Fixing Hot Rods
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* From How To Paint Flames
* To Welding Like A Master
* History And Origins Of Sports Racing
* Making The Perfect Show Car
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The term hot rod became popular in the 1940s. But the first
examples called gow jobs or soup-ups-were built during the Depression
by young enthusiasts, usually with little or no money, who were eager
to tinker with what then was still a novel piece of machinery.
Many of those early hot rodders also wanted to show-up their
wealthier cohorts; to prove to them that money wasn't the only way to
gain automotive status. So, despite its emphasis on power and
performance, a hot rod has also always been a social statement, having
to do with self-reliance, ingenuity and ultimately independence. It is
this added emotional resonance that separates hot rods from mere
homebuilt racers, and gives them a deeper definition not addressed by
dictionaries.
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