{"id":3001,"date":"2019-05-23T16:52:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T20:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partspro.com\/blog\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2019-05-23T16:52:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T20:52:42","slug":"sa-design-ct625-cartechs-hubert-platt-fast-fords-of-the-georgia-shaker-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partspro.com\/blog\/sa-design-ct625-cartechs-hubert-platt-fast-fords-of-the-georgia-shaker-book\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Design (CT625): CarTech\u2019s \u201cHubert Platt: Fast Fords of the \u2018Georgia Shaker\u2019\u201d Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/partspro.com\/manufacturer\/cartech-sa-design\"><strong>CarTech<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s <em>Hubert Platt:\nFast Fords of the \u201cGeorgia Shaker,\u201d <\/em>Platt\u2019s son (and fellow drag racer) Allen\nPlatt explores his father\u2019s impact on the NHRA universe. Known as the \u201cGeorgia\nShaker,\u201d Platt cut his motoring teeth on the long straightaways and twisty back\nroads of South Carolina while bootlegging moonshine. After a run-in with the\nlaw in 1958, Platt transferred his driving skills from illegal activity to\nsanctioned drag racing and began one of the most dominant runs in drag racing\nhistory until his retirement in 1977.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hubert Platt: Fast\nFords of the \u201cGeorgia Shaker\u201d<\/em> (CT625) dives in to Platt\u2019s most famous\nmachines, incomparable showmanship, and his 1986 induction into the NHRA Hall\nof Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pages: <\/strong>192<br><strong>Size: <\/strong>8.5\u201d x 11\u201d<br><strong>Format: <\/strong>Paperback<br><strong>Illustrations: <\/strong>254 color, 173 black and white<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CarTech-Hubert-Platt-Fast-Fords-of-the-Georgia-Shaker-CT625.jpg?resize=500%2C644&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CarTech Hubert Platt Fast Fords of the Georgia Shaker CT625\" class=\"wp-image-2995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CarTech-Hubert-Platt-Fast-Fords-of-the-Georgia-Shaker-CT625.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CarTech-Hubert-Platt-Fast-Fords-of-the-Georgia-Shaker-CT625.jpg?resize=233%2C300&amp;ssl=1 233w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CarTech-Hubert-Platt-Fast-Fords-of-the-Georgia-Shaker-CT625.jpg?resize=155%2C200&amp;ssl=1 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In CarTech\u2019s Hubert Platt: Fast Fords of the \u201cGeorgia Shaker,\u201d Platt\u2019s son (and fellow drag racer) Allen Platt explores his father\u2019s impact on the NHRA universe. Known as the \u201cGeorgia Shaker,\u201d Platt cut his motoring teeth on the long straightaways and twisty back roads of South Carolina while bootlegging moonshine. After a run-in with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,2],"tags":[1625,30,2375,2376,2377,56],"class_list":["post-3001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-industry","category-news","tag-book","tag-cartech","tag-ct625","tag-hubert-platt","tag-hubert-platt-fast-fords-of-the-georgia-shaker","tag-sa-design","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3001"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3003,"href":"https:\/\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001\/revisions\/3003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}