"Me and that Mercury was neck and neck!" Good song! Arkie Shebley recorded the original version of Hot Rod Race, including some very non-PC language in places.

The original Hot Rod Lincoln was a real car, a stretched-frame Model A coupe with a Lincoln Zephyr V-12 in it. There's a website dedicated to it, and the guy who sang the song and used the car as part of his road tour.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!