Editing Hotrodding glossary

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*Rolled pan: usually refers to a fabricated lower panel at the front or rear of a car truck which is curved down and under rather like early rocker panels. They may be modified to hold a license plate or parking/back-up lights and sometimes even exhaust pipes. (roll pan)

*Cowl: the part of a car/truck body between the front of the doors and the firewall. the windshield and front doors are mounted to the cowl. (crowel)

*French: mount a component, such as a taillamp, into a panel rather than on a panel. sometimes the lens is mounted flush with the surface with no trim ring or door. (often confused with tunneling)

*Tunneling: sinking a component, such as tail lamps or radio antenna, below the surface of the panel, usually in a round tube. rectangular headlamps or license plates are sunken in the same shape recesses. (often confused with Frenching)

*Chopped: Generally refers to the top of a car or truck being lowered by taking a section out of the middle of the posts. 

*Channeled: Used mostly on '20's and '30's cars and trucks. A section of the floor of the vehicle is cut out on both sides of the cab/body and the body is dropped down over the frame rails. New floor sections are then welded in. 

*Sectioned: Involves taking a cut out of the middle of the car all the way around, then re-attaching the upper part to the lower part, making the body thinner in height. Sort of like turning the key on a can of sardines and taking the strip of metal out all the way around the can. 

*Frame Swap: Removing the frame, suspension, wheels, tires, brakes and steering from under a car body and replacing it with components from another type or make of vehicle. Usually done with older bodies and newer chassis to get updated steering, brakes, etc. Possibly one of the most popular of these swaps is the 40's, early 50's Chevy pickup truck body with a later model Chevrolet S10 pickup chassis. In some cases, a builder will get lucky and find a chassis that very closely matches the original wheelbase. If that is not the case, then the frame rails will either need shortening or lengthening to more closely match the original truck wheelbase so that the wheels and tires look right in the wheelwells. 

*Front clip swap: Cutting off the frame of the recipient vehicle just ahead of the firewall and grafting on a frame clip from another vehicle. 

*Rear clip swap: Cutting off the frame of the recipient vehicle at some point on the rear portion of the frame and grafting on a frame clip from another vehicle.

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