In 1930, Lee Chapel set aside space in his Broken Drum Auto Salvage—on San Fernando Road south of Glendale—for his first "speed shop." The fenderless car at right was a Chevy "single-seater" that he ...
"Clam up, you squares. It's the law!" Shown from left to right are hot-rodders Del Erickson, Frank Gorshin, Lori Nelson, and John Smith buttering up policeman Chuck Connors (with hat) in a scene from ...