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 ...

They're not exactly hot rods and they're not exactly cars, but they sure have a lot going on. Behold: The Rat Rods of SEMA. They're not exactly hot rods and they're not exactly cars, but they sure ...

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 ...

A MASTER mechanic has become the unofficial king of rat rods in New Zealand, after building a series of incredible rat rod ...

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.

In the world of custom builds, rat rods are a special breed. Ugly enough to be unstoppable head turners, these machines are if you like the ultimate sleepers, sending all the wrong messages to the ...

There is no carmaker out there with as much influence over the custom industry as Ford. The Blue Oval has been making cars pretty much since cars were invented, and that in itself isn’t spectacular.

We have been following with a lot of attention the lemonade Rich Benoit is preparing with parts of an irrecoverable Zero S electric motorcycle and a 1930’s Ford Model A rat rod. In the last video, we ...

A Tesla Facebook group recently published a picture of a really mad user saying this: "Going to visit family, and this is what I’m greeted by when I needed a charge. Some people shouldn’t be allowed ...

What exactly makes a lowboy different from a highboy, and why did T-buckets change hot rod culture? Here's the history every ...

This week on Vegas Rat Rods, Steve Darnell has been inspired by a song he’s written to revamp a 1970s Dodge Charger that’s seen better days. He wants something that he can use in the music video for ...