Article: THE GOODGUYS' GOOD GUY; Gary Meadors keeps the hot rod flame burning.(News)(Interview)

Byline: PATRICK C. PATERNIE

You can tell a lot about a person by the car he drives. For our interview near the main gate of the Del Mar, California, fairgrounds, Gary Meadors pulled up behind the wheel of a swoopy, white-over-lipstick-red, Hemi-powered 1957 DeSoto Fireflite hardtop coupe. It is the perfect ride for Meadors, founder and president of the Goodguys Rod and Custom Association, who lives up to the name of his organization. He is a good guy, and, in contrast to the swarms of hyperbolic marketing and media types who have exploited racing and custom cars as fodder for reality-television scripts, Meadors conducts his events with the genuine hands-on ...

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