Has a lot of old school hot rodding been lost?

Hot-Rodding has always evolved. The way I enjoy hot-rodding has no chance against todays hot-rodding. But to me, true hotrodding isn't who you can beat on the street or whip at the track. It's about making a change in your ride and being happy for the accomplishment. So be it flathead '49 Plymouth, or a hopped up 318 in a Street Van, or a gen III hemi with a ebay turbo stuck in a Mazda, it's just doing it differently but enjoying the same thing. Hot-Rodding.
It was not a MOPAR but my stepbrother and I built a chassis out of scrap cars in the 70's, installed a 350 chevy and a wooden box to sit in. Never took it to the drag strip, but we did take it to an a banded air field and run it. I almost fell out of the box the first time running it, as it went straight up and almost over. Wheelie bars were next. THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!!!! OBTW, the throttle was a rope.