HOT ROD Mavericks: The Builders, Racers, and Rebels Who Revolutionized Hot Rodding

ISBN: 0760387346

Author: Thacker, Tony

Condition: New

Produced in cooperation with HOT ROD magazine, HOT ROD Mavericks takes you on a rollicking look back on more than a century of trailblazers, risk-takers, hell-raisers, and forward-thinkers.No aspect of automobile culture embodies the DIY spirit like hot rodding. From prewar pressed steel and milled four-bangers to modern machined billet and 800-hp behemoths, the story of hot rodding has been the story of can-do iconoclasts who did for themselves what Detroit wouldnt do for them. Longtime hot rod and custom car historian Tony Thacker plumbs the depths of the Petersen Museum photo archives to craft an illustrated history that leaves no camshaft unturned.Just some of the 50-plus movers and shakers profiled are:Pioneers of the speed equipment industry like Barney Navarro, Ed Isky Iskendarian, and Vic Edelbrock Postwar racers and builders Ak Miller, Alex Xydias, Mickey Thompson, and Ak Miller Quarter-mile dragstrip heroes such as TV Tommy Ivo, Big Daddy Don Garlits, Jungle Jim Liberman, and Shirley Cha-Cha Muldowney Kustom kulture icons Dean Jefferies, Ed Big Daddy Roth, Von Dutch, Sam and George Barris, and Gene WinfieldThacker also includes latter-day innovators who kept hot rodding a going concern, like Pete & Jake, Boyd Coddington, and Chip Foose. HOT ROD Mavericks is accompanied by exceptional images sourced from Motor Trend Groups archives at The Petersen Museum.Celebrate the rebels who revolutionized hot rodding with this authoritative and visually engaging history.