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hot rodAutomobile rebuilt or modified for high speed, fast acceleration, or sporty appearance. A wide range of automobiles may be called hot rods, including some of those used in drag racing as well as those used in recreational cruising. They may be composed of used or new parts. Some are intended primarily for exhibition. hot rod a car with an engine that has been radically modified to produce increased power How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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PALMDALE - Car builder Ed ``Big Daddy'' Roth, whose outlandish custom cars and even more outlandish hot-rodding cartoon monsters made him famous in the 1960s, is the inspiration for a weekend gathering of custom-car and hot rod aficionados. That Night (1987), a sparkling, swooning evocation of a lost era, related the events of a summer evening in a 1960s Long Island suburb, when a gang of hot-rodding town toughs, attempting to steal away their leader's girlfriend, does battle with the fathers of the neighborhood. E[acute accent]Beginning with the muscle car era of the 1960s, CRAGAR(R)-branded performance products became forever associated with muscle cars and America's passion for drag racing, customizing, and hot-rodding. |
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