Scientists haven't located it yet, but there has to be a hot rod gene that gets passed down from father to son. And whatever it is that gets grade-school boys excited when they see a car do a burnout ...

It's just possible that there could be people in street rodding today-those without a knowledge of hot rod history, that is-who think blown, Hemi-head Mopars came as standard equipment in the '33-42 ...