Ken Gross is now executive director of the Petersen Automotive Museum, following years of enthusiasm for Hot Rods. He writes regularly for Rodd Report, Rodder's Journal, Road and Track, Automotive Magazine.
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Oh, you want this book. You'll drool over this book. Get this book.
Written by pal Ken Gross, an auto-journalism veteran who can recite
chapter and verse on nearly everything that's ever worn wheels, Art
of the Hot Rod (240 pages, hardbound) is a gorgeously produced,
large-format feast that pays tribute to the work of twenty of
today's most inventive and talented hot-rod craftsmen. As your eyes
gaze over the lavish images by renowned photographer Peter
Harholdt, just try to find a speck of dust on any of the beautiful
machines profiled within. This is auto creativity at its zenith,
sculpture on rubber. After you've let this weighty tome enhance
your coffee table for a while, file it in your library in the
section reserved for "Landmarks of Western
Art."Legendarycollectorcars.com The closest thing I can compare it
to is when I was a teenager with raging hormones and saw my first
copy of Playboy. I knew there were some very intriguing stories
inside but I couldn't stop looking at the pictures! That is the
same way I felt about Art of the Hot Rod. I always go to the
photos. You could put this book out on your coffee table, open in
up to almost any page, invite some none car folks over to your
house and I can almost guarantee you that someone will pick it up
and start talking about what they see. Photographer Peter Harholdt
is an artist. The way you see these cars through his eyes is
amazing. I will never look at a car at a car show the same way
again.
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