primo taco
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“Primo Taco” 1996 Toyota Tacoma
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“Primo Taco” 1996 Toyota Tacoma
GOODGUYS
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GoodGuys 21st PPG Nationals
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21st PPG NATIONALS
Columbus, Ohio July 6-8, 2018 photos by Chris Gosda
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“Topless Cruiser” 1947 Mercury Coupe
Chris Gosda
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1947 Mercury Convertible Coupe
TOM HULTING
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“Topless Cruiser” 1947 Mercury Coupe
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“Topless Cruiser” 1947 Mercury Coupe
INTERIOR
REAR END
FEBRUARY 2019 GAUGEGIRL SOMMER SHAYE
photos by Nick Means
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February Gauge Girl: Sommer Shaye
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February Gauge Girl: Sommer Shaye
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February Gauge Girl: Sommer Shaye
September 2, 2018 photography: Todd Atkins
EVILLE
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EVILLE Shindig Evansville, Indiana
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EVILLE Shindig
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EVILLE Shindig
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EVILLE Shindig
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EVILLE Shindig
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EVILLE Shindig
2017 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD Gauge Magazine - FEBRUARY 2019
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“VULCAN 6.6” 2017 Chevy Silverado 2500HD
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photos: Nick Means
JAMES PORTALE
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“VULCAN 6.6” 2017 Chevy Silverado 2500HD
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“VULCAN 6.6” 2017 Chevy Silverado 2500HD
LACE
CLEAN CULTURE
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Clean Culture IMPORTEXPO
26, 2018 photos by Chris Gosda
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IMPORTEXPO Chicago, Illinois
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Clean Culture IMPORTEXPO
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Clean Culture IMPORTEXPO
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Clean Culture IMPORTEXPO
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Clean Culture IMPORTEXPO
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Clean Culture IMPORTEXPO
CHOP
Columbus, Ohio
21st PPG NATIONALS
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21st PPG Nationals AutoCross
presented by GOODGUYS
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July 6-8, 2018 photography: Chris Gosda
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21st PPG Nationals AutoCross
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21st PPG Nationals AutoCross
...coming next month:
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The Back Cover.