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Pete Chapouris. Pete Chapouris (16 December 1942 – 6 January 2017 [1]) was an American hot rodder and customizer. He is best known for creating The California Kid '34 3-window, and also as partner in Pete & Jake's Hot Rod Shop.
The NSRA held firmly to the stance that street rods were strictly vehicles with bodies from 1948 and earlier. As some enthusiasts pushed to include early 1950s vehicles, the NSRA added a street-machine division and added street-machine-only events. [2] In 2010, the NSRA changed its rules to admit cars that are at least 30 years old.
Mr. Horsepower. Mr. Horsepower logo on a Corvette engine. Mr. Horsepower is the cartoon mascot and logo of Clay Smith Cams, an auto shop established in 1931. He is a sneering, cigar -smoking bird with red feathers and a yellow beak. The image is a caricature of legendary hot rod guru Clay Smith (1915–1954), well known for his red hair. [1] Mr.
Died. 26 October 1974. (1974-10-26) (aged 69) Honest Charley was an American businessman and pioneer in the high performance automotive parts industry. Born Charles Edward Card Jr. (January 18, 1905 – October 26, 1974), he was known throughout the racing and hot rod communities by the trade name Honest Charley.
Burnside Shops. Coordinates: 41°43′04″N 87°36′35″W. A map of the shops circa 1910. The Burnside Shops were a major shop for maintenance of locomotives and railroad cars in Chicago, Illinois. The shops were owned and operated by the Illinois Central Railroad . The Illinois Central maintained a presence in Burnside since at least 1862 ...
Wally Parks. Founder, President, Chairman of NHRA; automobile writer, editor, and hobbyist. Wallace Gordon Parks (January 23, 1913 – September 28, 2007) was an American writer. He was the founder, president, and chairman of the National Hot Rod Association, better known as NHRA. He was instrumental in establishing drag racing as a legitimate ...
Otis Victor Edelbrock, Sr. (August 16, 1913 – November 11, 1962) [1] was an American automotive aftermarket performance parts engineer, racer and is considered one of the founders of the American hot rod movement [2] Victor, known as "Vic", established Edelbrock Corporation in Beverly Hills in 1938 and is the father to Otis Victor Edelbrock, Jr., who was from 1962 to 2010 president and was ...
One person who was pregnant was sickened in the outbreak, but did not lose the baby, CDC said. Ashley Solberg of Minnesota sued Boar's Head on Aug. 7, claiming she “nearly lost her unborn child ...