The Age of Hot Rods
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-3404-6 (ISBN)
A hot rod enthusiast and builder since the early 1950s, Albert "Bud" Drake has experienced rod and custom car culture to the fullest. This collection of his columns from Rod Action and Goodguys Gazette over the past quarter century, also incorporating several unpublished pieces, offers a wealth of historical information and insights. The colorful writing illuminates the people, machines, movies and cultural events that shaped hot rod culture.
The late Albert Drake was professor emeritus of English at Michigan State University. He wrote widely in automotive magazines and was the author of a dozen books. He lived in Portland, Oregon.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue: Watching Traffic
Roots: Exhaust Cutouts and Wire Wheels
1932 Lincoln
George Riley
Car Pooling
The War Effort
Street Scene, Los Angeles
Gordon M. Buehrig, 1904–1990
War Surplus
Roots
Growing Up
The Service Station
Ed Almquist
Hot Rod Citroën
Iron Mountain Meal
American Gothic: Hollywood Hubcaps and Duals
The Search for Truth
What’s in a Name Anyway?
Synesthesia
American Gothic
Old Customs Never Die
Henry Gregor Felsen
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Love of a Fine Car
Racing the Reaper
Simple
Yard Art
Small Wonders
Girls and Rods
Haney’s Hot Rod
Our ’40
The Fabulous Fifties: Chopped and Channeled
In the Garage
Luke the Drifter: Hot Rodders’ Troubadour
Oregon Original
The First Ticket
Traffic Court
The Minister’s Sons
The Original Fonz
Bonneville Speed Week, 1955
Summer 1955: A Sunday
1956: The First Portland Roadster Show
Cruising on a Vespa at Midcentury
Scooters on Campus
Records
Bud’s Beanee-Weenee
Class Angle
The Genuine Artificial Zebra Skin Interior
Odd Balls
Incident
The Mild Custom
X-51
The XM-800 Dream Car
Trophies
The Zen of Nostalgia: Reflections in a Bullnose Strip
Hot Rodding 101: Back to Basics
The Slo Poks Celebrate 50 Years
Stan Mott and the Cyclops Saga
Dave’s ’37
Celebrating the Low Buck and Beater
Thanks, Tex
The Pacific Gunsight Special
Mystery
A la Recherche du Temps Perdu
Hot Rodding Down Under
In Praise of Originality
Bruce Geisler and the Chipmunks
The Zen of Nostalgia
A Classic Memory
False Memory
The Glenn Johnson Coupe Revisited
Bridge to the Fifties
The Great Unwashed Deuce
James Dean Run
The Pan Draggers Reunion
Coming Home: Back to the Fifties
Coming Home
Les Amis de Route 66
Dale Moreau: Ace Photographer
The Amazing Story of Tad Winiecki’s Safercycle
CTA Reunion
Going, Going, Gone!
Mr. Motor Manners
The True Meaning of Christmas
Aussie Hot Rodder Finds Good Tin
Hot Rods as a Belief System
Old Dogs and New Tricks
The Suicidals Car Club
Wendover
Tyler’s Tales
Swap Meets
Road Angels Redux
The Outsiders
A Letter to a Young Hot Rodder
Hill Autotorium
Iggy
Living the Fabulous Fifties—Again!
Linda Vaughn: First Lady of Motorsports
My Brush with Greatness
Cruisin’ the Neighborhood
Cruising with the NW Speedsters
The Spirits of Hot Rodding
Sunraycers
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.6.2008 |
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Zusatzinfo | 91 photos, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 376 g |
Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7864-3404-X / 078643404X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-3404-6 / 9780786434046 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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