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| HOTRODS & CLASSICS
'A' A-400: A convertible two door sedan built by Ford prior to 1932 A-bone: Model A Ford 'B' B-400: A convertible two door sedan built by Ford in 1932 Balonies: Wide bad ass tires, usually on the rear Bang Shift: To quickly shift a standard transmission Beast: A really ugly hotrod Belly Pan: Metal sheeting underneath a street rod, to streamline the bottom of a rod Billet: Aftermarket dress up components usually machined out of Aluminum Binders: Brakes Blown Engine: A engine that has a Supercharger or a engine that exploded Blower: Supercharger Blower Drive: The belt and pulleys that drive a Supercharger Bobbed: Shortened Fenders, sometimes applied to a shortened hood Boost: Intake manifold pressure generated by a Turbocharger or Supercharger Boots: Tires Bored and Stroked: Engines that have had their cylinder walls enlarged and the crankshaft throw modified Bottom End: Refers to the lower portion of a engine and usually includes the crankshaft, flywheel, bearings and connecting rods Box: The transmission, but can also refer to adding reinforcement to the frame Bucket: Rod with a Model T body also called a 'Bucket T' Buggy Sprung: Suspension based on front and rear solid axels and left over from horse and buggy days Bull Nose: Usually refers to a chrome trim piece for the top of a hood Bullet Nose: A Studebaker built in the late 40's and early 50's 'C' Cam: Short for Camshaft, a engine piece that activates the valves Cammer: Usually refers to a single overhead V8 Ford engine CC-ing: The accurate measuring of each cylinder or combustion chamber to equalize the volume in high performance engines CCs: 39 Ford Teardrop Headlights Channel: The lowering of the body in relationship to the frame rails to reduce overall height of the vehicle Chop: Removing a section of the roofline horizontally to reduce its height CID: Refers to "Cubic Inch Displacement" of an engine Coupe: Basically any car with just a front seat Crank: Crankshaft but can also mean to go fast "Crank on It" Cruise: To drive in a laid back fashion Custom: Stock cars that have had extensive body modifications "D" Deck: Removing the chrome and handles from the trunk or 'Decklid' Deuce: 32 Ford Digs: Drag Races Dig Out: Accelerate quickly Digger: A Dragster "E" EFI: Electronic Fuel Injection (replaces the carburetor) E.T: Elapsed time - the time it takes to run a quarter mile drag Elephant: A 1964 or later Chrysler with a V8 and Hemispherical cylinder heads - a.k.a. 'Hemmy' "F" Fat: A over rich fuel mixture denote by excessive black smoke Fat Fender: Street rods with bodies manufactured between 1936 and 1938 Fill: Filling body seams with lead or body filler to lend a smoother appearance to the car Five Window: A coup body that have 5 windows, not counting the windshield Flathead: A engine that has the valves in the body of the engine rather then the head - also refers to 1932 to 1953 Ford flathead motors Flamed: Graphic representation of flames usually starting at the front a working towards the back of a hot rod Flame Throwers: A device to ignite unburned gases leaving the exhaust system ( very cool) Floor Pan: This just means the floor of a vehicle - Fordor: Ford name for a four door sedan Four Banger: A four cylinder engine Four Barrel: A four cylinder engine or a type of carburetor Four on the Floor: Floor mounted shifter coupled to a four speed transmission French: Usually refers to recessing the headlights and removing the seam of the headlight trim ring, but can apply to other recessing Fuel Injected: A mechanical device that 'injects' or introduces fuel into a engine "G" Gasser: A modified closed car that competes at drag races, but could mean your friend drank to much beer. Gear Box: Transmission Ghost Flames: See Flames, only these flames are usually the same color as the body only a few shades lighter or darker Glass: Short for fiberglass Grab Rails: Handles mounted on the body to help passengers enter the vehicle, usually a rumble seat Grill Shell: A decorative trim that goes around the radiator usually on cars built in the early 1930's Grocery Getter: A mild street rod that is used for a run to the store and back Gutted: A rod with its interior removed "H" Hammer: Same as Chop Handeler: A rod that is easy to drive Haze the Hides: To spin and smoke the rear tires Header: Specialized exhaust manifolds that help reduce exhaust back pressure therefore increasing power Hemi: A