I am so upset I sold my original signed box set a few years back. They were a real treasure for me but I let them go at a time when I needed some money. Best of luck selling this new set. Glad you are offering them again! Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Answering that question is on my list of things to do!! My brother told me that Cup of Fury contains s-e-x! But for our era, it is pretty darn tame!!
I got to know Hank fairly well in the years before his p***ing and enjoyed his company very much. I'm old enough to have had all his ***les from when they were first released, and was very pleased that an ***ociation with Bob Laravee had permitted the reprinting of all five in a boxed set for those who missed them the first time around. As has been mentioned here already, Hank and his wife Karen did a number of book signings at some of the larger NSRA events and at some ISCA shows as well. Hank was already in ill health by that time, but rose to the occasion to sit at the table and sign books even though it exhausted him by the end of the day. During one of our visits, Hank was brought to tears when he shared with me that until he started the book tour he had no earthly idea how many young lives his books had influenced. You see, even though his book signing table was often in a remote area of the exhibit hall, there was always a line of rodders waiting to tell him their personal story of how Hank's books had not only planted the seeds of hot rodding, but in so many cases rekindled their desire to learn all they could in school. Some even shared that his books encouraged them to improve their reading ability, the school material being so boring that they'd lost interest in learning...and often found their way into trouble as a result. Hank Felsen is without a doubt one of the least appreciated "founders" of hot rodding. We all remember the high profile "superstars" of the early days of our hobby, but few appreciate that without Hank's books our formative years might easily have led us into lives of ignorance and crime instead of lives filled with the joy that comes from finding, rebuilding and enjoying hot rods! Thanks, Hank. You may be gone but you'll never be forgotten.
It was a Jacobs coat of a car. I read Hot Rod the first time in 6th grade and managed to pick up used original copies of it and Street Rod shortly after which I still have. Love his books.
Thread from the dead time: Just scored a hard cover first printing of The Cup of Fury, and can definitely say the original ending was pretty bleak, although more open-ended (possibly setting up for a sequel?). No, Link doesn't die, but he's stuck in his situation with no hope in sight. It looks like the final chapter was added to tie up the story; I need to find a copy of Rag Top (any cheap paperback will do) to compare the two and see what other differences there were. Will post more when I find out...
Your dad's book on carcustomizing was the bible for me in building my Mysterion reproduction. In his Mysterion chapter he included photos I found nowhere else.
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