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.

Based on the smiles we saw at all three HOT ROD Power Tour West venues ... Yes, Oscar's race truck is a 66-year-old, diesel-powered big rig that once dragged bottom-dump trailers to and from ...

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 ...