Hot Rod Lincoln....who was the Dude from Maine that wrote this?

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2. Charles Ryan. Died in Spokane, WA in 2008

Co-writer of ‘60s rockabilly hit song ‘Hot Rod Lincoln’
L.A. TIMES ARCHIVES
FEB. 22, 2008 12 AM PT
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FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Charles Ryan, the musician and songwriter who co-wrote the hit song “Hot Rod Lincoln,” died Saturday in Spokane, Wash., after a long battle with heart disease, his family said. He was 92.

Ryan and W.S. Stevenson wrote “Hot Rod Lincoln” and in 1955 Ryan first recorded the song with the rockabilly beat and the vivid lyrics describing a nighttime car chase:

“My fenders was clickin’ the guardrail posts; the guy beside me was white as a ghost.”

It began with the line “My pappy said, ‘Son, you’re gonna drive me to drinkin’ if you don’t stop drivin’ that Hot Rod Lincoln.’ ”