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Rat rods have come a long way since the time when critics were dismissive of the low-budget rides assembled from spare parts that highlighted a builder’s lack of concern for paint or chrome. While ...

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 ...

There is no carmaker out there with as much influence over the custom industry as Ford. The Blue Oval has been making cars pretty much since cars were invented, and that in itself isn’t spectacular.

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 ...

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 ...

You have two tank tracks, the cab from a 1947 Mercury 2 ton truck and a Chevrolet Small Block V8 laying around your farm in rural Ontario, Canada, what do you do? Why you build an insane V8-powered ...

Owner Dave Gardner calls his vehicle a “farm rat.” I’d call it a Rube Goldberg. It’s not any one make but a combination of parts from all sorts of vehicles and other things. “It started out as a 1934 ...

It's not a street rod, but it's "driveable art" that is bound to attract attention at this weekend's Street Rod Nationals East in York. The "Dady Rat" was built by three generations — father, Johny ...

We've all got particular reasons why we've built/bought the trucks we drive: from family heirlooms, replacing the one that got away, right place/right time, etc. Every now and then, we hear one ...

Imagine driving a 1,100hp, twin-turbo sport truck with 1,400 lb-ft of frame-twisting torque-and not just in a blinding blast through the quarter-mile, but on a cross-country run. This was no feverish ...

Father and son team Elmo and Charlie Pacheco, also known as “Team Cutters,” took home bragging rights, trophy and title of numero uno in the first official SEMA RATical Rod International Build & Drive ...