Hot Rods Dog House ?

Correct. Back in the 70s, when I did body and paint, we would call the wrecking yards and ask for a front clip for whatever, We got all of the sheetmetal. I think you had to tell them if you needed the bumper. If we needed a sub frame, that's what we ordered and that's what we got. I also spent a fair amount of time in the cabs of semi tractors. The engine cover on a COE is called the doghouse. That's what all the truckers called them

 

Exactly the same next door in Wisconsin. I have never heard the front sheet metal of a car or truck called a dog house.
In the body shop business, if you clip a car, (front or rear) it is the sheet metal not frame horns or sub frame, unless the frame is one piece with the other sheet metal.

 

I just browsed the 'Show Us Your 4 Door' picture thread if that's any indication.

 

^^^^ I'm with this guy...

 

Do ya hafta cut da lites off beefo ya take da dawg haus off? LOL

 

Might be the vodka but this was pretty funny

 

Maybe this guy doesn`t know what he is talking about. Then you should inform him what it should be called. A front clip.

 

When I worked at the junkyard in Tucson in the early 80s, the front clip was called a dog house. We had a row of them, and the dogs liked them for the shade.