Definitions for "Raked"
Angled or sloped. In kayaks, the cockpit is raked when the back edge of the cockpit is lower than the front end.
Sloping (e.g. a floor). Scraped out (e.g. brickwork joints. to about l0mm depth).
Keywords:  sweep, trend, rod, california, hot
to sweep the length of. A California look in which the cars were raised or "raked" in the back for the "hot rod" look, which was a popular trend in California at the time.