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Produced in cooperation with HOT ROD magazine, HOT ROD Mavericks takes you on a rollicking look back on more than a century of trailblazers, risk-takers, hell-raisers, and forward-thinkers.

No 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 plumbs the depths of the Petersen Museum photo archives to craft an illustrated history that leaves no camshaft unturned.

Just some of the 50-plus movers and shakers profiled are:

  • Pioneers of the speed equipment industry like Barney Navarro, Ed “Isky” Iskendarian, and Vic Edelbrock
  • Postwar racers and builders Ak Miller, Alex Xydias, Mickey Thompson, and Ak Miller
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Hot Rod Mavericks

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    A Hardback by Tony Thacker

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      Publisher Motorbooks
      Published 3/27/2025
      ISBN-13 9780760387344
      978-0760387344
      ISBN-10 0760387346
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Produced in cooperation with HOT ROD magazine, HOT ROD Mavericks takes you on a rollicking look back on more than a century of trailblazers, risk-takers, hell-raisers, and forward-thinkers.

      No 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 plumbs the depths of the Petersen Museum photo archives to craft an illustrated history that leaves no camshaft unturned.

      Just some of the 50-plus movers and shakers profiled are:

      • Pioneers of the speed equipment industry like Barney Navarro, Ed “Isky” Iskendarian, and Vic Edelbrock
      • Postwar racers and builders Ak Miller, Alex Xydias, Mickey Thompson, and Ak Miller
      • Quar

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