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August 4, 2004
Recommended Reading
Vintage cars ignite a flame of passion for many, including Brock Yates in his book The Hot Rod: Resurrection of a Legend, where nostalgic indulgence and engine power merge to finish in first.
Editor's Pick
The Hot Rod: Resurrection of a Legend
by Brock Yates
ISBN: 0760315981
Format: Hardcover, 320pp
Pub. Date: October 2003
Publisher: Motorbooks
Hardcover, October 2003
Barnes & Noble price: $24.95
From the Publisher
In the late 1950s a slightly mad kart racer named Frank "Duff" Livingston had the nerve to enter the quintessential American vehicle-a hot rod-in a sports car race. Hot rods may have been successful in crude American-style drag races, but according to conventional wisdom, they had no place competing on a road course against European sports cars. But Duff and his Eliminator defied that wisdom and beat some of the finest sports cars in the world. The Eliminator soon went into retirement, but many people remembered its achievements. One of these people happened to be Brock Yates, who acquired the Eliminator in the 1990s. Yates campaigned the car in vintage sports car races, and soon the Eliminator was once again beating Ferraris and Porsches on U.S. road courses.
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2 CommentsJust finished reading "Hot Rod" and loved it.
I recently bought a Phantom GT from an airplane pilot who found the car in a warehouse. Built by Great Lakes Motor Cars. The guy said you had something to do with the company. I'd love to know any history as the internet searches reveal nothing.
Thanks.
Tom Zack, Columbus, Ohio
November 20, 2006 6:54 AM
