In the beginning, some caveman invented the wheel out of a round rock and attached it to a piece of wood. Then another caveman modified the original design by making a wider lower profile rock with raised lettering on the side attached to a stouter piece of wood. That second caveman was the worlds first Hot Rodder and Hot Rodding was born. This went on through the ages with the chariots and all that up until it got interesting and that was when some guy in Southern California stuck a Cadillac engine between the rails of a stripped down Model T and created a faster car. A Hot Rod.
To me, the essence of Hot Rodding has its roots with Cadillac. Before there were small and big block Chevy’s, before the Flathead, before there was even an aftermarket with go fast parts, the only way to go faster was to take the most powerful engine and stick it in the lightest car. And as soon as the cars got too fast for street racing, they took them to the dry lakes. And once those lakes got too small, the next step was Bonneville – The Fastest Place on Earth.
I like tradition. I like the history. I wish I was born earlier and could participate back then. That’s why it’s so important and means so much to me, to do what we do with old school Cadillac power.
