SO-CAL Speed Shop The Fast Tale of the California Racers Who Made Hot Rod History

Name: SO-CAL Speed Shop The Fast Tale of the California Racers Who Made Hot Rod History
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ISBN: 9780760322635

ISBN-10: 0760322635

ISBN-13: 9780760322635

Edition: 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Mark Christensen, Mark Thacker, Tony Thacker

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The ability of U.S. car enthusiasts to satisfy their need for speed changed dramatically in the late 1940s as car-crazy veterans returned home from World War II with formal mechanical training, courtesy of Uncle Sam. This is the story of how one such veteran, an ex–B-17 airman named Alex Xydias, established the SO-CAL Speed Shop and helped transform hot rodding from a scruffy, underground, outlaw sport into a defining part of postwar American culture.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Publication date: 11/3/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 10.50" wide x 10.25" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 2.838
Language: English



Foreword: The Future of Hot Rodding As Seen in a Sack of Potatoes, By Alex Xydias


Introduction: Tapping an American Passion



Alex in Hollywood



Car Crazy



Life After War



Big Business



At the Lakes



Streamline Dreams



Belly Tankers



Fast Start



The Slippery Road to the Promised Land



On the Beach



New Fuel, New Engines, and New Records in a New Belly Tank



Drag Racing the Double-Threat Coupe



SO-CAL Resurrected


Afterword: A Deal Was Done



Acknowledgments and Selected Bibliography


Index