The valley already is home to “Counting Cars” and “American Restoration,” reality shows that take old things and make them look nice and shiny. “Vegas Rat Rods” (10 p.m. May 19, Discovery Channel) 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 ...

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 ...

In a room full of gleaming, painstakingly painted cars, pickups and motorcycles, Brian Minter’s rust-covered rat rod stands out. That’s exactly how he likes it. “I can’t afford one of those,” he said ...

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — Peter Duvaloois' rat rods are way cooler than your car. The fast machines, pieced together from vintage parts and scrapyard finds, also are rumblier, rustier and turn more heads on ...

When a car show pulls in as many street rods as Back to the 50's in St. Paul, Minnesota, you can count on there being a lot of variety. Registration at the Minnesota Street Rod Association's huge ...

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 ...

Steve Darnell, the creative force behind Welder Up, in a promotional shot for Vegas Rat Rods We’ve been having great fun watching Vegas Rat Rods on Discovery, so we thought it was time to take a look ...

They say life is an experience, each one of which makes us bigger. Ford Motors' legacy is a true testament to this quote. With a history that dates back 119 years, only a handful of competitors enjoy ...

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 ...

Joe Kozuszek of Belleville admires the interior of an entry in Saturday’s Rat Rod Show in Grafton. Six-year-old Ethan Hosto of Worden gets a closer look at a “rat” on a rat rod at Saturday’s show in ...

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. In ...