The Business of Speed: The Hot Rod Industry in America, 1915-1990 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
It is very well written, thoroughly researched, and documents an important part of automotive history in the U.S. that hitherto has received scant treatment from academic historians... The author has a strong understanding of the hot rod industry, its various industrial leaders, and is very comfortable writing about the technologies themselves.(Larry D. Lankton, Michigan Technological University)Lucsko does an exceptional job of telling the story of the performance tuning industry’s evolution over seven decades. The book is thoroughly researched, including the players, the genesis of the automotive aftermarket industry, and how the business of speed evolved across America.(Dennis E. HorvathCruise-In.com)A really informative read.(Retro Cars)The Business of Speedis the most extensive study of hot rodding yet published and will be the starting point for future scholars of this multi-billion dollar industry and its associated under-hood cultures.(Kevin BorgTechnology and Culture)Lucsko brings a jeweler's eye to his examination of the history of the automobile aftermarket... In writing about ti, Lucsko is all business, his research is plentiful, and his expository prose is flawless... This is a very valuable contribution to automobile history and culture.(Choice)The Business of Speedis clearly written, insightfully argued, and exceptionally successful in explaining the highly technical modifications to stock automobiles... In the hands of an inferior writer, these details could have made the book intellectually inaccessible.(Christopher W. WellsJournal of American History)