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Robert E. Petersen.(Obituary)
Byline: MARK VAUGHN
Robert E. Petersen
1926-2007
Robert E. "Pete'' Petersen, a car culture pioneer and a man whose enthusiasm and business sense led to the founding of the Specialty Equipment Market Association, the National Hot Rod Association, Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines and the Los Angeles automotive museum that bears his name, died March 23 of neuroendocrine cancer. He was 80 years old.
Petersen started Hot Rod magazine in 1948 as a way to legitimize the hot rod culture, and he also organized a hot rod show at the Los ...
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