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97''sStombergs baby, carburetors that is.
A
One of the coolest used, abused and modified fords ever!!
A-Bone
Modified model a, see above!!
Baby Moons
A smooth chrome wheel cover, Way cool especially with steelies.
Banger
b and c 4 cylinder ford engines.
Banjo
Not deliverance, steering wheel aprox. 1935 to 1939
Banjo2
Rearend, not yours
Bias Ply
Not your opinion, a tire that likes to wander
Binders
Brakes old school
Blue dots
little blue glass inserts that make your tail glow purple
Brody Knob
Also known as suicide knob, wrist breaker or knecker knob
Bullets
Not for your gun, every car should have atleast one.
BumpStick
Camshaft
Burn out
Spinning your tires until there toast, see streamline for this kind of power.
C''d
Cutting a radius in the frame rails so they will clear the rear axle on a lowered vehicle.
Carson Top
Removable hardtop, thanks glen houser.
Channeled
Lowering the body on the frame.
Cheater Slicks
Just enough tread to make them, legal? do we care?
Chopped
Lowering the roof line of a vehicle for a streamlined affect
Convertible
Self Explanatory we hope.
Crash Box
Non synchro tranny .. ouch
Dag Mars
Bullets, too big for a gun.
Deuce
32, Not Model A
Discs
Disc brakes, or moon disc wheel covers.
Donor
An automobile that''s giving up its guts for a cooler one.
Drive In
The only type of movie to go to.
Drop Tops
See convertible, good for the drive in, bad for rain.
Dump Tubes
Why run exhaust to the back when it can come out sooner.
Fish Tails
Exhaust tips.
Flame Thrower
Exactly that .. yeeehaww ... get some at streamline.
Flathead
Not a person .. an early engine with the valves in the block facing the head.
Frenched
Recessed headlights, taillights, antanna, license plate etc.
Fueler
Nitro Burning rail job from the old days.
Gasser
Nose high drag car with slicks ( old school )
Gearbox
Manual Transmission
Gearhead
Destined to be a mechanic.
Glass
Fiberglass reproduction of a body.
Gow Job
Not what you think, early form of hot rod.
Greaser
Greasy hair, nails, car lover, to slick to get a hold of.
Hard top
No b-Pillars.
Hemi
One bad ass chrysler engine with hemispherical heads.
Hi Boy
This hot rod wants to be a 4x4, kidding.
Hides
Tires race type.
Hop Head
Pill Popper, Junkey.
Hop Up
Hot rod old school style.
Hoppen Up
Speed equipped car, generally driven by greasers/gearheads.
Imports
Your looking at the wrong website.
Inline
Cylinders in a nice neat row, easy to work on.
J-2
Oldsmobile rocket v-8
Jalopy
Your best friends ride or your first car, or pre war cars.
JC
(Jacket Club) We don''t have cars, because were to busy.
Juice
Hydraulic brakes.
Kandy
Not the sweet stuff, colored paint that has transparency.
Kustom
Radical body mods, paint like no other
Lakes
Exhaust pipes on the side of the body.
Lakesters
Stripped down lake bed runner, no swimming here.
Lawn Jockeys
Lounge chair car show people, why leave the couch.
Lead Sled
Low and slow, see streamline well fix the slow part.
Louvered
Let the air flow.
Lumpy
The beavers nemisis.
Mangneto
A distibutor that generates its own current to power the ignition.
Metalflake
Glitter added to the paint, how big can you make it, glastron style.
Metallic
Paint containing fine mica, sparkley.
Mill
Hot Rodders tool, not a machinists tool.
Mouse
Small block chevy.
Nailhead
Awesome exhaust valve shape by buick.
NHRA
No hot rods allowed.
Nosed/Decked
Removing chrome from trunk/hood, fill in holes.
Nostalgic rod
Early style influence, can be cool.
Overhead
Valve in head engine.
Pasture Mags
early style wheels, wood and stuff.
Peaked
A raised edge on hood, decklid, fin etc very cool.
Pearl
Paint that changes color in certain types of light, powder added to paint.
Phaeton
No trunk, no top, maybe come canvas.
Ported
Intake/exhaust ports have been oversized for max flow.
Pot
Carburetor.
Powdered
Doughnuts...yummy.
Rail Job
Drag car.
Raked
Front end lowered.
Rat
Big block chevy.
Rat Rod
No billet here, pure functionality.
Retro Rodding
Street rodder term, im not sure what this is.
Sectioned
A car with a section of metal removed horizontally.
Shaved
Not you, removing chrome, filling the holes, see streamline.
Shoe Box
49 to 51 ford? or 51 to 54 chevy? or a square car, Way cool.
Skins
See hides.
Skirts
We love girls in them, or rear wheel covers.
Slammed
lowered car, how low can you go?
Slicks
Not Legal, but fun anyway.
Slugs
Pistons, gotta have these to go.
Slushbox
Automatic Transmission
Sombrero''s
49 cadillac wheel covers, cool for customs.
Spinners
Wheel covers that do just that.
Spokes
See low riders.
Spots
A must have at the drive in, So you can find a date.
Stacked
greasers and lumpy''s favorite type of girl.
Stacks
Carburator velocity stacks.
Steelies
Good authentic look.
Streamliner
See pictures.
Street Rod
Full of billet, aluminum that is, and some tweed too.
Stroker
extending the stroke of the engine to increase displacement.
Suede
Paint with flattening agent, way cool.
Suicide
Don''t do this, door handles / hinges moved to the opposite sides.
Track T
40''s, 50''s model t dirt racer.
Trailer Queen
Its not a car, its a hiway virgin.
Transmixer
Manual Transmission sometimes missing a gear, we can fix that.
Tripower
3 two barrel carburetors, a must have
Tub
Phaeton or touring or any other four seat car without a top.
V-8
A tried and true go fast formula.
Vickey
Body with booty, a favorite at streamline.
Week end Warrior.
Wanna be gearhead, heard it was cool.
Wide Whites
We wish all cars still had them, we sell em.
Z''D
A Stepped frame front or rear.
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