Modern Rodding

Tanks on the Tarmac

It’s a very rare occurrence when such a unique group of hot rods get together like they recently did at the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, California. For hot rodders who understand their history, the name “Santa Ana” should mean something, as the inland Orange County town is where the historic ’50s-era Santa Ana Dragstrip was located—the first organized dragstrip in the country.

The land the dragstrip occupied sat on the southern section of Orange County Airport, renamed John Wayne Airport

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