Tony Thacker is the former executive director of the Wally Parks National Hot Rod Association Museum and the author and co-author of several previous books on hot rods and customs, including Hot Rods by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and SO-CAL Speed Shop. He lives in Southern California.
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THE PIONEERS Without Whom There Would Be No Hot Rods Henry Ford: Win on Sunday Barney Oldfield: The Driver Ed Winfield: The Tuner Eddie Meyer: Family Affair Frank Kurtis: Indy Legend Veda Orr: The First Woman of Hot-Rodding SCTA Letter of Veda Orr Early Speed Shops: Bell Auto Parts, Lee Chapel, Jim Harrell, and Karl Orr Wally Parks: The Organizer Vic Edelbrock: Industry Leader Hot Rod vs. Horse POSTWAR BOOM The Dry Lakes and the Founding of an Industry Don Blair: The Longest-Lived Speed Shop Bill Burke: Father of the Belly Tank Racer Bonneville: The Great White Dyno Alex Xydias: World’s Fastest Hot Rod Stu Hilborn: Fuel-Injection Pioneer Barney Navarro: Pushing the Flathead’s Limits Robert E. Petersen: Mr. HOT ROD Ed “Isky” Iskenderian: The Camfather Kong Jackson: The Distributor The Birth of Drags HEYDAY The Rise of Drag Racing and Kustom Kulture C.J. “Pappy” Hart: The Father of Drag Racing Robert “Jocko” Johnson: Streamlined Baby Mickey Thompson: First to 400 Joaquin Arnett: The Bean Bandits The Chrismans: First Family of Hot-Rodders Ak Miller: Bonneville to Mille Miglia Max Balchowsky: Junkyard Dog Sam & George Barris: Kustom Industries Gene Winfield: The Kid from Modesto Dean Jeffries: The Kid Striper Ed “Big Daddy” Roth: The Crazy Painter Von Dutch: The Inventor of Modern Striping Grabowski and Ivo: Anyone for T? HOT RODS GO MAINSTREAM Speed and Style Carroll Shelby: King Cobra Phil Remington: Mr. Fix-It Brock on Remington Art Arfons & Craig Breedlove: The Fast Set Zora Arkus-Duntov: The Father of the ‘Vette Bruce Meyers: The Little Manx Roland Leong: The Hawaiian The Engine Builders: Keith Black, Ed Donovan, and Ed Pink E.J. Potter: The Michigan Madman Paula Murphy: First Over 200 Shirley Muldowney: Heart Like a Wheel Bob Muravez: a.k.a. Floyd Lippencotte, Jr Tony Nancy: The Loner Larry Shinoda: Rods, Vettes, and ‘Stangs Don Garlits: Big Daddy Jim Nelson & Dode Martin: The Dragmasters MODERN RODDING Everything Old Is New Again Jim “Jake” Jacobs: Car Crazy Pete Chapouris: The California Kid Lil’ John Buttera: Craftsman and Innovator Boyd Coddington: If You Can Dream It Chip Foose: Son of Sam The Artists: Larry Erickson, Thom Taylor, and Steve Stanford Al Teague: Mr. 400 John Force: 17-Time Champion Mel Stultz: The Race of Gentlemen Jessi Combs: World Changer Acknowledgments Image Credits Index
THE PIONEERS Without Whom There Would Be No Hot Rods Henry Ford: Win on Sunday Barney Oldfield: The Driver Ed Winfield: The Tuner Eddie Meyer: Family Affair Frank Kurtis: Indy Legend Veda Orr: The First Woman of Hot-Rodding SCTA Letter of Veda Orr Early Speed Shops: Bell Auto Parts, Lee Chapel, Jim Harrell, and Karl Orr Wally Parks: The Organizer Vic Edelbrock: Industry Leader Hot Rod vs. Horse POSTWAR BOOM The Dry Lakes and the Founding of an Industry Don Blair: The Longest-Lived Speed Shop Bill Burke: Father of the Belly Tank Racer Bonneville: The Great White Dyno Alex Xydias: World’s Fastest Hot Rod Stu Hilborn: Fuel-Injection Pioneer Barney Navarro: Pushing the Flathead’s Limits Robert E. Petersen: Mr. HOT ROD Ed “Isky” Iskenderian: The Camfather Kong Jackson: The Distributor The Birth of Drags HEYDAY The Rise of Drag Racing and Kustom Kulture C.J. “Pappy” Hart: The Father of Drag Racing Robert “Jocko” Johnson: Streamlined Baby Mickey Thompson: First to 400 Joaquin Arnett: The Bean Bandits The Chrismans: First Family of Hot-Rodders Ak Miller: Bonneville to Mille Miglia Max Balchowsky: Junkyard Dog Sam & George Barris: Kustom Industries Gene Winfield: The Kid from Modesto Dean Jeffries: The Kid Striper Ed “Big Daddy” Roth: The Crazy Painter Von Dutch: The Inventor of Modern Striping Grabowski and Ivo: Anyone for T? HOT RODS GO MAINSTREAM Speed and Style Carroll Shelby: King Cobra Phil Remington: Mr. Fix-It Brock on Remington Art Arfons & Craig Breedlove: The Fast Set Zora Arkus-Duntov: The Father of the ‘Vette Bruce Meyers: The Little Manx Roland Leong: The Hawaiian The Engine Builders: Keith Black, Ed Donovan, and Ed Pink E.J. Potter: The Michigan Madman Paula Murphy: First Over 200 Shirley Muldowney: Heart Like a Wheel Bob Muravez: a.k.a. Floyd Lippencotte, Jr Tony Nancy: The Loner Larry Shinoda: Rods, Vettes, and ‘Stangs Don Garlits: Big Daddy Jim Nelson & Dode Martin: The Dragmasters MODERN RODDING Everything Old Is New Again Jim “Jake” Jacobs: Car Crazy Pete Chapouris: The California Kid Lil’ John Buttera: Craftsman and Innovator Boyd Coddington: If You Can Dream It Chip Foose: Son of Sam The Artists: Larry Erickson, Thom Taylor, and Steve Stanford Al Teague: Mr. 400 John Force: 17-Time Champion Mel Stultz: The Race of Gentlemen Jessi Combs: World Changer Acknowledgments Image Credits Index
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