15.10.2005, 23:00
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Custom - any car that has been altered, or customized with major body modifications. See Leadsled
Highboy - Fenderless rod with the body mounted on top of the frame, or in the stock position.
Hot Rod - A production car that has been modified by the owner in the attempt to increase acceleration and top end speed. Although the term can be applied to any modified car, it is usually reserved for vehicles produced from 1930 to 1940's. Typically the engine is modified, and some body panels removed. Many were painted with a design of flames behind the front wheels to give the appearance that this vehicle was "hot" thus the name.
Lead Sled - Another name for a early 50's style custom car which has had major body modifications. Originally done with hot lead. Now done with plastic fillers
Resto Rod - A hot rod with a stock looking outer appearance but with modern running gear.
Street Machine - Usually refers to a hot rodded car built after 1949.
Street Rod - Usually refers to a hot rodded car built before 1949.
Hot rods are older, often historical, cars. Originally the term was used to the practice of taking an old, cheap car, removing weight (usually by removing roof, hood, bumpers, windscreen and fenders), lower it, change or tune the engine to give more power, add fat wheels and paint it to make it stand out. The term may have originated from "hot roadster" and the term was used in the 1950s and 1960s as a derogatory term for any car that did not fit into the mainstream. Other sources indicate that the term was derived from replacement of connecting rods in engines to allow higher RPMs to be reached without parts failure. In the 1970s hot rodders tried to clean up their reputation and thus they started to use the term "street rod" instead. Nowadays people who own hot rods keep them clean and try to make them noticeable. Those who work according to the original idea of cheap, fast and no frills are often called rat rods.
Custom - any car that has been altered, or customized with major body modifications. See Leadsled
Highboy - Fenderless rod with the body mounted on top of the frame, or in the stock position.
Hot Rod - A production car that has been modified by the owner in the attempt to increase acceleration and top end speed. Although the term can be applied to any modified car, it is usually reserved for vehicles produced from 1930 to 1940's. Typically the engine is modified, and some body panels removed. Many were painted with a design of flames behind the front wheels to give the appearance that this vehicle was "hot" thus the name.
Lead Sled - Another name for a early 50's style custom car which has had major body modifications. Originally done with hot lead. Now done with plastic fillers
Resto Rod - A hot rod with a stock looking outer appearance but with modern running gear.
Street Machine - Usually refers to a hot rodded car built after 1949.
Street Rod - Usually refers to a hot rodded car built before 1949.
Hot rods are older, often historical, cars. Originally the term was used to the practice of taking an old, cheap car, removing weight (usually by removing roof, hood, bumpers, windscreen and fenders), lower it, change or tune the engine to give more power, add fat wheels and paint it to make it stand out. The term may have originated from "hot roadster" and the term was used in the 1950s and 1960s as a derogatory term for any car that did not fit into the mainstream. Other sources indicate that the term was derived from replacement of connecting rods in engines to allow higher RPMs to be reached without parts failure. In the 1970s hot rodders tried to clean up their reputation and thus they started to use the term "street rod" instead. Nowadays people who own hot rods keep them clean and try to make them noticeable. Those who work according to the original idea of cheap, fast and no frills are often called rat rods.