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LeRoi Tex Smith
Hardcover
256 pages
300 photos
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Inside Hot Rodding: The Tex Smith Autobiography
$60.00
This brand new 255-page hardbound book offers a glimpse into the rapidly developing hobby from LeRoi Tex Smiths point of view. Tex, a diehard hot rodder, spent more than half a century building, driving and writing about all types of vintage tin. He was a member of the Hot Rod Magazine editorial staff during the 60s, worked for the NHRA, won the AMBR with his experimental XR-6 in 1963, and helped found Street Rodder, Rod Action as well as the Street Rod Nationals in the early 70s. His style was unforgettable far from politically correct but always honest.
54 chapters with background of Tex’s life inside and outside the publishing world of hot rodding in the USA.
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| Weight | 1.2 kg |
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| Dimensions | 28.89 × 21.91 × 2.22 cm |
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