... culture. In its early years, Hot Rod spoke out against the mass media's misuse of the term "hot rod " when reporting teen street racing deaths. The magazine's circulation grew dramatically, mimicking the massive growth in automobile production and by the tenth issue was printing upwards of forty thousand ... winner. Despite all their success, by the mid-1950's, Hot Rod was starting to gain negative media attention for the danger inherent in racing, culminating in the National Automobile Dealer's Association's refusal to sell parts to hot-rodders in 1953. Despite these setbacks Hot Rod and...

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... than most cars around then. Soon enough many automobile companies were looking for somebody like Ford to help get their company going. However, Ford would go into automobile racing and then build his own car company. Ford's years in automobile racing was his way to improve the car and a chance to test it under competition. Soon though, he would get out of ... racing by a tough minded and ambitious James Couzens, who developed plans for a car company. Couzens was able to start out the company with $28,000 in cash, and $21,000 in ... ...

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