I can't agree with ya there. Hot Rods are so many things to so many people who like so many different things. I don't think it's possible to simply catagorize and label it.
I think it's like lighning in the bottle.. or like you said earlier, different strokes for different folks.
I wasn't being, nor intended in being critical of someone smoothing a tire, it was just completely new to me. Never saw it before / Never heard of it being done / and stated same is all.
I'll crawl back into my cave now!
Even though I know he won't see this, I still want to wish a Happy Birthday to my best friend, Richard Moore aka techinspector1
Happy Birthday techinspector1