I enjoy local car shows, and several events can be found nearly every summer weekend in the suburbs of Detroit. I like ...

This 1930 Model A rat rod is a monster of legend. With a mighty Cummins at the helm, it's a full-blown monster.

The 1947 Chevrolet Rat Rod you see here looks as if the builder fused together an Ariel Atom and old rust-bucket. While that isn’t the exact DNA of this machine, it is a Frankenstein build with parts ...

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 ...

Anyone who is at least passingly familiar with custom cars has probably at least heard of the concept of a hot rod. A hot rod is, of course, a custom car designed with the express purpose of going as ...

Prius Repellant, the world's most famous diesel rat rod, is built by the guys at WelderUp. The whole Internet knows that car from the famous "F**k you and your Prius" memes. Of course, pollution isn't ...

To say that Tyler Ernst’s car is an eye-catcher is kind of like saying Marilyn Monroe is a screen goddess. Chopped and channeled within an inch or so off the road surface, the beat-up-looking 1930 ...

Too impatient to build your own hot rod Chevrolet pickup? If you answered yes in your head (and let’s be honest, you probably did) you are in luck because one in mint condition has just entered the ...

The rat rods have my full attention. I finally found a show truck no one cares if I touch. And these things are something else, let me tell you. They might not be shiny, but they’re sure as heck ...

If so, your opinion on rat rods—and by extension, diesel rat rods—may be informed by whether you are already invested in traditional hot rod building (pre-1949 hot rods) and the long history of ...