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 ...

According to Vince Impastato, today's performance enthusiasts spend far more than necessary to build serious horsepower in their street and bracket racing motors. He feels that there are numerous ...

You've probably heard of hot rods, street rods, and rat rods before, but there are quite a few distinct differences to them ...

A custom 1946 Ford rat rod with a flathead V-8 and manual transmission will be auctioned during The Annual Big Boy Toy Auction on May 1, 2026, starting at just $5. The stripped-down, red ...

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. (AP) — Peter Duvaloois’ rat rods are way cooler than your car. The fast machines, pieced together from vintage parts and scrapyard finds, also are rumblier, rustier and turn more ...

A rat rod is a style of hot rod car that, in most cases, imitates (or exaggerates) the early hot rods of the 1940s, 1950s and early-1960s. The style is not to be confused with the somewhat closely ...

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 ...

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 ...

They say life is an experience, each one of which makes us bigger. Ford Motors' legacy is a true testament to this quote. With a history that dates back 119 years, only a handful of competitors enjoy ...

Joe Kozuszek of Belleville admires the interior of an entry in Saturday’s Rat Rod Show in Grafton. Six-year-old Ethan Hosto of Worden gets a closer look at a “rat” on a rat rod at Saturday’s show in ...