monster high performance engine produced by Chrysler with hemispherical heads Hides: Tires Highboy: A rod with no fenders or running boards and the body place high on the frame rails High Tech: Rods that combine customized bodies with billeted or steel dress up parts Hot Rod: A vehicle that has been modified to improve its appearance or performance and most times both Huffer: Supercharger Hydro: Automatic transmission ( derived from the name Hydromatic, a GM transmission used in the 50's "I" In the Weeds: A really low vehicle or you have lost control of your ride and ended up in the ditch Igniter: The engines ignition system "J" Jimmy: Acronym for a GMC and can also refer to a Blower or Supercharger Jug: A carburetor Juice: Fuel, Electricity or hydraulic fluid "K" Kemp: A rod with a customized body Knock Offs: A special wheel system that is held in place with one large, quickly removed nut "L" Lakes: The dry lakes in and around Southern California where hotrodders raced their cars Lakes Modified: A radically modified racer designed for racing at the dry lakes Lean it Out: To alter the fuel mixture to improve engine performance and use less fuel - done to extreme will fry your engine Locker: A type of differential that helps prevent tire spin and distributes the engines torque evenly to the rear wheels Loud Petal: The accelerator petal Louvers: Vents or slots cut in and raised in various body panels especially the hood and trunk areas Louie: A left hand turn (see Roscoe) Lowboy: A rod that has no fenders or running boards that is lowered over the frame (channeled) "M" Mag: Short for a wheel made with a Magnesium alloy - can also mean Magneto, a self contained ignition system Mill: Engine Molded: Filling and reshaping body panels and seams Mood Disks: Flat aluminum wheel covers Mouse Motor: A small block Chevy engine manufactured from 1955 to present day. "N" NOS: Nitrous Oxide System - mucho big horsepower N.O.S: New Old Stock and refers to parts that are the original parts supplied by the vehicles manufacturer Nail Head: A 1950's Buick engine Nerf: Short for Nerf Bars - used to ward off tires in open wheel racing cars - also refers to little bumperettes Newstalgia: Refers to a rod style that mimics the 50's and 60's and employs modern power plants, components and body panels "O" Overbore: An engine block that has had its cylinder bore enlarge because it is badly worn or the owner wants more power Overwind: A bad thing and means to run an engine faster in RPM then its designed limits "P" Panel Delivery: An early commercial vehicle with two doors in the front for people and two doors at the rear of the vehicle for cargo Pearl: Paint with reflects 'Mother of Pearl' iridescent colors or maybe its a little white object taken from an oyster Pit Pins: Quick release pins that hold body panels in place Phaeton: An open two or four door sedan manufactured in the late 20's to the late 30's, that had no roll up windows Phone Booth: A 28 or 29 Model 'A' closed cab pickup Pin Stripe: Long narrow painted stripes usually running the length of a hot rod. May also be done with narrow plastic (gulp) tape. Ported: Intake and exhaust ports that have been enlarged and polished to provide maximum flow through the heads Power Parker: People that arrive as early as possible to events and shows to get prime parking spots, usually frowned on by hot rodders Pro Street: A hotrod made to look like a drag racing car Puffer: A supercharger "Q" Quick Change: A rear end that allows for rapid changing of rear end gear ratios, or possibly a trip through McDonalds drive thru "R" RPM: 'Revolutions Per Minute' or how many rotations an engines crankshaft completes in one minute Rails: Refers to the frame side rails on cars before some idiot invented uni-body Raked: A rod that has been lowered in the front or raised in the back Rat: A Big Block Chevy V8 engine e.g.: 396, 400, 427, and 454 cid Reacher: A dependable street rod Repop: See Repro Repro: Reproduction parts to match or replace NOS parts Resto Rod: A street rod with a stock appearing body Roadster: A two seater to a 'Phaeton' - removable top and no roll up side windows and the windshield could fold down Rod: A short for Hotrod or Connecting Rod Rod Run: May mean an event open to pre 62 only or can refer to any pre-ordained driving route as in a "Poker Run" Roll Bar: A special cage made of round tubular steel and designed to protect the vehicles occupants in case of roll over. Roll Cage: See