Where aesthetics, audacity and functionality meet is a rat rod like no other: The Big Hooker ... and are perhaps the only parts on the rig that look – if not actually are – new.

For the low price of $60 (plus six bucks s&h), you get the rig, this nice display case and a letter of authenticity. To order yours, write to HOT ROD rig, 6420 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles ...

Rat rods originated as a counter-reaction to the ... Ford Mustang in the small tire category and then jump into the big tire class to drag race a nitrous-fed Chevy Camaro. It loses both battles ...

The rat rods ... in Rat Rods. Turns out, Charlie is not only a super-nice guy, but before doing builds full-time, he and his dad both did many years behind the wheel of big trucks, as owner ...