hotrods
Modified speed machines
Hotrods are automobiles—typically older American cars from the 1930s through 1960s—modified for speed and style.
The modifications usually involve souped-up engines, lowered suspensions, and custom paint jobs.
Hotrod culture emerged in postwar America and remains associated with drag racing and car shows: He spent weekends working on hotrods with his dad.
Machines converting fuel to motion
- horsepowerRate of mechanical work
- V8Eight-cylinder engine layout
- superchargersBelt-driven air compressors
- blowersAir-moving devices or people
carburetors · headers · exhaust · nitrous · turbo · cam · intake · displacement
Mechanical or automotive enthusiasts
- drag stripsStraight racing tracks
- garagesEnclosed vehicle shelters
- wrenchingForceful turning or yanking
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
restoration · Bonneville · salt flats · NHRA · Von Dutch · rockabilly · pin-up · flames
engines
Machines converting fuel to motion
- horsepowerRate of mechanical work
- V8Eight-cylinder engine layout
- superchargersBelt-driven air compressors
blowers · carburetors · headers · exhaust · nitrous · turbo · cam · intake · displacement · torque
gearheads
Mechanical or automotive enthusiasts
- drag stripsStraight racing tracks
- garagesEnclosed vehicle shelters
- wrenchingForceful turning or yanking
fabrication · restoration · Bonneville · salt flats · NHRA · Von Dutch · rockabilly · pin-up · flames · decals
1950s
Decade after WWII
- 1960sDecade after the fifties
- American Graffiti1962 California youth film
- postwarAfter hostilities end
vintage · classic · golden age · drive-ins · diners · sock hops · greasers · teenage · rebellion · California
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
- dragstersHigh-powered racing vehicles
- roadstersOpen-top two-seat automobiles
- coupesTwo-door automobile bodies
muscle cars · rat rods · highboys · lowboys · Model A · Model T · flatheads · choppers · channeled · sectioned
hotrodsstock cars
Modified production vehicles for racing
stock · economy cars · OEM · rental cars · commuter cars
hotrodseconomy cars
Inexpensive, fuel-efficient automobiles
station wagons · minivans · econoboxes · commuter cars · hybrids