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 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 ...

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.

Old cars with modern drivetrains are often terrible. People go too far in their restomods, turning classic muscle cars into the automotive equivalent of those LED-ridden black leather couches. But ...

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 ...

Holley LS Fest in Bowling Green, Ky. is full of unlikely engine swaps and heavily modified hot rods. One of the most interesting attendees this year was this 1973 Plymouth Duster riding on a chassis ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. OWLS HEAD — Old car enthusiast, musician and tinkerer Richard Peek will ...

They’re sort of hot rodding’s modern art. Half deconstruction, half modern art and half post-industrial rust, which makes them 150 percent cool to look at. You can’t not look at them: made up largely ...

In case you missed the brightly-colored, splash-graphic memo, cars from the not-so-distant 1990s are now being treated (and priced) like the collectible classics they’ve become. That’s why it’s such a ...

The restomod world will never be played out, but it's a crazy expensive way to drive an old car with all the modern power and safety and conveniences added. The art of body swapping - taking the body ...