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A 1950s gem, Hot Rod Girl<\/em> follows the trials and tribulations of car-obsessed couple Lisa (Nelson) and Jeff (Smith), and their endeavours with police detective Ben Merrill (the stereotypically chiselled Connors) to get the local hot rodders off the streets and onto the strip.<\/p>\n First published in the October 2021 issue of <\/em>Street Machine<\/p>\n Lisa is a class-winning dab hand behind the wheel, while Jeff is a gun engine builder, but their lives – and reputations – are thrown into turmoil when Jeff’s kid brother Steve (Erickson) is killed in a street-racing crash.<\/p>\n