Waldemar Grant Hansen tested engine designs in the hills above Pasadena, leading to the successful Tourist automobile and Pasadena/Altadena Hill Climb events of 1906-1909. This photo shows Hansen in 1902 aboard his own creation which he used as a testbed, earning him distinction as Los Angeles' first hot rodder.







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