Bobby Byars ends a 25-year quest to find his 1948 Anglia hotrod
Bobby Byars races "Hot Licks" at the Woodburn Dragstrip in 1979. The Anglia truck was typically used for deliveries in the UK. Byars dropped the engine from his 1966 Corvette into the car and it became a crowd favorite.
When thinking of great muscle cars and dragsters that are iconic pieces of the American fabric, few people would think to include a 1948 cargo truck from England.
Those people have not seen "Hot Licks."
In 1978, Bobby Byars, who was raised in Wasco and now resides outside of Fossil, purchased the 1948 Anglia - an English model of Ford - from a couple of guys in Portland.
"They found it sitting in...
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