"Hot Rod" Magazine for May 1952
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This was the first Hot Rod issue to sell over half a million copies. Was it because of the classic teenage scenario being played out on the cover or the true star of the scene -- Dick Flint's red A-V/8 "Hot Rod of the Month"?
This was the first Hot Rod issue to sell over half a million copies. Was it because of the classic teenage scenario being played out on the cover or the true star of the scene -- Dick Flint's red A-V/8 "Hot Rod of the Month"?
Artifact
Magazine (Periodical)
Date Made
May 1952
Subject Date
May 1952
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2011.20.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 8.25 in
Length: 0.125 in
Inscriptions
On front cover at top: HRM TESTS 8-WHEELED "MOUNTAIN GOAT" JEEP / HOT ROD / MAGAZINE / MAY 1952 25c On front cover at bottom: 66% MORE HP / FOR OLDSMOBILE "88" By Don Francsico