I'm helping out with the official program for the South Kent Metro cruise (Grand Rapids, MI area) and need to include some definitions in the program to help "non-car guys" understand what is called what. So I thought I would see what you guys had to say . . .

Here are the terms I need definitions for:

1. Antique car

2. Burn out

3. Classic car

4. Custom car

5. Hot Rod

6. Low Rider

7. Pro Street

8. Lead sled

9. Sport Car

10. Fat Fenders

Thanks!

1. Antique car - 50 years or older

2. Burn out - Loss of traction do to excessive horse power

3. Classic car - 25 years of over

4. Custom car - Any car that has had modifications

5. Hot Rod - typically a light body, big engine, open cockpit with fat tires in teh back and skinny ones in the front.

6. Low Rider - 14" chrome spokes with narrow tires streched to fit the wheels.

7. Pro Street - drag race car equiped with necessary items to allow it to be driven on the street.

8. Lead sled - 50's cars with chopped roofs

9. Sport Car - small light and nimble cars whos owners smoke pipes and wear long scarves around their necks

10. Fat Fenders - (never heard this one before) My guess is a spin off of hot rods using larger coupes and 4 doors typically from the 30's and 40's.

1. A place you put money.

2. Something that cost you money.
3. Storage for money.
4. Something you get in trouble for spending money on.
5. Money spent on breaking things.
6. Foreign currency exchange (sorry about that one!).
7. Money you spend to attract girls (shhh, my wife might be listening...).
8. Old school money.
9. Money you spend to attract YOUNGER girls (again... the wife...).
10. Grandpa's money.
Hey.... Does anybody else see a pattern here?

1. Antique car - Jay Leno type cars

2. Burn out - Something I do all the time and what happens to most mechanics after 10 years of wrenching

3. Classic car - Most states consider 25 years or older but some shows still use the 72 or older cut off

4. Custom car - Modified so much that it hardly looks like what it started out as

5. Hot Rod - 30's vintage cars with no fenders, headers sticking out the sides and extra wide rear meats

6. Low Rider - Any impala, caprice, biscanye or other large boat with less then an 1 1/2" of ground clearance, often times they have wire rims, hydralics, ugly metallic paint jobs and murals of naked aztec chicks laying next to a tiger, lion, snake or other exotic animal

7. Pro Street - Hood scoops, big and littles (tires), wheel tubs, ladder bars, blowers, wheelie bars and 'chutes

8. Lead sled - Chopped and droped early 50's big bodied cars, mainly mercs and fords

9. Sport Car - Small two seaters that maybe have enough room for one suitcase in the trunk

10. Fat Fenders - 30's vintage cars that still retain all the stock fenders and running boards, often have roofs and windows

1. Antique car---generally a car that is greater than 25 years of age (see also: Vintage car, Classic Car, Horseless Carriage, etc.)

2. Burn out--A manuever that causes the rear tires to spin creating friction between the rubber and the track, resulting in a smokey effect.

3. Classic Car--Applied to depression-era Dusenburgs, Cords, Lincolns and other large American touring cars, is applied generally to most if not all cars that fit into the Antique category. In a generic sense, any vehicle who's appeal has withstood the test of time, ie the '32 Ford roadster or '69 Camaro.

4. Custom car--or Leadsled, Generally a car that has received numerous body/suspension modifications, first on large sedans of the 1940's and 1950's. The term has been extended to include most any devaition from stock.

5. Hot Rod--First applied to early American roadsters or "Hot Roadsters" now applied to most anything with performance modifications in a home-shop (or that style).

6. Low Rider--see Leadsled, a car that has been lowered to the extreme, often with hydralics.

7. Pro Street--a car that has been tubbed (rear wheel wells and possibly trunk/rear seat sections removed) and built to look like a race car but is used on the street. Very popular in the 1980's.

8. Lead sled--A 1950's term applied to any car with extensive modifications, these were done in lead work (as body filler wasn't in common use/availible), and quite often the cars were slow (not always) so being heavy and slow=made of lead!

9. Sport Car--Generally British cars of the early 1950's-1970's that took Southern California by storm, usually a car with only room for 2 people, small and lightweight and a canvas style top. Has been extended to most any car that has some type of performance appeal (can be cosmetic).

10. Fat Fenders--Large fendered cars (usually Ford or Chevy) of the late 1930's to the late 1940's (usually 1948).

Ive got some more :)


POS- The current car I'm working on! Really! (Piece of $%^&)

TDB- What I tell my wife when I'm thrashing on the POS and she wants to go to a movie (Too d$%& bad!), also, see TS (tough s&*^!)and NFW.. Uh hem...no way.

EMERSON- Term used during restoration:"Em' er some rusty parts there son...sure you can save em?" Not sure Clem, but we'll try!

RUST FREE- Means the car has had every panel replaced, or better yet, is filled with bondo....

TOUCAN- No, not the exotic bird. This means that there were two one gallon cans of bondo used to hide the rust in the quarters! :) Pronounced TWO-CAN

BONDO FREE- Means they used RAGE filler instead :)

REAL Z- Well yes, once they affixed the phony "Trim Tags" cowl tag!

FUN- Is restoring and then driving your own creation and getting that big thumbs up. Makes all of the frustration above worthwhile.

Just a little levity for you guys.... Enjoy...