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There are a few concepts that send my brain revving above mental redline. One is infinity. Another is time travel. The third is trying to define the difference between hot rods, street rods, traditional rods, and rat rods.
When the first issue of HOT ROD came out 75 years ago, the name they chose for the magazine was a new term, only a few years old and still loaded with negative associations. Every car that appeared in HOT ROD in our early years was a '40s-style hot rod for the obvious reason that it was the 1940s. It would be a couple years before '50s-style hot rods, and more than a decade before '60s-style cars were included. Makes sense, right?
Eventually, the pre-World War II American-made cars that made up all our content in the early years started sharing these pages with other categories of hot rods including muscle cars, customs, race cars, trucks, imports-even motorcycles and vans.
As the definition of "hot rod" expanded, even prewar cars started drifting into various new categories, such as street rods, traditional rods, and a little later, rat rods. We're going to take a stab at deciphering the meaning of "street rod" and "traditional rod." Are they the same thing, completely different, or is there some overlap?
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![What Is Pro Street?](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5690/1692362/L-h84vAA41715161628123/WHAT-IS-PRO-STREET.jpg)
What Is Pro Street?
You know it when you see it.
![Pro Street in Pure Vision](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5690/1692362/AYzExr_sE1715161256388/PRO-STREET-IN-PURE-VISION.jpg)
Pro Street in Pure Vision
Builder Steve Strope weighs in on the Pro Street look and what he would build today.
![THE GAS ERA LIVES ON](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5690/1692362/KPsGKCp5G1715160772450/THE-GAS-ERA-LIVES-ON.jpg)
THE GAS ERA LIVES ON
These vintage race cars chart the evolution of technology in the early days of drag racing.
![MOTOR HEAD FOR LIFE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5690/1692362/55Xi9q_gL1715160520120/MOTOR-HEAD-FOR-LIFE.jpg)
MOTOR HEAD FOR LIFE
Scott Sullivan is one of the original Pro Street pioneers. He still builds cars today out of a small shop in Dayton, Ohio.
![BRINGING BACK PRO STREET!](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5690/1692362/LrXzeoc4Z1715160174032/BRINGING-BACK-PRO-STREET.jpg)
BRINGING BACK PRO STREET!
David Freiburger and Roadkill Garage built a Pro Street Nova.
![SWEET ASPIRATIONS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5690/1692362/U4xImWWnE1715159929878/SWEET-ASPIRATIONS.jpg)
SWEET ASPIRATIONS
Jerry and Matthew Sweet added an 800ci Pro Stock mountain motor to chase HOT ROD Drag Week's Pro Street NA Record.
![Making Bad Decisions Badder](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5690/1692362/koI9uf9mv1715159504129/MAKING-BAD-DECISIONS-BADDER.jpg)
Making Bad Decisions Badder
Bradley Gray's 1970 Nova is a Hybrid! It's a streetable Funny Car.
![ART PROJECT](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5690/1692362/4XAIAJPFo1715159223571/ART-PROJECT.jpg)
ART PROJECT
This Rad Rides by Troy-built '63 split-window Corvette went from restaurant prop to ripping up the street!
![WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5690/1692362/tT-Wy5qZi1715158724092/WHERE-DO-WE-GO-FROM-HERE.jpg)
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
THE PRO STREET ERA PEAKED IN THE '80S. ARE WE IN THE BEGINNING OF A RESURGENCE?
![Making Connections](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5690/1530809/QyH3hS_bC1702038384080/MAKING-CONNECTIONS.jpg)
Making Connections
Project T-top Coupe: We install a Terminator X Max for big power.