Any new hot rod books out there?

...has anyone picked up any new hot rod books lately, anything interesting?
I'm lookin for some reading material.

 

they stopped making books. everything is online now.

 

I haven't read it yet, but I've heard good things about the new biography for MT... Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend

 

Joe Alig (Bone Daddy on the HAMB) has a book coming out in April "East vs. West Showdown: Rods, Customs & Rails".

You can pre-order it on Amazon.com using the link below.

http://www.amazon.com/East-West-Sho...9751/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328827990&sr=8-1

My Dad's 31 will be featured in it.

 

^^^^Showrod's Von Esser built Von-T t-bucket will be featured in it as well.

 

Great read!! Just finished it for a book report. Had trouble putting it down. Alot of great interviews with alot of big names. Goes from basically the birth of MT to the tragic death, and everything in between.

 

I just picked up this:'32 Ford Deuce: The Official 75th Anniversary Edition by Tony Thacker at a discount store-$50 book for $12.99. It's a great read and has included the 75 most influential Deuce hotrods of all time. It was a great deal.

 

..thanks for the info guys.

 

a friend just mentioned he read the autobiography of Tommy Ivo... and it was a great read with lots of vintage photos. He bought it through Amazon..

 

My latest: "The Hot Rod Reader" by Peter Schletty and Melinda Keefe editors. Spotted mine at B&N, also available on Amazon.

A series of reprints of old articles and parts of books written from the late 40's right on up through post HAMB times. Interesting perspectives and a lot of new to me historical information......and I've had the gearhead addiction since the mid '50's.

Ed

 

Rusty1: you looking for picture books...or actual read,think & put-yourself-in-the-situation-with-your-imagination books...???

If the latter, find four of mine on Amazon.com...you'll need an imagination intact tho...and have a new one coming out this month...the first two are about the 1960's...and the first book was started right here on the HAMB...all of them are about weekends of long ago, cars, drag races (legal and illegal), youthful transgression, accidents and rod running...

Unfortunately, I've taken my website down for reepair and to add the fifth new book, but it'll be back up shortly...but like I said, you can find them on Amazon.com

R-