Hell I just build mine for me, hot rod, rat rod, custom with a K, traditional, vintage mod, whatever,,,,hell next they'll be trying to use "organic" to describe em. to me hot rodding is building your car for you the way you want out of the parts available. traditional to me is listening to the guys that used to run the streets and build their cars to scream. my buddies dad gave us some greif cause we picked up some ole flat heads, he said "what is this 1950? hell me in my boys were trying to get the new stuff" but he did give us some props for tackling an old vintage flatty, but traditional?? hmm i think it would be really hard to build a true traditional cause then your talking about which period? pre war? post war? 60's? 80's?

i guess the bottom line is to build a hot rod the way you want, with what you can afford. just don't go building a credit card coupe build it custom, if you need help, that's what networking with your buddies are for! heck now that's "traditional" pooling your talent with your buddies to get the work accomplished in your garage to complete your project