Term Paper: Pro Touring Pro Street Street Freak

In the previous issue of All Chevy Performance we connected with a few knowledgeable automotive industry insiders to get their interpretation of a couple common terms us muscle car enthusiasts use on a somewhat regular basis—Restomod and Day Two Resto—and to also inform us of the differences. Hot rodders and muscle car guys/gals tend to have their own definitions, however loose they may be, so we asked longtime magazine editors Jeff Smith, Steve Magnante, and Tony Huntimer to give us their take on what those terms mean to them. It was a fun and enlightening read that gave us a clearer idea of how those terms came about and have evolved over time.

In our second installment of muscle car terminology, we asked our panel to give us the definitions and origins of Pro Touring, Pro Street, and Street Freaks. These terms also lend themselves a bit of latitude and don’t necessarily have a precise definition, but they do require a gauge that we can use when describing the variety of muscle car builds we see on the road and at shows today. Once again, we got some great information of what these terms mean and bit of a