The phrase is a spin-off of "rat bike," which was in reference to custom motorcycles built on the cheap. The late Gray Baskerville, venerated hot rod writer, is said to have been the first to apply ...

Rat Rod builder Joshua Joyce built a Cummins turbo diesel train to take his daughters to school. A custom, one-of-one ...

We start our rat rod truck adventure in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where our man Jesse Kiser attended the Heavy Rebel Weekender rockabilly music festival and car show, a hardcore Mecca for ...

A MASTER mechanic has become the unofficial king of rat rods in New Zealand, after building a series of incredible rat rod ...

Rat rods originated as a counter-reaction to the shiny, custom-built hot rods that focused on looks rather than power. Many viewed them as expensive rolling decorations compared to the hot rods of the ...

Cale Lohr from Greensboro, North Carolina wanted to build a custom rat rod pickup with a rip snortin’ LS V8 under the hood. However, he also wanted something unique, something hardly anyone had even ...

As a sub-culture of the car hobby, ol' skool rods or rat rods as they are often called, is growing in size and importance. For example, ol' skool cars play an expanding role each year at the annual ...

Tow trucks are incredible machines, but most of the time they are so utilitarian in design that they are not known to be head turners. That’s not the case with the rat rod 1950 Chevrolet 3600 we have ...

The rat rods have my full attention. I finally found a show truck no one cares if I touch. And these things are something else, let me tell you. They might not be shiny, but they’re sure as heck ...

Detroit — It’s February and that means hot rodders from all over the world have descended on Huntington Place to vie for custom car culture’s most coveted prize: the Ridler. Entrants include New ...

Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...