A dazzling array of images tell the story of how Byam, the father of modern trailer travel, created less a product than an entire culture. Brightwork shows off these shiny treasures as small sculptures that capture the essence of grace in motion.
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Features theme motels, Route 66 oddities and more. Over the past 50 years Hot Rod magazine has been at the forefront of the performance movement by featuring photographs and articles of dragsters, roadsters, slingshots, buggies, kemps, coupes, and their drivers. Complete with five full decades of archival black and white and color photographs of the cars and personalities that make up hot rodding history. This reprint of the entire first year of this landmark magazine is a unique look back at the great old days of hot rodding, dry lake racing and hot rod humor. Packed full of how-to articles, performance reports, and period ads, this historic volume rekindles the spirit of the emerging hot rodding hobby that stormed the nation in 1948 and continues today.