Hot Rods in the Forties: A Blast from the Past
Don Montgomery was one of the many young men in Southern California who jumped into hot rodding in the 1940s. He participated in street activities, not all legal, and raced at the Russetta Timing Assoc. dry lakes time trials. After 6 seasons of racing on the dry lakes, including final class records in the 1952 and 1953 seasons, Don concentrated in the new thing; drag racing. He ran a successful Fuel Coupe and later a Supercharged Gas Coupe up until 1972 and also arranged drag racing programs. The author is a USC graduate engineer and former owner of an electronics manufacturing firm. Hot rodding was his hobby. As a Southern Californian involved in hot rodding it has been a priviledge to know so many of the guys who were a part of hot rodding. Now it has been fun to write about them and give credit to all the guys and to their accomplishments. These hot rod history books are meant to show and tell what hot rodding was really like in the earlier days. The author was there. All eight books are meant to bring back memories, to educate those who were not there and to give credit to those who deserve it.