So-Cal Speed Shop: The Fast Tale of the California Racers Who Made Hot Rod History (Hardcover) by Mark Christensen

9780760322635. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 192. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. The ability of U.S. car enthusiasts to satisfy their need for speed changed dramatically in the late 1940s as car-crazy veterans returned home from World War II with formal mechanical training, courtesy of Uncle Sam. This is the story of how one such veteran, an ex-B-17 airman named Alex Xydias, established the SO-CAL Speed Shop and helped transform hot rodding from a scruffy, underground, outlaw sport into a defining part of postwar American culture.