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 ...

We're not sure where the recent kink for diesel swaps has come from -- other than maybe an abundant number of Dodges finally retiring from under their Cummins turbo-diesels and ending up in junkyards ...

Call me Grinch and throw me in a tank of eggnog, but there’s a time when you get sick from seeing miniature Santas, reindeers, tiny lights and fake presents and beards all over the place... a month ...

Don’t really know what you guys consider a rat rod, but the amount of work and details put into this truck here definitely moves it to the upper hot rod class for us. Yeah, it has a rusty shell, but ...

Hot Wheels took its annual Legends Tour to Detroit, a city with one of America’s most vibrant car cultures, and the results didn’t disappoint. The winner is a 1931 Dodge Rat Rod built by three members ...

Many of you already know how magazines can be a great source of inspiration. Studying pages filled with images of different vehicles is the perfect way to define your own tastes and mentally design ...

One of the most controversial issues in the world of automotive is rat rods. They are provocative and polarizing, dividing ...

It's not a street rod, but it's "driveable art" that is bound to attract attention at this weekend's Street Rod Nationals East in York. The "Dady Rat" was built by three generations — father, Johny ...

Troy Gubser's pickup could be described as a worthless lump of steel encrusted in more rust than a fleet of 1980s Jaguars. Tugging at the unhinged driver's door, heaving it in a cumbersome manner as ...

Old trucks should never die—they should just be repurposed. Everyone ought to do their part in keeping them from the scrap heap, especially if you’re capable of building something like this 1945 Chevy ...

Steve Darnell, the creative force behind Welder Up, in a promotional shot for Vegas Rat Rods We’ve been having great fun watching Vegas Rat Rods on Discovery, so we thought it was time to take a look ...