If muscle cars had a rough life, their modified brethren suffered an even worse fate. While road salt, the elements, and abusive owners may have to an early death of this high-horsepower street machines, their racing cousins dealt with body and chassis parts being hacked up with torches, Sawzall, grinders, and a varying section of hammers and hammers designed for a madman were used to move things around. But that was not all as corrosive chemicals and other toxic elixirs were applied to body parts to reduce weight. All these done including other shoddy modifications were performed in the spirit of achieving faster speeds, lower ETs, and staying ahead of you competition.