Roll Bar Roller: A chassis that is completed enough to be rolled around on its own. Can also refer to a type of camshaft that uses roller lifters Roscoe: A right hand turn (see Louie) Rubber Rake: A rake achieved by the use of big tires in the back and little tires in the front or possibly an unbreakable garden tool "S" Sano: A rod that is absolutely spotless (sanitary) Saw: See Chop Scallops: A graphic in the shape of a long narrow triangle usually starting from the front of a hotrod Scatter Shield: A protective enclosure at the rear of the engine to protect the driver in case a clutch explodes - also used on transmissions Scoop: A device mounted on the hood to force air into the engine at higher speeds Section: To remove a band of metal from around the middle section of a vehicle to reduce its overall height Sedan Delivery: A truck with two opening doors up front and one mother of a door in the rear Slammed: A vehicle or hotrod that is as close to the ground as humanly possible without actually touching Skins: Tires Skirts: Short for Fender Skirts which cover wheel well openings in customs and hotrods or a reference to the fairer sex Smoothy: A hotrod that has had all raised portions of the body removed including moldings and sometimes chrome Spots: Short for a spot light, also refers to disk brakes Stacks: Short for Velocity Stacks which are used on carbureted and fuel injected engines Steelies: Wheels made of steel or a marble made from knocking apart old ball bearings. Really Big old ball bearings Step Plates: Pads mounted on running boards or fenders to keep the paint or rubber matting from being scratched or getting dirty Stick Shift: A floor mounted gear shift lever Stone: A slooooow car Stones: Short for Firestone tires or an English Rock Band Stove Bolt: A nick name for a rod powered by a Chevy inline six cylinder engine Stroker: An engine equipped with a longer then stock crankshaft throw with modified length connecting rods Stuffer: Supercharger Supercharger: A mechanical device designed to force air into an engine at higher then atmospheric pressure "T" T-Bucket: A short, fenderless opened 'T' body hotrod TPI: Tuned Port Injection Tach: Short for Tachometer and a device to read engine RPM Three On The Tree: Refers to a column mounted three speed transmission shifter Touring: See 'Phaeton' Trad Rad: A street rod built in the styles of the 50's and 609's rods Tranny: Short for Transmission Tub: A touring car or Phaeton can also refer to enlarging the wheel well size to accommodate very large tires, usually in the rear Tubbed: To increase the wheel well size to accommodate very large tires usually at the rear axel Tudor: Ford name for a two door sedan Tuck and Roll: A cool style of upholstery or a new kind of music "U" U Joints: Short for Universal Joints and these are located on each end of a drive shaft Uncorked: Running without mufflers "V" Vicky: See Victoria Victoria: A sporty two door sedan body that featured a different rear body panel style 'W' Wedge: A type of Chrysler engine with wedge shaped combustion chambers in the heads Wide Whites: Wide whitewall tires Wide Weenies: Large rear tires and I am not going there Wires: Spoked Wire Wheels Woodie: A station wagon with wood paneling and no I am not going there either "X" X Member: The center portion of a frame where the frame rails meet or cross "Y" Y Block: A cylinder block with deep pan rails 'Z" Z'ed: Frame rails altered in a Z shape to lower the front of a hot rod Zoomy: A wild street rod with open exhaust pipes Hot Rod power tour Hotrod, Street Rod & Classic Car Enthusiasts |
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| Built on the Kreative Rodwerks package, this is a beautifully done 39. based on a 1996 S-10 with a 1996 Corvette LT-1 conversion. The body is a deep glossy black with subtle silver flames on the hood and front fenders. Inside is a leather interior with overdrive automatic, power steering, power disc brakes, cold air conditioning, power windows and a nice AM/FM/CD stereo. For Information, Contact Fred Fann @ 804-733-7573 |
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| The glossy black paint is set off by the 5-spoke mags from Eagle. |
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| Modern reliability with art deco styling. Silver Flames - professional paint work. |
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| Very dramatic paint scheme |
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