The history of hot rodding is one of opposites. Rods versus customs. Go against show. Lead, not lead foot. Fuel instead of cool. I was from the go-lead foot-fuel camp. Dean, the owner/builder of this ...
HOT ROD has stated several times in the past that 1949-1951 Mercurys can be considered the foundation of the custom car craze. Nobody has proved our claim better than legendary customizer Dick Dean, ...
Between June and August 1949, the streamliner was taken to four different dry-lakes points meets to allow Dean to get used to ...