State of American Hot Rodding

Interviews on the Craft and the Road Ahead

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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As the automotive world looks towards a future of electric vehicles, driverless technology and anonymous styling, what can be learned from the individuals who resist these trends and cling to their love of street rods and muscle cars? The hot rodding world still exists, but will it continue to hold a place in tomorrow's automotive culture?Gearhead and geographer David Miller has crisscrossed America in his custom built 1958 Chevy Apache pickup, interviewing hot rodders about what drives their passions, values and way of life. Their collected stories present a detailed portrait of modern hot rodding--a distinctly American subculture that survives by bucking the trends and attitudes that increasingly shape the transportation landscape.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-04-17
Mått178 x 254 x 11 mm
Vikt354 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor210
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476672915

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Table of ContentsAuthor’s NotePart One: The Run1. Introduction: Hot Rodding as Defiance of the Contemporary2. My Credentials: The Dismantled Omnibus3. My ’58 Build Story, or How I was Adopted by a Chevy Apache Behind a South Dakota Barn4. “Drive What You Build” LessonsPart Two: The Run5. Introduction to the Interviews6. Bobby Alloway (Louisville, TN)7. Bo Huff (Sunnyside, UT)8. George Ross (Thompson’s Station, TN)9. Lee Osborne (Penn Yan, NY)10. Darryl Starbird (Afton, OK)11. Brylen Brajkovich (Jonestown, PA)12. John Davis (Alamosa, CO)13. Bob Austin (Rochester, NY)14. Rick Treworgy (Punta Gorda, FL)15. Rod Petty (Moab, UT)16. George Roetman (Vermillion, SD)17. Rick Love (San Antonio, TX)18. Walt Johnson (Thorntown, IN) and Ken Holdaway (Fairview Heights, IL)19. Jerry Dixey (Austintown, OH)20. Gene Winfield (Mojave, CA)Part Three: The Run Down21. The Road Ahead: Higher Gas Prices vs. America’s Love Affair with Man Toys22. The Takeaway: Thoughts on the Future of Hot Rodding23. Street Rodding 2.0: How We Roll Forward24. Final Thoughts25. At the End, 2017Chapter NotesSelected BibliographyIndex

“Miller presents 15 interviews with a group of amazingly talented and successful hot rodders. Readers get personal histories that are interesting and somewhat similar. For any reader who has scraped knuckles and wrestled a motor out of a car, the humble, matter-of-fact nature of these individuals and their accomplishments is almost flabbergasting.... Miller’s observations on the future of the hobby are honest, entertaining, and thought provoking.... recommended”—Choice; “fascinating and illuminating personal histories of American hot rodding in all of its many guises. Miller’s enthusiasm for hot rods and his reverence for hot rod legends is evident on every page of this book”—SAH Journal.