A famously crazed presence in the hot rod movement of the 1950s, rediscovered in the 1980s when ’50s nostalgia swept pop culture, Kenneth “Von Dutch” Howard spent more than a decade essentially missing-in-action from the scene he’d helped to create and define. It was during that time—on four consecutive Sundays in 1970—that Richard Karl Koch visited Von Dutch in his Calabasas, California, home to photograph the father of modern pinstriping and soul of the hot rod movement for a cover story for the Los Angeles Times’ Sunday supplement, West magazine. Koch’s candid and colorful photographs from those shoots, the vast majority published here for the first time, provide a window on Von Dutch’s missing years. Here we see the enigmatic icon in his many guises, from cantankerous genius to freewheeling goof, machining handgun parts in his famous workshop/bus, casually clowning with vehicles left at his home by his friend Steve McQueen (including the car Von Dutch built for McQueen’s 1969 film, The Reivers), and working at the pinstriping that sealed his fame. Accompanied by captions that bring to light further facets of this period of Von Dutch’s life and career, these photographs illustrate a little-known and largely fascinating chapter of hot rod history.

Sundays With Von Dutch

Engineering & Transportation

Thacker, Tony

Koch, Richard Karl

Automotive

Motorbooks Intl

From the mind of Mr. Gasser himself, with behind-the-scenes pictures from his own files, comes the story of the life and times and art of this icon of hot rodding and visionary of Kustom Kulture. Since Ed "Big Daddy" Roth first told his tale, a whole new generation has discovered the creator of Rat Fink, Beatnik Bandit, and Mysterion-and this now-classic illustrated autobiography gives new and old fans alike a look into the shop and studio. ""The Salvador Dali of the movement,"" Tom Wolfe called him, ""a surrealist in his designs, a showman by temperament, a prankster""and Roth’s larger-than-life personality comes across here as he tells how he arrived at his famous ""plaster and fiberglass"" method of constructing his sculptures on wheels (It could be done ""by people with little or no talent and I had both,"" as he put it.) and shows off some of his more outlandish models. A fitting tribute to an outlaw legend, this book brings Big Daddy’s work to wild and wonderful life, and lets us hear the man’s incomparable voice one more time.

Hot Rods

History

Roth, Ed

Americas

HOT ROD Mavericks: The Builders, Racers, and Rebels Who Revolutionized Hot Rodding

Motorbooks

FINS AND THE FIFTIES

Key, Mike

Osprey

To many enthusiasts, Pete Chapouris and Jim "Jake" Jacobs rank among Boyd Coddington, Ed Roth, and George Barris as two of the world's most influential hot rod and custom car designers. Combined, the California-based duo can boast 80 years of experience building some of the world's most creative showstopping customs. This photo history celebrates the 25th anniversary of the opening of their shop, Pete and Jake's Hot Rod Parts, and depicts and describes their most celebrated creations from 1974 to the present.

Hot Rods by Pete and Jake

Jacobs, Jim "Jake"

Chapouris, Pete

Photographs depict automobiles from the 1950s with customized details and original painted finishes

Custom Cars of the 1950s

Science & Math

Southard, Andy

Technology

Hot Rods by Boyd

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Thaxton Pr

Creating School Cultures That Embrace Learning: What Successful Leaders Do

This book brings together the insight and experience of successful leaders from over 60 schools on the issue of improving school culture – in their very own words. It provides the tools, practices, and examples that will help you in your own effort to improve school culture.

Education & Teaching

Bell, John

Schargel, Franklin P.

Schools & Teaching

Routledge

This book brings together the wisdom and experience from over 50 schools that have been categorized as "high performing, high minority, high poverty." It shows us how the leaders of those schools succeeded -- in their own words. From At-Risk to Academic Excellence: What Successful Leaders Do shows that you too can be a turnaround specialist. Included are actual examples and real life stories which illustrate how the leaders at these schools -- - raised academic achievement. - motivated students. - boosted parent and community involvement. - applied the 3 r's – rigor, relevance, &amp; relationships.

From At-Risk to Academic Excellence: What Successful Leaders Do

This book brings together the insight and experience of successful leaders from over 60 schools on the issue of improving school culture – in their very own words. It provides the tools, practices, and examples that will help you in your own effort to improve school culture.

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