The All-American Hot Rod: The Cars. The Legends. The Passion.

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HOT RODS are not just automobiles; they're an American pop-culture icon revered around the globe. HOT RODS have made legends, taking the spotlight in all aspects of the beach culture, in movies, and in music. They represent youth, rebellion, and a drive to do things a little different.

The HOT ROD was created by everyday folks who took an old Tin Lizzie, stripped off the fenders and hood and hotted up the engine, gave it a personalized, unique look, and had a machine that outperformed all the other cars on the street. While thumbing their noses at the status quo, these pioneers and their machines inspired awe in kids and istilled fear in their elders.

The HOT ROD movement has always been a grassroots, groundswell movement, an underground artform that defies a straightforward chronicle succintly tied up with a bow. The All-American Hot Rod is a history by those who lived it, the numerous voices and images of people who know and love the hot rod like nothing else. It's truly an all-American tale with an exhaust note heard around the world.

If you're still in awe of your first HOT ROD, still driving and tuning HOT RODS, or still dreaming of HOT RODS, then this book is for you.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The All-American Hot Rod

Chapter 1—Beginnings
Hot Rodding in the Days Before Nostalgia, by Allan Girdler
The Way it Was, by Albert Drake
My Old Hot Rod, by Jay Carnine

Chapter 2—Legends
Icons, by David Fetherston
The Patron Saints of Hot Rodding, by Steve Hendrickson
20 That Counted, by Pat Ganahl

Chapter 3—Velocity
From the Dry Lakes to the Salt, by Don Pennington
My Memories of Bonneville are all a Blur, by Gale Banks
Dragging, by Roy Newton

Chapter 4—Gow Jobs
Surf Rods, by Pat Ganahl
Thunder and Lightning, by Brad Bowling

Chapter 5—Delinquency
Bud Crayne, Boy Hot Rodder, by Henry Gregor Felsen
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Hot Rodder, by Robert Williams
True Confessions, by Henry Highrise

Chapter 6—Cruising
The Saga of Screaming Mimi, by Tom Benford
Last Knight, by Chuck Klein
The Roadster Chronicles, by Budd Davisson

The All-American Hot Rod: The Cars. The Legends. The Passion.