Holy Hot Rod !! Hot rods are typically old, classic American - TopicsExpress



          

Holy Hot Rod !! Hot rods are typically old, classic American cars with large engines modified for linear speed. The origin of the term hot rod is unclear. Roadsters were the cars of choice because they were light, were easy to modify, and could be bought for a low price. The term seems first to have appeared in the late 1930s in southern California, where people would race their modified cars on the vast, empty dry lake beds northeast of Los Angeles under the rules of the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA). The activity increased in popularity after World War II, particularly in California because many returning soldiers had been given technical training in the service. Many were prepared by Bootleggers in response to Prohibition to enable them to avoid revenue agents.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:12:35 +0000

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