A MASTER mechanic has become the unofficial king of rat rods in New Zealand, after building a series of incredible rat rod ...

AN ECCENTRIC mechanic has converted a London taxi into a crazy rat-rod van in just seven days. 44-year-old Paul Bacon, from Leicestershire, spent over $600 on a traditional black cab and with the help ...

Students at Rosetown Central High School (RCHS) are getting hands-on experience with trades through a unique project: building a rat rod. Led by Shane Clark, the welding and fabrication teacher at ...

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 ...

Tom Simons of Gillette, Wyoming Frankensteined together a hot rod using a massive engine out of a hydraulic fracturing pump. Maximus is a rat rod built by Tom Simons of Gillette using a diesel engine ...

There are a lot of interesting and fun ways to spend money. Some people buy high-end sports cars, SUVs, or trucks but we think we’ve found a better option. This BMW 750iL with a slipping transmission ...

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 ...

Hot Wheels took its annual Legends Tour to Detroit, a city with one of America’s most vibrant car cultures, and the results didn’t disappoint. The winner is a 1931 Dodge Rat Rod built by three members ...

This guy’s Rat Road design is as retro as it gets, an eccentric model that would make a stunning showpiece, in the words of its builder. For now, it only comes in a LEGO version, but who knows?

Among the festivities at the 2021 Guilty By Association Truck Show, hosted by 4 State Trucks and Chrome Shop Mafia at the end of September, were the crowd-pleasing big rig burnouts. Hundreds of truck ...

Rat rods originated as a counter-reaction to the shiny, custom-built hot rods that focused on looks rather than power. Many viewed them as expensive rolling decorations compared to the hot rods of the ...