W hen you conjure up visions of rat rod trucks, you might be inclined to think of vintage haulers in a highly devolved state of decline, barely hanging onto a basic definition of ...

Thus, the rat rod was born. The term "rat rod" is ... The name of the game here is to make your hot rod look as rugged as possible without hampering its ability to scream down the road.

Pay attention to this rat rod steelie wheel and the next wheel because they are nearly identical except for one small detail—which can make a difference to rockabilly rat rod cognoscenti.

Jerry Riley of Florissant had an Opal GT in high school, which he sold after joining the US Air Force and being sent to ...

So, what goes into making a head-turner rat rod in his vision? Well, a chopped, early 1900 body shell that still has its original paintwork, a big block V8 engine, fuel injection, a Roots charger ...

And then part of it goes to [Wrenching for the Future] to se up for the next one,” Quast said. Once the rat rod is finished, it’ll make its way around Goodland for its first test drive.

The winner is a 1931 Dodge Rat Rod built by three members of the same family and powered by a twin-turbo Cummins diesel engine. While the truck is labeled as a Dodge, we’re not seeing much that ...

in a classic body, and no stone was left unturned to make this a safe, high-speed track bullet. This is a case of the rat rod look being hijacked for shock value on the racetrack, and we can abide ...