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 ...

We're about to give you some guidance on rat rod wheels but know up front that we do so with a certain amount of trepidation: it's hard to paint lane lines on a road that hasn't been paved. This is ...

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 ...

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 ...

“I get an endless amount of garbage from people about buildingrat rods, but I get just as much about them being diesel powered,” Steve says. “I grew up in the steel industry, so I was used to watching ...

The Chevy 3100 we have here, although described as a rat rod, kind of misses all those points, and is, in turn, more of a regular custom. And not a bad one at that. Currently on sale for $35,000 in ...