What better way to prepare for Halloween than with a scary old rat rod wagon made for transporting crazy people? Shelbyville, Tennessee-based Street Rods by Michael has created what they call the ...

Anyone who is at least passingly familiar with custom cars has probably at least heard of the concept of a hot rod. A hot rod is, of course, a custom car designed with the express purpose of going as ...

A MASTER mechanic has become the unofficial king of rat rods in New Zealand, after building a series of incredible rat rod masterpieces in his home garage. David Jeffery, of Rolleston, has always had ...

To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...

BURBANK, Calif. -- The sound of steel scraping across concrete is music to the ears of Louis Marton. It's just his big 1941 Dodge truck converted into a low-riding "rat rod" truck pulling into a ...

If so, your opinion on rat rods—and by extension, diesel rat rods—may be informed by whether you are already invested in traditional hot rod building (pre-1949 hot rods) and the long history of ...

This Ford rat rod looks amazing and has a nice big block V8, but even more incredible is how it was built in just 15 days. That’s a testament to how continuing to wrench will make you better and ...

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 ...

$13,000 can you get you a lot in the way of used cars, but few would be as interesting and eccentric as this 2-door 1937 Chevrolet Rat Rod pickup currently for sale on eBay. The seller says the car ...