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by Wendy Hinote Lanier

HOT RODS

Lets Roll

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by Wendy Hinote Lanier

HOT RODS

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Copyright 2017 by North Star Editions, Lake Elmo, MN 55042. All rights

reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any

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ISBN

978-1-63517-049-8 (hardcover)

978-1-63517-105-1 (paperback)

978-1-63517-206-5 (ebook pdf)

978-1-63517-156-3 (hosted ebook)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016951018

Printed in the United States of America

Mankato, MN

November, 2016

Wendy Hinote Lanier is a native Texan and former elementary teacher who writes

and speaks to children and adults on a variety of topics. She is the author of more

than 20 books for children and young people. Some of her favorite people are dogs.

About the Author

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978-1-68444-283-6 (e-book)

Synched Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

PO Box 573

Prior Lake, MN 55372

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

Hot Rod Road Trip

CHAPTER 2

Hot Rod History

CHAPTER 3

The Making of a Hot Rod

CHAPTER 4

Todays Hot Rod

HOW IT WORKS

Chrysler 426 Hemi

Chrysler 426 Hemi

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CHAPTER

HOT ROD ROAD TRIP

Drivers roll through

Kentucky during the

Hot Rod Power Tour.

Its a clear summer morning in

June. The streets are suddenly

packed with thousands of hot rods

as the Hot Rod Power Tour takes to

the open road. Hot rods are classic

cars with large, powerful engines.

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The cars are following a route to

seven US cities. Its the ultimate

road trip.

At one stop, a crowd gathers

around a vintage 1932 Ford Deuce

POWER TOUR

The Hot Rod Power Tour is an annual event

that takes place in June. The seven-day

tour covers seven cities and more than

1,500 miles (2,414 km). Approximately

2,000 hot rods are part of the tour, with more

than 3,500 people completing the entire trip.

The tour showcases many different makes

and models of hot rods.

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Coupe. The owner pops the old

cars hood. Everyone admires the

original Ford flathead V8 engine.

This hot rods hood is open so people can get a

closer look at the engine.

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The owner turns the key, and the

engine roars to life. The crowd

shouts its approval over the noise.

On the road again, the hot

rodders head to the next city on

the tour. This evenings event is a

car show and demonstrations by

the Specialty Equipment Market

Association (SEMA). Tomorrows

People who own and work on hot

rods are often called gearheads.

FUN FACT

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drive will take them to a new city

and a special racing competition.

Hot rod engines are sometimes taller than the

hood of the car.

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CHAPTER

Two men work on a hot

rod in the 1950s.

The first hot rods were made

during the 1930s. At that time,

the economy was bad. Most

people could not afford new cars.

Soon people began restoring cars

from junkyards.

HOT ROD HISTORY

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People swapped out engines

and searched the junkyards for

parts. They created streamlined

custom cars to race on straight- line

courses. The dry lakebeds of

southern California were perfect for

these courses.

In 1963, the Beach Boys released

an entire album of songs about hot rods.

Among them was Little Deuce Coupe,

a song about a 1932 Ford hot rod.

FUN FACT

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World War II (1939 1945)

brought an end to hot rodding

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