1-800 car n.— «Eventually, hot rods became street rods, what the unkind call “1-800″ cars—assembled out of purpose-built, pre-engineered parts. With sparkling chrome and glistening paint, street rods tend to be a lot more show...
Frenched adj.— «Logan brought his lavenderand-black hot rod. It started life as a 1951, four-door Mercury. Its roof has been lowered—or “chopped” in hot rod parlance. The lights have been recessed—“frenched”—into the body.» —“Garden...