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Hot Rod - Street Rod or Hot rods are modified older ?even historical ?cars. Originally the term was used to the practice of taking an old car, usually a Ford, and improving its performance by reducing weight (usually by removing roof , hood , bumpers , windscreen and fenders ), lower it, change or tune the engine to give more power, add fat wheels for traction 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. There is still a vibrant Hot Rod and street rod culture worldwide, especially in the United States. The hot rod community has now been subdivided into two main groups: hot rodders and street rodders. Hot rodders build their cars using a lot of original, old parts, and follow the styles that were popular from the 1940s through the 1960s. Street rodders build cars (or have them built for them) using new parts....
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