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of his columns from Rod Action and Goodguys Gazette over the past quarter century, also incorporating several unpublished pieces, offers a wealth of historical information and insights.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.
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of his columns from Rod Action and Goodguys Gazette over the past quarter century, also incorporating several unpublished pieces, offers a wealth of historical information and insights.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.
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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
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
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