Jeremey Rainey's Volkswagen Beetle rat rod is the definition of the "built not bought" slogan that so many hot-rodders live by. He purchased a rusty 1964 bug and went to work on the blank canvas.

The original Volkswagen Beetle was a popular blank canvas ... However, sometimes the reverse happens, as with this wild hot rod known as Uno. It’s the creation of U.K. resident Linden Lee ...

With the possible exception of the '32 Ford and the "classic" '55-to-'57 Chevys, the lowly VW has experienced more ... MOTORTREND and HOT ROD's rich magazine history and legacy dating back to ...

The Beetle shell came up for sale locally to Derek ... With an all-in build budget of just $2,000 hot rodders from around the country travel to Florida every year to prove they have what it ...

But what if you throw some good-old American hot rod style into the mix? That was the idea of the garages behind the Das Rod, once a beat-down Volkswagen Beetle that received a Porsche heart ...

He bought the Volkswagen with designs on making ... Lazar said he never planned to race the Beetle. "I just wanted to build a cool little hot rod," he said. Within six months of starting to ...

One incredible example, a 13-second Beetle called the EMPI Inch Pincher ... Two of the biggest advantages of building a VW hot rod in years past were availability and affordability, not to ...

We just learned that Volkswagen’s surprise debut at next week’s 2012 North American International Motor Show in Detroit will be a pure-electric concept model based on the new generation of the ...

Back in 1963, when Chip Foose was born, the Volkswagen Beetle had already written 25 ... turning the iconic piece of German motoring into a hot rod comes naturally. While the body transformation ...