Thread: American Street Rod Association??

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MrMustang, To put it in other words, people are constantly trying to redefine the "street rod/hot rod" term. As I see with the pre50s, they even want to define how the cars are to be used, and we all are aware that other groups also want to dictate building style. Obviously a club with broad acceptance would have a better chance of survivng the constantly changing trends.

I do see an advantage in restricting it to early bodies,(though the next question would be "what specific year?") That alone would seperate them from the "look" of the cars we see on the street every day, and makes them seem more interesting.

Maybe a simpler solution would be to coin a new term for a broader group of years and styles... but it will have to include the word "rod" to make people more likely to embrace the title.

Lets see.... "Mod rod"? No.... "Pop rod"? I don't think so.... "Not rod"? ...no that will start a fist fight! :-)

How about seperating the terms street rod and hot rod? To me that would have some hope of success. Street rods could be the early style, which should satisfy the older enthusiasts like myself, who were taught the difference by the magazines of the '60s. (Of course NSRA would no longer back an idea like this, but NHRA would be okay with it.) "Hot rod" would probably work better in the broad sense, since most newer or younger enthusiasts are repeatedly defining that as "any year" modified for performance. Has anyone been discissing this possiblity already? I know there has been debate in many circles, and I don't hear it all.

Thoughts?