It seems logical that the definition for a "street car" would be to "meet the minimum requirements for a state license plate to hang on the car". In Ohio, this would mean one brake light, and wipers but not a heater. Radio and heater delete options were available well into the mid 1960's on many cars. To me, if I had a pro-mod type car and wanted to drive it on the street and "call it" a street car, I would scour the minimum requirements of various states until I found a really simple set of rules I could make the car fit and get a set of plates. With no standard at all, a top fuel dragster sitting on a "street" can be called a street car.
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