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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 24 > When the HOT ROD was king

When the HOT ROD was king

Harry Fagen will have 6 classic cars in the Flashback Cruz, but, when it comes to hot rodding, there was nothing like Bend 50 years ago, he and others agree, when there was little else to do and cops were more lenient

By Inka Bajandas / The Bulletin
July 24, 2009

Harry Fagen, 66, still has the 1933 Ford Coupe he bought and built into a hot rod when he was 15 years old in 1958.

Before showing off the deep red car with a narrow windshield and windows, which has gone through various reincarnations over the years, he explained how he quit school and started....

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