2. Customizing and Souping- Up in the 1930s and ’40s

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1. First in America: Coming of Age in Automobiles 1
4. 2. Customizing and Souping- Up in the 1930s and ’40s 16
5. 3. Hot Rod Wars: Youth, Their Elders, and Defining Maturity on the Road 35
6. 4. Cruising and Parking: The Peer Culture of Teen Automobility, 1950– 70 66
7. 5. Greasers and Their Rods: Two Generations of Exclusion and Pride 95
8. 6. Low, Slow, and Latino 119
9. 7. Last Stand of the Cruiser 137
10. 8. The Slow and Nostalgic versus the Fast and the Furious 152
11. 9. The End of Youth Car Culture? 177
12. Notes 189
13. Index 221