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The first streamliner powered by a Flathead Ford to go over 200 mph (320 km/h) is the Edelbrock-equipped Bachelor-Xydias SoCal Special; [4] it was featured on the cover of the January 1949 issue of Hot Rod magazine. [5] Bill Burke of the So-Cal Speed Shop was the first to attempt to convert a P-51 Mustang belly drop tank to a hot rod roadster. [6]
The first drag strip in the United States opened in 1950 on an airfield in Southern California, and a year later, in 1951 the National Hot Rod Association was formed. [18] In the following years, more drag strips were built across the country, leading to a rise in the popularity of drag racing among both amateurs and professionals.
Chapouris began his hot rodding career in the 1950s in Southern California, where he was a member of the Vintage Tin Hot Rod Club. [2] He is best known for the '34 Ford 3-window The California Kid, featured on the cover of Custom Rod (along with a similar coupé built by Jim Jacobs) [2] in November 1973 and in the movie of the same name in 1974. [1]
In 1949, while Al Slonaker was preparing for his first automobile show at the Oakland Exposition, an Oakland area hot rod club convinced him to exhibit ten of their cars . [8] The Inaugural show was a massive success, attracting over 100 cars and 27,674 attendees. [ 9 ]
The California Kid is a customized 1934 Ford three-window coupé built by Pete Chapouris. The '34 was on the cover of Custom Rod in November 1973, along with a similar coupé built by Jim Jacobs. [a] It attracted the attention of television producer Howie Horowitz, [b] who wanted it for a TV movie, "The California Kid". [1]
Born in Chicago on November 20, 1925, Barris and his brother Sam moved to California to live with relatives. By his high school graduation, Barris had customized and sold multiple cars. He moved to Los Angeles at the age of eighteen to build custom cars for private buyers, including the Hirohata Merc in 1951. In the 1950s, Barris's business ...