Nerf Bar: Tubular bumper.
NOS: New Old Stock. Parts purchased from the manufacturer that were made at the time of the original vehicle but never sold. Also an abbreviation for Nitrous Oxide System.
Nosed: Chrome details and trim removed from the hood and smoothed over.
OEM: Acronym for Original Equipment Manufacturer.
Original: Contains only parts originally installed on the car or NOS parts from the manufacturer with no substitute or after-market parts.
Pancaked: Hood modified to a lower profile.
Peaked: A molded accent seam on a hood.
Pinched: To narrow the front frame to match the grill shell.
Pink Slip: Before the days of automobile titles, the portion of a California car registration that conveyed ownership was colored pink. Hence the brag in the Beach Boys' "Little Deuce Coupe" about "I got the pink slip, daddy!"
Piped: Narrow, padded pleats used to trim the interior.
Post: The pillar located between the front and rear doors of a four-door sedan.
Pro-Street: A vehicle features large rear wheels and tires tucked deeply into the rear fender area.
Project Car: One that is in restorable condition. Also, any vehicle you wrench on.
Raked: The front end has been lowered more than the back. Can also refer to a slanted windshield.
Replicar: A completed reproduction of an existing automotive design, usually sold only as a turn-key, or 100% complete, car.
Resto Rod: An original looking car with a modified chassis or powerplant.
Roadster: A convertible without side windows.
Roll Pan: Smoothed out panel that replaces the bumper and rolls back under the vehicle.
Rolled: Bumper or gas tank removed and replaced with custom panel that "rolls" under.
Rolled & Pleated: Deluxe interior sewn with padded pleats.
Rumble Seat: An open, fold up rear seat located where the trunk would be.
Running Board: The metal strip running between the fenders and below the doors of early autos and trucks used as a step or to wipe one's feet before entering the vehicle.
Sectioned: Removing a horizontal section of bodywork to lower the overall height of the body.
Sedan Delivery: A two-door station wagon with solid body panels instead of windows on the sides at the back of the car.
Shaved: Door handles and body trim that have been removed and smoothed over.
Sidemount: A spare tire, recessed into the front fender.
Six-Pack: Three two-barrel carburetors. See also Triple Deuce.
Slammed: A significantly lowered vehicle - dropped as low as possible and still drivable.
Sleeper: A vehicle that doesn't look as fast as it is.
Split Window: Usually referring to the rear window - one that has two planes of glass with bodywork in between. Example: the 1963 Corvette.
Street Machine: A street-legal highly modified car or truck built in 1949 or later.
Street Rod: A street-legal highly modified car or truck built in 1948 or earlier.
Suicide Door: A door that hinges at the rear.
Supercharger: A crank driven air-to-fuel mixture compressor which increases atmospheric pressure in the engine, resulting in added horsepower.
T-Bucket: Fenderless, topless, highly-modified, Ford Model T. Most T-Buckets on the road today are kit cars or replicars.
Trailer Queen: Sometimes derogatory term referring to a car that is shown frequently yet rarely driven due to being pulled on a trailer.
Triple Deuce: Three two-barrel carburetors.
Tri-Power: An engine with three two barrel carburetors.
Tubbed: Having the rear frame and body modified to allow for extra-wide wheels and tires that do not protrude past the fenders.
Tudor: A two-door Ford sedan.
Tunneled: The same as frenched, only deeper.
Turn-Key Engine: Factory built, ready to run engine. Can also mean a high performance, fully pre-assembled engine that is ready to be installed and run. See Crate Engine.
VIN: Vehicle Identification Number. The vehicle serial number that is stamped onto the vehicle, usually under the windshield post, the driver's door post, or on the firewall.
Vintage: A vehicle built between 1915 and 1942 in stock or unmodified condition.
Wheelie Bars: Rods that extend from the back of a car and are connected to wheels that help keep the car from flipping backwards during sudden acceleration.
Woody: A vehicle that incorporates natural finished wood for structure of exposed body panels
Zoomies: Short, straight pipe exhaust headers that do not merge into a collector.
