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 ...

It's fascinating to see how the automotive industry has evolved over the past century. There are so many ramifications to it, and there's an entire culture behind it all. From building race cars to ...

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 ...

LEGO is one company that definitely has a place in the hearts of many, with car enthusiasts being no exception. But one thing that’s lacking from the toy company’s vehicle lineup is hot rods and rat ...

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 ...

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 ...

GOODLAND, Kan. (KWCH) - An effort to breathe new life into a vehicle decades past its prime nears its completion in northwest Kansas. How long does it take to build a custom vehicle? At Northwest ...

These days, a lot of people barely even say hello to their neighbors. But not [dewey302]. They’re so tight with the people next door that they built this bad-ass electric mini rat rod for the ...

It may surprise you, as it did me, that there is actually a car collector category called rat rods. One might compare a rat rod to some modern art sculpture that not everyone can appreciate the ...

David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan thought this was the best episode of Roadkill at the time! Episode 23 has it all: a Mad Max–vibe 1968 Dodge Charger built with motorhome parts, sideways Dukes-style ...