<P> `` Hot Rod Lincoln '' is a song by American singer - songwriter Charlie Ryan , first released in 1955 . It was written as an answer song to Arkie Shibley 's 1951 hit `` Hot Rod Race '' which describes a race in San Pedro , Los Angeles between two hot rod cars , a Ford and a Mercury , which stay neck - and - neck until both are overtaken by `` a kid in a hopped - up Model A '' . `` Hot Rod Lincoln '' is sung from the perspective of this third driver , whose own hot rod is a Ford Model A body with a Lincoln - Zephyr V12 engine , overdrive , a four - barrel carburetor , 4 : 11 gear ratio , and safety tubes . </P>
<P> `` Hot Rod Lincoln '' is a song by American singer - songwriter Charlie Ryan , first released in 1955 . It was written as an answer song to Arkie Shibley 's 1951 hit `` Hot Rod Race '' which describes a race in San Pedro , Los Angeles between two hot rod cars , a Ford and a Mercury , which stay neck - and - neck until both are overtaken by `` a kid in a hopped - up Model A '' . `` Hot Rod Lincoln '' is sung from the perspective of this third driver , whose own hot rod is a Ford Model A body with a Lincoln - Zephyr V12 engine , overdrive , a four - barrel carburetor , 4 : 11 gear ratio , and safety tubes . </P>
when did the song hot rod lincoln come out
when did the song hot rod lincoln come out
1955
1955