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Street Rod Definition Revised To Include Pre 1980 Vehicles
1970s rise of the Street Rod....... automobiles offered
from the major automakers began increasing performance, the lure of Hot Rods
began to wane. It was no longer necessary to put a Cadillac engine in a Ford
roadster to be fast. It was now possible to buy a Muscle Car that outperformed
just about any Hot Rod, with more passenger room, and without having to expend
the effort of building and tuning the car oneself. After the 1973 Oil Crisis,
the public called on automakers to offer safety and fuel efficiency over
performance. The resulting decrease in an average car's performance led to a
resurgence of Hot Rodding, although the focus was on driving Hot Rods over
racing so the term 'Street Rod' was coined to denote a vehicle manufactured
prior to 1949, often with a more reliable late model drivetrain. Street Rodding
as it was now known was a different phenomenon than Hot Rodding, as Street
Rodding was mainly family oriented. National events were hosted by the National
Street Rod Association (NSRA), which also stressed safety as the NHRA did 20
years before, but this was safety for the street as opposed to on the race
track. Each NSRA event has a 'Safety Inspection Team' that performs a 23 points
inspection process that goes beyond what normal State Safety Inspections
Require. As Muscle Cars of the 70's are now older and more collectable the
National Street Rod Association has now been opened to include vehicles
manufactured prior to 1980 thus considering these vehicles as Street Rods and
the events are NSRA plus. Long live the Street Rod a pre 1949 or a pre 1980.
Pick your year, pick your car, hit the road and have fun. Thanks to Wikipedia
for parts of this definition.
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