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Submit a question or topic to hello@talkingclassiccars.com, and if we choose yours, we will send you an official Talking Classic Cars hat!TCC Team: Wayne Carini, Jay Ward & Matt Strauss©2023 Classic Holdings, LLC."},"annotations":[{"startTime":223.8,"endTime":231.1,"type":"concept","title":"hot rods","url":"/glossary/hot-rod","quote":"you've got pretty much the criminal background of the hot rod world. I think just talking hot rods for a minute, one thing that you and I have talked about in the past is how important they are to American car culture.","canonicalId":"concept:hot-rod","priority":0.9,"confidence":1.0,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4.1-mini","data":{"explanation":"Hot rods are customized cars, typically American classics, modified for increased performance and unique style. 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