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Re: What the hell is a "Street car" ???
[Re: Bigcube]
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03/13/15 04:54 PM
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Plenty of people have different cars for different driving. I wouldn't drive any 2wd car in the snow, I have a Jeep for that. Does that make a 2wd car not a street car? 
Well, maybe you wouldn't, but you most certainly CAN, and 99% of the people who own 2wd cars DO. So your point, as far of a reach as it is, may be moot. 
LemonWedge - Street heavy / Strip ready - 11.07 @ 120
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Re: What the hell is a "Street car" ???
[Re: StealthWedge67]
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03/13/15 05:16 PM
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Plenty of people have different cars for different driving. I wouldn't drive any 2wd car in the snow, I have a Jeep for that. Does that make a 2wd car not a street car?
Well, maybe you wouldn't, but you most certainly CAN, and 99% of the people who own 2wd cars DO. So your point, as far of a reach as it is, may be moot.
The point is simply you believe all street cars must be capable daily drivers. I don't agree. I have a truck for running to Lowes when I need to haul stuff. I have a commuter car to drive back and fourth to work. I have a nice car for fair weather trips and a hot rod that is street legal. They all have things they do best.
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Re: What the hell is a "Street car" ???
[Re: StealthWedge67]
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03/13/15 05:19 PM
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Anything you can convince the county to issue a plate for.
Sounds great... until you're 75 miles away from home and have no idea where to get 110 octane for you 12:1 race motor.
Pump 93 will work fine in it as long as you don't drive it hard.
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Re: What the hell is a "Street car" ???
[Re: StealthWedge67]
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03/13/15 05:50 PM
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Pretty Simple Actually.....anything you can get away with driving on the street.....is a street car....this topic sure gets old....LOL It's called Hotrodding  10 Miles or a thousand miles bring what you got and hope you got enough  Rickster
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Re: What the hell is a "Street car" ???
[Re: StealthWedge67]
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03/13/15 05:53 PM
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Anything you can convince the county to issue a plate for.
Sounds great... until you're 75 miles away from home and have no idea where to get 110 octane for you 12:1 race motor.
Pump 93 will work fine in it as long as you don't drive it hard.
If you can put pump swill in it..... Then its good. 
Thinking <<<<INSIDE THE BOX>>>> 
Rickster
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Re: What the hell is a "Street car" ???
[Re: Hemi Allstate]
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03/13/15 06:26 PM
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Uhmmmmmm...............why bumpers? 
Some old cars the heater defroster was an option.
Some old cars didn't have the VIN on the dash, it was under the hood.
Carry on!!!
Mark
Mark.. on the vin tag I just said dash due to MOST
cars have it there... yes I know some are under the
hood on the firewall... my 38 Ply is that way.. I
was just referring to the legal place for a legal tag..
someone referred to wipers or something else... like
on DW we dont really have much of a choice sometimes..
if its starts raining you push on the best you can..
with the same ride... some might change tires(if
they have tires) for the rain.. no big deal but if
you dont are you gonna just pull over and stop until
the rain quits.. that might be a day... for others..
I could care less what you put in the tank.. just
as long as you can get it in MOST station... guys on
DW changed carb, backed off timing and took it easy
on the load just so they could run pump swill(93)..
others changed their fuel programs
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Re: What the hell is a "Street car" ???
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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03/13/15 06:48 PM
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Uhmmmmmm...............why bumpers?
Some old cars the heater defroster was an option.
Some old cars didn't have the VIN on the dash, it was under the hood.
Carry on!!!
Mark
Mark.. on the vin tag I just said dash due to MOST
cars have it there... yes I know some are under the
hood on the firewall... my 38 Ply is that way.. I
was just referring to the legal place for a legal tag..
someone referred to wipers or something else... like
on DW we dont really have much of a choice sometimes..
if its starts raining you push on the best you can..
with the same ride... some might change tires(if
they have tires) for the rain.. no big deal but if
you dont are you gonna just pull over and stop until
the rain quits.. that might be a day... for others..
Got it Mike ! I really don't have legal street tires...............yet! 
I do have the wipers though! 
Mark
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Re: What the hell is a "Street car" ???
[Re: StealthWedge67]
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03/13/15 08:08 PM
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I think your questions actually address the core of this debate; and can be answered as follows:
-If you cant drive your car in the rain, Or WOULDN'T because it's just too high strung for those conditions, then its not a street car.
-If you cant drive a few hundred miles in any direction and be assured you're going to find fuel to fill up on at any pump? Then its not a street car.
We had 7ft of snow a month ago in just a couple of days...Bet you couldn't get in your street car and drive a couple hundred miles, let alone out of the driveway, that is why I drive a big 4wd diesel all year....Stop being stubborn and stupid about it....You mentioned it has to have bumpers and all this other malarkey, and as the guy with the gasser pointed out, some didn't even have that back then...
I think Drag Week pretty well sorted out what a street car is, so if you don't want to race anything but a purple cam, that is fine there are classes for that...And on top of that, this is the RACE section if you want to be so stubborn!
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Re: What the hell is a "Street car" ???
[Re: Jeepmon]
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03/13/15 09:00 PM
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Gotta be a Democrat, just like Washington, there are no rules and they call it what they want.
And you must be a limp wristed guy.. only those type of people go on the offensive when they cant defend an argument..
Politics aside.........What argument...........there is NO argument in this thread.......only opinion and everybody has a different one. A street car means many different things to many different people. If it has a plate, is legal in your state and you are willing to put up with the aggravation of driving it........it's a street car. What somebody else thinks.........who cares.
Monte
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