"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 ...

The serenity of a barren, dry lakebed in the high desert north of Los Angeles is struck by the staccato sound of a straining flathead engine. The bark of the roadster's exhaust note belies its efforts ...