| As the summer approaches you are likely to see | | | | sometimes at car shows. |
| more and more hot rods hit the street. Hot rod cars | | | | Today, the fascination with hot rod cars continues. |
| are simply old, inexpensive cars that have been gutted | | | | Some individuals spend thousands of hours fixing up |
| out and restored. At times, they are have also been | | | | their cars. If you are an individual that is interested in |
| altered and have had parts replaced or some other | | | | doing so, you will need to first find a hot rod vehicle |
| sort of aesthetic updates. Hot rod refers to a cars | | | | and also parts. Some good places to look are junk |
| can, which is often taken out and replaced when the | | | | yards, related magazines, hot rides sales or traders. If |
| hot rod is altered. In some cases, the entire engine, | | | | you can't find what you're looking for, you can also |
| transmission, steering and breaks are replaced. | | | | order something that's customized. Customized parts |
| There is a really big culture that embraces and | | | | that represent you and your personal style is always |
| celebrates hot rods in the United States and in some | | | | cool to add to a hot rod. There are also steel |
| places in Europe. They create clubs and get together | | | | reproductions available. However, they can get pretty |
| for meetings and drives. | | | | costly. |
| Many of the hot rods were manufactured in the 1930s | | | | Street rods are also well known and are different then |
| and the 1940's and were manufactured by the Ford | | | | hot rods. They can be modified as much as the owner |
| Motor Company. These types of cars were popular | | | | wants. The only requirement is that they are modified |
| because they were inexpensive and could be altered | | | | from a car that was made in 1948 or earlier. They also |
| by simply purchasing and using scrap metal parts. | | | | have to be functional and safe. They are not for |
| Today, you'll find many people improving and updating | | | | racing. |
| their hot rod cars and taking them either to races or to | | | | For many individuals hot rod cars remind them of their |
| hot rod shows. Other individuals simply enjoy keeping | | | | youth. They are able in a small way to relive a time in |
| them in their garage and tooling on them in their free | | | | their lives when the pace of society was much slower |
| time. | | | | and a little bit more innocent. Hot rod cars also |
| There are different types of hot rods. The most | | | | represent power and style. They are also quite |
| popular ones are the rat rod and the street rod. Along | | | | enjoyable to simply work on. Reworking these cars |
| with the hot Rod Car, are of course the girls. Hot rod | | | | are a great activity to share with family and friends. |
| girls generally are models that are featured with very | | | | Hot rod cars can also act as family heirlooms and can |
| little clothing in the hot rod magazines, often acting as | | | | be passed down from generation to generation. |
| accessories. You will also find them in calendars and | | | | |