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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Danny Koker checks out five custom hotrods that scream individuality, style and power. We start in Milwaukee, with a classic ...

Rat Rods are interesting enough, with their low-cost approach, but unless you are actually involved or own one, reading about them can get boring after a while. Not this one! While endlessly trolling ...

The words “rat rod” are thrown around a lot these days, but what exactly qualifies a build to fall into this category? Most would say that rust (lots of it) and a heap of old mismatched parts are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Built by Danton Art Kustoms in France, this 1968 Lamborghini Espada CHD Edition is ready to be sold with a U.S. title through Mecum Auctions. The styling of the vehicle definitely makes it a Rat Rod, ...

$13,000 can you get you a lot in the way of used cars, but few would be as interesting and eccentric as this 2-door 1937 Chevrolet Rat Rod pickup currently for sale on eBay. The seller says the car ...

Ian Wright joined CarBuzz as an automotive journalist and photographer in 2018. His career started with specialist publications, covering everything from Harley-Davidson to Ferrari. Before writing for ...

When we think of a rat rod, we picture a vintage car or pickup put together with parts that were lying around the house but look awesome cruising down the street. Keith Northrup of Kirkland, ...