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I've been going through Peter Vincent's "HOT ROD, the photography of Peter Vincent" with brief forays into Stephen King's latest novel [trying to make it last] but the big news is the 13 issues of Rodder's Digest coming in the mail to help flesh out my collection. Now I have all but 3 issues. The only things I collect are Steven King novels and Rodder's digest magazines.
So... here's a recommendation for the academic historian... It's called "The Business of Speed" and it was written by a guy named David Lucsko who is a history teacher at the university of Detroit. In my opinion, it's the most accurate and most well prepared presentation of the history of hot rodding. Using the perspective of a business mind, it looks into the birth of hot rodding and how it turned into an industry. I know this sounds boring... and there are very little photographs in this book... but if your of right mind, there isn't anything out there even close. It's really, really amazing... Of course, it's out of print now and pretty expensive but still worth every penny. https://www.amazon.com/Business-Spe...44587&sr=8-6&keywords="The+business+of+speed" https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/business-speed
The book n the picture "Drive" is a pretty good book on the history of the automobile and how racing and competition was at the forefront of its development. Read it this summer.
Here's his Bio: Dr. Lucsko's research focuses on the history of the automobile (manufacturers and users, particularly enthusiasts). His first book, The Business of Speed: The Hot Rod Industry in America, 1915-1990 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008), examines the development of the hobby and business of high-performance automotive modification (a.k.a. "tuning" or "hot rodding"). His second book, Junkyards, Gearheads, and Rust: Salvaging the Automotive Past (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), analyzes the relationship between automobile enthusiasts and salvage yards by examining the ways in which out-of-service or junked cars have been re-used, recycled, and re-purposed in the twentieth-century United States.
CarTech Books has just announced a new book covering Ed Iskenderian, and the release date is supposed to be next month. Check here for info- https://www.cartechbooks.com/isky-e...ry-of-hot-rodding-limited-signed-edition.html
Thanks for the rec. on the James Dean book. I heard once that the driver of the other car, was a college student at Cal Poly returning home. I have driven along 41/46 at dusk and can easily see how a silver sliver could be missed at the intersection. Its still amazingly desolate out there today.
I just picked up a Felsen box set on eBay, signed by Felsen himself. I also got for Xmas two Workbench How-To books, SA278 on the Muncie 4-Speed and SA249, Ford Differentials. Both books seem to be excellent reference material.
...just got a copy of "Masters of Chickenscratch" hot rod artbook no. 2, at a really good price too, very cool book.