Very interesting cars, under the General name hot rod
Channel: Александр Юрьевич Чукланов
Date: 2019-04-04

Very interesting cars, under the General name hot rod.

Good day, Dear subscribers and visitors of my channel.

Surely many of you have heard the name of the group of cars as a hot rod. Where did it come from and what is file I will try today to tell. So what is a Hot rod?

Everyone seems to know the meaning of this word. Often, this word means some old car with a powerful engine and a high-sticking air intake, large rear wheels with lights on the body. But someone came up with the idea to make a beast out of an old car. A little digress from the subject of the story. Naturally, hot rods appeared in the United States. It's hard to imagine this hobby in Europe 30-ies – 40-ies, I will not explain why.



The word "hot rod" America learned in the 40s of the twentieth century, although the movement of "hot Rodder" appeared much earlier. Since the great Depression, the younger generation gathered in their garages the first "charged" cars. Available cars at that time was not enough – the most common of them is the Ford Model and Model A. Cheap cars did not have powerful engines, and many wanted to ride with the wind. In addition, not only for fun, but that in the pursuit of police, you can hide – in the days of "prohibition" these machines are often used to transport alcohol smuggling bootleggers. But not each of these machines was criminal, many were going to ordinary guys who dreamed of a fast car.

First hot rods

The first hot rods were made from improvised materials, many parts of the master were found in landfills. All the changes were concentrated on increasing the speed. The engines were boosted or replaced with other, more powerful ones, which were found in landfills. To reduce the weight of the car, many interior elements were thrown out, only the steering wheel, seat and other vital items remained. Comfort items were unscrewed and just as mercilessly thrown out. Improved aerodynamics was done "by eye", without any calculations. To improve the streamlining, the clearance was reduced, the racks were cut and made shorter, in consequence of which the roof fell lower and the slope of the windshield became larger. Even the wheels had flat caps. To increase the speed, the rear wheels were made bigger. As a result, these cars could accelerate to more than 100 miles per hour and left far behind many expensive and prestigious cars of those times. The hot rod movement is said to have started in southern California. It was in these places that the best conditions for doing such a thing were – direct roads from city to city and dried salt lakes, where it was possible to develop maximum speed. The first hot rods were collected mainly on the basis of cheap roadsters, and it was very rare to find sedans or coupes. Since not everyone could afford two cars, hot rods were altered so that it was possible to use them for everyday trips to work, to the store and to the places where the race was held.