"Hot Rod Magazine" for August 1950

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Artifact Overview

This August 1950 issue of Hot Rod features an article on the Southern California Timing Association's June Speedfest. The meet, held on Southern California's dry lake beds, was a great place for land speed racing. Roadsters and belly-tank lakesters, a racing vehicle made from the external fuel tanks of surplus World War II fighter planes, topped speeds of 150 miles per hour.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Magazine (Periodical)

Date Made

August 1950

Subject Date

1950

Creator Notes

Published by Motor Trend Publications, Inc., Los Angeles, California.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2011.0.12.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 11 in
Width: 8.25 in
Depth: 0.125 in

Inscriptions

On front cover: HOT ROD / Magazine / AUGUST 1950 / BONNEVILLE BRINGS OUT THE BEST / ENGINE CONVERSION-- BUICK 8 / PONTIAC LAKESTER NEARS COMPLETION
"Hot Rod Magazine" for August 1950