{"product_id":"hot-rod-mavericks-by-tony-thacker-9780760387344","title":"HOT ROD Mavericks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced in cooperation with \u003ci\u003eHOT ROD\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eHOT ROD Mavericks\u003c\/i\u003e takes you on a rollicking look back on more than a century of trailblazers, risk-takers, hell-raisers, and forward-thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo aspect of automobile culture embodies the DIY spirit like hot rodding. From prewar pressed steel and milled four-bangers to modern machined billet and 800-hp behemoths, the story of hot rodding has been the story of can-do iconoclasts who did for themselves what Detroit wouldn't do for them. Longtime hot rod and custom car historian Tony Thacker crafts an illustrated history that leaves no camshaft unturned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJust some of the 50-plus movers and shakers profiled are:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePioneers of the speed equipment industry like Barney Navarro, Ed \"Isky\" Iskendarian, and Vic Edelbrock\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePostwar racers and builders Alex Xydias, Mickey Thompson, and Ak Miller\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eQuarter-mile dragstrip heroes such as \"TV\" Tommy Ivo, \"Big Daddy\" Don Garlits, and Shirley \"Cha-Cha\" Muldowney\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKustom kulture icons Dean Jeffries, Ed \"Big Daddy\" Roth, Von Dutch, Sam and George Barris, and Gene Winfield\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThacker also includes latter-day innovators who kept hot rodding a going concern, like Pete \u0026amp; Jake, Boyd Coddington, and Chip Foose. \u003ci\u003eHOT ROD Mavericks\u003c\/i\u003e is accompanied by exceptional images sourced from Motor Trend Group's archives at The Petersen Automotive Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrate the rebels who revolutionised hot rodding with this authoritative and visually engaging history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460963057900,"sku":"9780760387344","price":79.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780760387344-hot-rod-mavericks.jpg?v=1774956279","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/hot-rod-mavericks-by-tony-thacker-9780760387344","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}