Street Rods Articles

1). Learning How To Drive By : Susan and Chuck DeFiore
I grew up in the era of moms and dads teaching us to drive. Yes we had Driver’s Ed, however, Driver’s Ed classes didn’t start until our senior year, by then most of us already knew how to drive. After all, at 16 we all wanted the coveted “learners permit!” My father taught me to drive. First we went over the basics, starting, stopping, the gauges, how the car worked, what to do on wet, dry roads, turns, and anything else my father could think of to have me prepared for any situation.
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2). The Last Of The 455 Pontiac Trans Ams By : Susan and Chuck DeFiore
Those of us lucky enough to be around in the 70s when this fantastic car came out drool everytime we think of it. Imagine getting a car from the factory with a 455 cubic inch engine in it!This car kicked butt! Then if you did some work, like we did to ours, as in having the engine blue printed, balanced and a lot more, it did even better. Let’s just say it was doing much better then one horsepower per cubic inch! This was the era of Smokey and the Bandit movies.
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3). What Kind Of Car Lover Are You? By : Susan and Chuck DeFiore
Chuck and I got involved in our first car club when we lived in Rochester and had our Corvette. We had a blast. Met a great bunch of people, did a ton of events. In fact I can still remember our first event. It was a car rally and Chuck and I got the second place trophy. However, like any group, we had cliques. Now, don’t get mad at me for the monikers that are coming.
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4). Hot rods and their relation to American culture By : Ian Velvet
For a good half-century now, the hobby of hot-rodding typically meant taking a cheap car, taking out any body part that didn’t matter (i.e. roofs, hoods, bumpers, fenders, seats, and other such nonsense), modifying the engine and/or dropping in a bigger one for greater performance (often protruding upwards from the hood), and fattening up the tires for extra traction.
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5). Girls Like Them Fast And Furious Too! By : Susan and Chuck DeFiore
While today we have women racing in Indy, NASCAR and a variety of different racing venues, years ago this wasn’t the case. In fact, during the era I grew up in women were looked upon in a very different light. If you deviated from the norm you were labeled as a “tomboy”. However, there were many, like myself who loved to drive, work on cars and got a lot of satisfaction in doing so.
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6). What’s Your Dream Car? By : Susan and Chuck DeFiore
Remember when you were young and looking to get that first car. You looked around at the cars your friends had, you looked in the various car magazines and would put yourself behind the wheel of all the cars they featured. I do. In fact, I can remember my grandmother and father asking me what kind of car I wanted for my High School graduation. I really wanted to get a powder blue Corvette with white interior, or a white Corvette with powder blue interior.
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7). What the future holds for hot rods By : Ian Velvet
Eventually, all the muscle cars from the 20th century will return to the Earth in various altered physical states. The sport obviously can’t continue forever in current form. But a great assurance of its future is the imminent resurgence in modern-day successors to the cars that hot-rodders worship so dearly. The new movement started in 2005 with the first new Ford Mustang since the late 70s.
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8). Favorite Car Song and Why By : Susan and Chuck DeFiore
I have a number of favorites, however, my all time favorite is Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody. Since living in an extremely cold climate means taking your Corvette off the road in the winter months, a winter car is a must. So in September we started looking for a car for winter and found a beauty, a 2 door dark green 1976 Lincoln Town Car, 5035 lbs with a nice big V-8 (460) that rode like a dream, and talk about hauling a**.
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9). Hot rod car clubs, what they’re doing, current events By : Ian Velvet
All special-interest hobbies have their followings, and Hot Rod devotees are no exception. Every week in every major metropolitan area across America, you can count on at least a few enthusiast-run clubs meeting up to do what gearheads of all tastes do: race, swap parts, cruise around on lazy weekend afternoons, fill a major venue with its very own auto show, or simply hang out and eat.
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10). My First Car A 1962 Chevy Belair “The Black Beauty” By : Susan and Chuck DeFiore
My first car was a extraordinary black, 2 door 1962 Chevy Belair with blue vinyl seats, which Inicknamed “The Black Beauty”! I mean she shined beautifully when polished. There is nothing like a black car highly polished! It also didn’t hurt to have those 8 cylinders and that great 283 workhorse engine that Chevy put in it! And all for the bargain price of $400! Five years later I sold it for the same price! Like many of my generation, we normally got cars for our graduation.
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