Inside Hot Rodding: The Tex Smith Autobiography
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.28 (793 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0949398128 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Amazon Customer Product arrive on time and exactly as describe. "Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. Well writen by a guy who was there!. "INSIDE HOT RODDING" BY ONE OF THE INDUSTRIES ORIGINAL INSIDERS ! Jonnie King FROM HIS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS in Oklahoma, to a career that brought him National & International fame, to his living most of his final years in Australia, Tex Smith, has seen-it-all, done-it-all, and, has lived a life that most could only dream about. Only Tex didn't just "dream" about ithe DID it !Tex's start in hot rodding began when he was a teen. Learned body, paint, and, repair work from his dad. Did track racing; built his own cars; became an Air Force pilot; traveled and was stationed around the world. In California,
No one has contributed more to hot rodding than Tex Smith. Tex was one of the founders of the National Street Rod Association. His impact on our hobby is felt everyday.. He has been an editor and contributor to many American car magazines, written several national best selling books, created TV shows, played professional baseball, and served in the Air Force as a jet fighter, among other things
Le Roi Tex Smith played an enormous role in the establishment and growth of the automotive publishing indusry, the promotion of the NHRA, the birth of such historic events as the Street Rod Nationals and even in bringing the inside story on the Moon Landing to the world. Nobody has had a greater influence on the world of hot rodding than Le Roi Tex Smith. All the while he was a hands-on hot rod builder, completing many project cars that influenced other hot rodders all over the world through his countless how-to articles and specialist books on the hobby.. Writer, builder, some time racer and mentor to hundreds of thousands of hot rodders all around the world, Smith has done it all and recorded much of it for posterity, both as it occurred and here in his autobiography
His impact on our hobby is felt everyday.. He has been an editor and contributor to many American car magazines, written several national best selling books, created TV shows, played professional baseball, and served in the Air Force as a jet fighter, among other things. About the AuthorNo one has contributed more to hot rodding than Tex Smith. Tex was one of the founders of the National Street Rod Association