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 ...

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 ...

Building a rat rod isn't for everyone. Slamming together one of these radical machines requires an out-of-the-box thinker. Someone who's willing to commit years of work to fabrication and ...

I enjoy local car shows, and several events can be found nearly every summer weekend in the suburbs of Detroit. I like classic survivors, muscle cars, and well-executed restorations, but I usually ...

Jeremey Rainey's Volkswagen Beetle rat rod is the definition of the "built not bought" slogan that so many hot-rodders live by. He purchased a rusty 1964 bug and went to work on the blank canvas.

A lot of cars may have "bells and whistles," but today's Nice Price or No Dice GMC has wings and horns and lights and stripes—most of which are primarily for show. Let's see if this wild rat rod truck ...

GOODLAND, Kan. (KWCH) - An effort to breathe new life into a vehicle decades past its prime nears its completion in northwest Kansas. How long does it take to build a custom vehicle? At Northwest ...

It may surprise you, as it did me, that there is actually a car collector category called rat rods. One might compare a rat rod to some modern art sculpture that not everyone can appreciate the ...