San Antonio College Library

"David N. Lucsko provides the first scholarly history of America's hot rod business." "Lucsko examines the evolution of performance tuning through the lens of the $34 billion speed equipment industry that supports it. As early as 1910, dozens of small shops across the United States designed, manufactured, and sold add-on parts to consumers eager to employ new technologies as they tinkered with their cars. Operating for much of the twentieth century...