"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
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Published by Motor Trend Publications, Inc., Los Angeles, California.
Collection Title
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
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