A rat rod diesel smokestack spectacle, he calls it "The Duke" – a rolling manifestation of Duke's larger-than-life personality. Cruising through Tucson on dually mud terrains with a Dana 70 rear end, ...

Why? Because every mid-engine rat rod 1948 Ford COE dump truck needs a tiny Honda Trail 90 rat bike in its former engine compartment, shrouded by a gym locker. With makeshift construction and a ...

Rat Stock will roll into Davenport on Friday, Sept. 20, with over 75 custom-built rat rod cars gathering from noon-2 p.m. at the Northern Tool + Equipment store, 4341 Elmore Avenue, Davenport. Special ...

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 ...

GTA Online Declasse Tornado Rat Rod is one of the highlighted vehicles in the latest Halloween 2023 update. Rockstar did its best to make the final Halloween week the most exciting one, and bringing ...

The best analogy to describe the difference between hot rods and rat rods is that you'd proudly take home and introduce a hot rod to your parents, but on your deathbed, you'd still remember the wild ...

Custom cars have been a popular form of self-expression for car enthusiasts for decades. These vehicles have been modified and personalized to create something unique and special that reflects the ...

Once a niche segment of custom car culture, rat rods have become big money spinners and an even bigger attraction for those who appreciate the finer details of motoring culture. Typically based on the ...

Steve Thaemert and his father put a thousand dollars together four years ago and, defying media industry trends, launched a magazine to follow the passions of do-it-yourself builders of hot rods. They ...

Aptly-named rat rods are, well, ratty. Could there be any other name? Maybe septic speeders, rolling wrecks, or tetanus traps? Whatever, the genre of rat rod has been around for decades. It is a ...

Feb. 14—DICKINSON, N.D. — The world of rat rods, once dismissed as little more than heaps of scrap metal, has captured the hearts of car enthusiasts Lee and Lisa Hageman. For them, rat rods provide ...