Thread: Un-streetrodding a 34 tudor

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Always enjoy looking in on how your rod is moving along,nice work. I almost didn't strat following your thread cuz I still don't understand the trem streetrod well,being as trem was not around all that long,at lest I had not even heard tell about 20 years ago or less.

Originally Posted by The Bat

Always enjoy looking in on how your rod is moving along,nice work. I almost didn't strat following your thread cuz I still don't understand the trem streetrod well,being as trem was not around all that long,at lest I had not even heard tell about 20 years ago or less.

Funny how stuff can sneak up on you. The National Street Rod Assoc. was founded in 1970. The parties involved wanted to create a terminology that implied they represented rods driven on the street since rods driven at the track were represented by an organization named National Hot Rod Assoc. How times have changed in near 50 years.

Originally Posted by The Bat

Always enjoy looking in on how your rod is moving along,nice work. I almost didn't strat following your thread cuz I still don't understand the trem streetrod well,being as trem was not around all that long,at lest I had not even heard tell about 20 years ago or less.

Thanks man. You see me being the tender age of 47 I grew up with the term Street Rod. I always viewed them as a pre-49 modified automobile with modern amenities (power everything, IFS, fancy paint jobs, and nicely finished interiors. While a Hot Rod on the other hand had just the basic's motor, trany, maybe heat, sparse interior, and not so flashy paint but it had to have some power. Of course there were some over the years that blurred the line between the two (sometimes with good results other time's not so good). It's all what one is into. If it puts a smile on your face when you hit the vertical pedal on the right; that's all that matters.