Since some heated discussion started over what exactly should be defined as a street rod and hot rod, I figured we all probably have many different ideas where this term is concerned so I thought I'd throw this out there out of curiosity, not to start an all out war, just to better understand where diferent people are coming from.
So I'll start by saying coming from being born in the early sixties, I grew up when people were mostly hot roding 50's and 60's cars, which were sometimes refered to as muscle cars, but we considered anything zooped up under the hood as a hot rod. I had a friend with a Vega that had a 283 under the hood, and was jacked up in the back, this too we thought of as a hot rod. The classic t's were rare as were the 32's back then, in our neighborhood, but they were the ultimate! Loved the stuff in the old surfer dude 60's movies. The car shows had mixed stuff, including a new green vette with rabbit fur interior made for Farrah Faucet. That was way cool when I was sixteen and also fell under our definition. The low riders of the time weren't included, because they were low, not jacked up in the rear, which is funny now to me, since I would throw them into the hot rod definition of modified increased performance vehicle. Anyway just my thoughts. I am currious what the generation before me and after me think, as well as any products of the sixties!