This is an awesome look into the workshops of some of the most talented car builders, fabricators, and hot rod shops in the country. When i was in elementary school late 60searly 70s, periodically the teacher would hand out four page pamphlets that we could order paperback books out of. With the grace and style of a soupedup seville and published to coincide with the annual race extravaganza at the bonneville salt flats in utah hot rod captures the american obsession with speed, thrills, and cars in this unparalleled collection of photographs. In the motogp record books, he goes down as one of the greatest motorcycle road racers of alltime. Hop into the earlyreading drivers seat and join hot rod hamster and his buddies for a funfilled race day with a thrilling surprise at the finish line. From the chop shops of east bakersfield to the drag strips and deserts of california and utah, david perrys photographs expose. Hot rod vintage pulp fiction paperback book cover art. Hot rod by henry gregor felsen paperback book 1963 bantam books 10th printing 154 pages bantam pathfinder edition the thrillpacked story of a daring. There was also a novel called road race by another author, but written in the same vein. Street, custom, kit car, offroad, or fullrace, this book gives you all the aircooled enginebuilding basics to find and put to the pavement hidden horsepower. Buy the hot rod art of ger peters volume 1 by ger peters hardcover online at lulu. Free expert tech help free classifieds free photo gallery and photojournal. Find the value of the petersen publishing co comic hot rod cartoons volume 1.
Hot rod gang american international, poster x this juvenile available at 2008 november signature vintage. Like the hot rod pioneers who drove their machines on the dry lake beds of southern california and the beaches of florida, the builders of the cars featured in this book understand what hot rodding is all about. Hot rod by henry gregor felsen meet your next favorite book. Inch long detachment of front cover at bottom of spine. Vintage ford model t book book 1955 henrys wonderful model t 19081927 book by floyd clymer ford advertising car collector book.
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For the editors of hot rod magazine, theres no such thing as too much horsepower, but the editors are certainly willing to look for that limit. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about hot rod book. From the chop shops of east bakersfield to the drag strips and deserts of california and utah, david perrys photographs. Author dennis parks documents his own projectbuilding a quintessentially cool model t roadster from a trackt kitshowing in stepbystep detail how to turn a pile of parts into a rockin hot rod. I managed to find hot rod, road rocket also known as boy gets car, and street rod, all by felsen. Henry gregor felsen, holly felsen welch, don miller. Hot rod by henry gregor felsen vintage paperback 1950 bantam. With all the stock characters and moral weight of the fifties teen exploitation genre and lots of real gone hot rod rebop. From newbery honor author cynthia lord and nyt bestselling illustrator derek anderson comes an interactive readaloud picture book for. Felsen was specifically approached to write a book about.
Little boys and girls will race to collect this latest story from their favorite furry friend. Mass market paperback later printing with cover illustration showing a guy working on the hot rods engine while his girl waves to other hot rods perched atop the front seat. After wwii, cars became more accessible, and teens were now hitting the roads for excitement. How to hot rod smallblock mopar engines by larry shepard. I was disappointed not to find an eastside book club meetup devoted to sci. Published by autorama producer and show car legend bob larivee, sr. If youre still in awe of that first hot rod, still driving and tuning hot rods, or still dreaming of hot rods, then this book is for you.
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