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hot rod
noun
a car modified for speed and, sometimes, flashy looks US, 1945- There kids have cars, and “hot rod” races are common. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Washington Confidential, p. 122, 1951
- He was around at the side of the station when I drove in, doing something to the motor of his hot rod. — Jim Thompson, The Killer Inside, p. 56, 1952
- Mom keeps bawling Pop out because he drives the new station wagon like a hot-rod kid[.] — Bernard Wolfe, The Late Risers, p. 300, 1954
- A hotrod kid came by with his scarf flying. — Jack Kerouac, On the Road, p. 15, 1957
- You’re going to start tending to business and stop running around with those hot-rod Romeos. — Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, p. 48, 1957
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