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 ...

A 1948 Ford Rat Rod Fusion... Jay Leno, renowned for his extensive automobile collection and vast driving experiences, is no stranger to rare and unique vehicles. Yet, even he was left astounded by ...

Holley LS Fest in Bowling Green, Ky. is full of unlikely engine swaps and heavily modified hot rods. One of the most interesting attendees this year was this 1973 Plymouth Duster riding on a chassis ...

Jerry Riley of Florissant had an Opal GT in high school, which he sold after joining the US Air Force and being sent to Germany. His sister also purchased one and then sold it to a friend of the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Even before it’s unloaded from the trailer, Brian Stichter’s rat rod seems to magnetically attract ...

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 ...

Customized Lamborghinis aren’t all that rare. Tap a few letters into Google, and you’ll come up with all sorts of Raging Bulls wearing outrageous body kits, clad in colors bright enough to make Ray ...

Cale Lohr from Greensboro, North Carolina wanted to build a custom rat rod pickup with a rip snortin’ LS V8 under the hood. However, he also wanted something unique, something hardly anyone had even ...

Too impatient to build your own hot rod Chevrolet pickup? If you answered yes in your head (and let’s be honest, you probably did) you are in luck because one in mint condition has just entered the ...

Ferrari lover Scott Chivers jumped at the idea of saving an exceedingly rough but rare Testarossa that had been converted into a roofless Spider, but he didn't turn it over to a shop for a full ...

Detroit — It’s February and that means hot rodders from all over the world have descended on Huntington Place to vie for custom car culture’s most coveted prize: the Ridler. Entrants include New ...

If so, your opinion on rat rods—and by extension, diesel rat rods—may be informed by whether you are already invested in traditional hot rod building (pre-1949 hot rods) and the long history of ...