Editing Hotrodding glossary

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The terminology of automobiles and hotrodding evolves as time progresses but with todays apparent lack of concern about the English language it is getting difficult to communicate in person let alone in writing.
I will be listing various terms and the terms often heard around the swap meets and garages which make it ever harder to figure what folks are talking about.

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)