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 ...

Many of you already know how magazines can be a great source of inspiration. Studying pages filled with images of different vehicles is the perfect way to define your own tastes and mentally design ...

A Buna couple has spent a major portion of the last five years balancing work, family and creating a cancer rat rod. With the words "Rat Out Cancer" on the back, the vehicle is comprised of various ...

The rad rod is, as Sam Hard of Hard Up Garage oh-so-eloquently describes it, “this and that, and this and that.” Builders, the community and the automotive media are quick to put labels on what a rat ...

A 1928 Dodge from his late grandfather started it all for Steve Darnell ofVegas Rat Rods. "He was a World War II vet, he was a bad-ass, and he was the nicest guy on the planet. I rebuilt the car and I ...

The folks who put on the Detroit Autorama understand there's a need for balance in car shows, as in life. That's why the Autorama Extreme exists. A subsection of the Autorama, Extreme inhabits the ...