Hot Rod Interiors Projects

Archived Hot Rod Interiors Projects

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Street Rods, Classic Cars and Hot Rods Terms, Lingo & Slang 3 deuces — arrangement of three 2-barrel (twin-choke) carburetors; distinct from Six Pak and Pontiac and Olds Tri-Power (also 3x2 arrangements) 3-window — 2-door coupé; so named for one door window on each side & one rear window 5-window — 2-door coupé; so named for two side windows on each side & one rear window 97s — Stromberg carburetors A-bone — Model A coupe Appletons (sometimes Appleton spots) — spotlights, mounted in the cowl, similar to those used by police cars Cammer — 427 Ford V8 Cherry — like new Dagmars — large front bumper "bullets" (after the actress) Decked — trunklid trim removed Deuce — '32 Ford (most often a roadster); now commonly on A frame rails Fat-fender — 1934-48 (U.S.) car Flatty — flathead engine Frenched — headlight slightly sunken into fender Gennie — genuine Hairpins —radius rods Hiboy (or highboy) — fenderless, but not lowered Loboy (or low boy, lowboy) — fenderless and lowered Mag — magnesium wheel, or steel or aluminum copy resembling one such  Nerf bars — bumper horns New Old Stock (NOS) — original-manufactured part, kept in storage at supplier  Nosed — hood trim removed QJ — Quadrajet (Rochester 4-barrel carburetor) Q-jet — Quadrajet  Repop — reproduction (not NOS) Resto — restoration, or restored  Steelies — stock steel rims Suicided — changed from front-hinged to rear-hinged ("suicide door") type  Toploader — Ford 4-speed manual transmission Track T — Model T roadster built in the style of a dirt track race car Tuck-and-roll — upholstery technique Tunneled — deeply sunken into fender Wide whites — wide-stripe whitewall tires, typical of the '50s, as opposed to modern ones  Zoomie pipes — short exhaust pipes with no mufflers, used for racing, or just for show (not street legal)