The business of speed : the hot rod industry in America, 1915-1990 / David N. Lucsko.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered)Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421402741 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Business of speed : the hot rod industry in America, 1915-1990.DDC classification:
  • 338.4/762922860973 22
LOC classification:
  • TL236.3 .L83 2008eb
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Contents:
Faster flivvers, 1915-1927 -- Westward ho, 1928-1942 -- From hot rods to hot rodding, 1945-1955 -- The California hot rod industry, 1945-1955 -- Factory muscle, 1955-1970 -- Bolt-on power, 1955-1970 -- The Speed Equipment Manufacturers Association -- "Ink-happy do-gooders", 1960-1978 -- "This dreadful conspiracy", 1966-1984 -- The best of times, the worst of times, 1970-1990.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-315) and index.

Faster flivvers, 1915-1927 -- Westward ho, 1928-1942 -- From hot rods to hot rodding, 1945-1955 -- The California hot rod industry, 1945-1955 -- Factory muscle, 1955-1970 -- Bolt-on power, 1955-1970 -- The Speed Equipment Manufacturers Association -- "Ink-happy do-gooders", 1960-1978 -- "This dreadful conspiracy", 1966-1984 -- The best of times, the worst of times, 1970-1990.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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