Herding The Beasts A Hot-Rodder's Glossary

Beast--Car with fast getaway.

Blow Off or Dust Off--Cross the quarter-mile mark first.

Bone--Model "A" Ford.

Breaking Loose--Tires do not hold.

Chopped Top--Car with its cab lowered.

Getting a Bite--Tires hold traction during acceleration.

Goat--The other fellow's car.

Gook Wagon--Car loaded with ornaments; nothing extra inside.

Gutted--Car with its interior stripped.

Herd--To drive a car.

Mother Head--Terrific, a real gone car.

Lakester--Special body and no fenders.

Nerf--To push another car.

Jug--A carburetor.

Pot Out--Engine failure. Prune--To beat another car.

Sectioned--Car lowered by removing a section of the body.

Smoke Out of the Chute--Accelerate from the starting line with tires spinning.

Stick a Foot in the Pot--Open throttle wide.

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