Hot Rodding in the San Fernando Valley (Images of America) - Softcover

Baker, MR

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1467160652 ISBN 13: 9781467160650

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2024

Synopsis

This book chronicles the once-vibrant hot rod scene in California's San Fernando Valley--from the iconic Bob's Big Boy drive-in to the San Fernando drag strip. Featuring "TV" Tommy Ivo, Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, Bob "Floyde Lippencotte Jr." Muravez, Jim Miles, and many other luminaries from the golden age of drag racing, it also tells the story of the Road Kings of Burbank car club and how its members progressed from street racing to dominating the Southern California drag-racing scene. Several members of the club went on to become major stars as they spread the sport of drag racing across the United States and abroad through showmanship and innovation. And, of course, the book has lots of cool pictures of hot rods, customs, and dragsters.

About this title

About the Author

Los Angeles native Tony Baker grew up in Hollywood during the height of the sixties hot-rod scene. He has written six books on the subject of motor sports in California for Arcadia Publishing and has had articles published in Hot Rod magazine, Hot Rod Deluxe, and Rodder's Journal as well as regional history publications like the Ventura County Historical Society Quarterly Journal . He currently lives in Ventura, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1467160652
• ISBN 13: 9781467160650
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128