The Business of Speed: The Hot Rod Industry in America, 1915–1990

List of Abbreviations

AAMA Automotive Aftermarket Manufacturers Association AHRA American Hot Rod Association AI Automotive Industries—The Automobile AMA Automobile Manufacturers Association ARB Air Resources Board (California) ARB-A ARB Archive, California EPA Headquarters, Sacramento, California c.i.d. cubic inches of displacement CARB California Air Resources Board CO carbon monoxide (emissions) DWF Dick Wells’s private files, Santa Ana, California E.T. elapsed time ECU electronic control unit EGR exhaust gas recirculation EO Executive Order (emissions exemption granted by the California ARB) EPA Environmental Protection Agency (federal) FDaO Ford Dealer and Owner FDaSF Ford Dealer and Service Field FOaD Ford Owner and Dealer HC hydrocarbon (emissions) HEW United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare HRIN Hot Rod Industry News HRM Hot Rod Magazine I/M Inspection and Maintenance program (California) MRA Muroc Racing Association MVPCB Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board (California) NHRA National Hot Rod Association NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOx oxides of nitrogen (emissions) LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xvi a b b r e v i a t i o n s NSRA National Street Rod Association OEM original equipment manufacturer PCV positive crankcase ventilation Penn-DOT Pennsylvania Department of Transportation PHR Popular Hot Rodding SCTA Southern California Timing Association SEMA Speed Equipment Manufacturers Association (1963–1967) Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association (1967–1979) Specialty Equipment Market Association (1979–present) SEMA-RC SEMA Research Center, SEMA Headquarters, Diamond Bar, California UCSB-RT Romaine Trade Catalog Collection, University of California, Santa Barbara UDRA United Drag Racers Association VESC Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact WD wholesale distributor WGR-RC Root Collection, International Motor Racing Research Center, Watkins Glen, New York THE BUSINESS OF SPEED This page intentionally left blank ...