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 ...

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 ...

A lot of cars may have "bells and whistles," but today's Nice Price or No Dice GMC has wings and horns and lights and stripes—most of which are primarily for show. Let's see if this wild rat rod truck ...

Much of North America is seeing the advent of one of the most gruesome winters in recent years, so perhaps we need to remember the better, sunnier times, to cope with the whole ordeal. For example, we ...

Cale Lohr from Greensboro, North Carolina wanted to build a custom rat rod pickup with a rip snortin’ LS V8 under the hood. However, he also wanted something unique, something hardly anyone had even ...

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

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No one who builds a rat rod is concerned with taste—fight me. When the goal is to be as weird as possible, who cares if the paint is scuffed, or if the wheels are all the same? Better yet, just throw ...

Aaron Brown has spent years in stock-car racing, but his passion has shifted from ovals to long, straight lines. After starting his career building cars that raced in NASCAR's Cup series, Brown opened ...

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 ...

Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...

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 ...