Legalized Racing Street

Legalized Racing Street

Legalized Racing Street

Posted on: December 25, 2011 - 2:00 pm
by Admin

When rodders aren’t working on cars, they’re perusing street rod magazines or websites for hot rod photos and bargains to purchase. Though they expend time and money, street rodders frequently get great returns on their investments. If they find a bargain, they frequently manage to sell the rod again and make a profit on the sale.

Hot Rods and Street Rods Defined

Hot rods are modified with huge engines for speed. Hot rodders modify their cars for speed to race them. Street rods are cars manufactured prior to 1949, modified with more reliable late model drivetrains. Street rodders focus less on racing and more on street performance and on their rods’ unique, personally customized appearance. Emphasis for street rods is on elaborate custom paint jobs, luxury leather interiors with all the amenities, and modern engines.

History of Rods

Some hot rod aficionados speculate that the word, hot rod, may have come from a contraction of the words hot roadster, which meant a roadster or a car that was modified for speed. Others speculate that the word hot rod came from the fact that the mufflers were exposed, or there was a hot muffler neck when the engine was running.