You might be a traditional hot rodder if:

IF- primer looks prettier than shiny paint....


When driving, you find yourself looking at every store window to see the image of your car driving by.

You find yourself parking away from other cars to avoid the damage from careless people parking close.

As you walk from the car to the store, you have to turn around and look back at least once to take in the view of your car in the parking lot.

 

When you find your car running hot in the middle of summer heat, you make sure there is no AC running, and you turn the heater on high!

During the times when you MUST drive the anonymous family car you wonder if you have entered the Twilight Zone because you are not used to being so invisible and unseen.

When you see another rod drive by, you actually feel embarassed that you are not driving yours.

 

....if it doesn't matter what you drive (foreign or domestic) that you rod it with chrome rim smoothies, big and little white wall tires, a straight axle and some day you might actually get a real paint job!