Welcome to the Street Rod forum

Alright guys, you asked for it... so here it is. FordMuscle's new Street Rod forum. Tom Zuloaga (F15 Falcon) is your moderator, so we'll let him handle the exact definition of a Ford Street Rod. To get started we'll loosely make it for 1948 and earlier Fords. Have fun with it.

About time! There sure are a lot of Ford hot rods.

Thanks, Jon... This should be a great forum.

Jan

yeah but how many have ford motors :P

Originally Posted by rommaster2

yeah but how many have ford motors :P

I would think all posted here will , as this is a Ford sight .

I'm in. It's should be Ford powered ONLY but im sure there will be plenty of ch#^$ powered Ford people.
Mine is a 46 Ford 4dr with a 41 front clip and dash. Powered by a FORD 302.

Originally Posted by Mikelonis

Tom Zuloaga (F15 Falcon) is your moderator, so we'll let him handle the exact definition of a Ford Street Rod.

Well - let's hear it! I'm still confused by what is a Hot Rod, Street Rod, etc., and why. It would help me educate the public, as it doesn't matter what I'm driving - a 1929 or a 1969 Ford with fat tires and a rumbly exhaust - folks still call it a hot rod...

This kind of stuff fascinates me, and it was fun learning about the first car to ever be coined a 'rat rod', and how it started the movement. It was also interesting to source the origin of 'hot rod' (from a Nova University professor at a dinner party of all things); generally a young punk and especially Navy sailor on leave that had a bit too much interest in the local fertile females... lol. Now I get it! Hot Rod was originally about the drivers - not the cars!

So, what is the definition, and why that specific year cutoff? What happened that year? Congratulations, Tom! This should be fun!

David