This book is a guide from Le Roi Tex Smith, intended solely to give you ideas for your own basic hot rod design, including a few interesting building scenarios. Recently rediscovered by rodders intent on regaining the roots of the hobby, these cars are known as retro-rods, rat rods, nostalgia rods . . . The description that has come to the fore within the ranks of experienced rodders today is to call these cars "Scrappers". As in cars that are made up of scrap parts from various vehicles. The contains photographs featuring hot rods from the annual Bonneville Salt Flats Speedweek event.
Tex Smith needs to clear out his Idaho storage unit so as he puts it " I can have room for my l960 Chrysler big fin twice door. Meaning, I have some excess books that gotta go. I'm going to sell what I have here in the mountains as opposed to the company warehouse out in Oregon. Ten bucks each, postage paid. I have several boxes of Basic Hot Rods that I will move first. You phone to my cell phone, you get one of my girls, or if unlucky you get me. Phone is 1-808-634-1192. You give them/me your card details and we send a book or three along. Or, you send a check or bare bucks to Tex Smith, PO Box 547, Driggs, ID 83422. That's $10, postage paid by me. The Mopar will thank you".
"Remember, call me with your order for my Basic Hot Rods book. Half price at Ten Bucks, and I pay shipping. Gotta get the Chrysler inside before snow falls".