AN ECCENTRIC mechanic has converted a London taxi into a crazy rat-rod van in just seven days. 44-year-old Paul Bacon, from Leicestershire, spent over $600 on a traditional black cab and with the help ...

Built in the tradition of the shabby-chic rat rod, this truck really is a grab-bag special. The nose, decapitated cab, and shorty bed are all early Fifties GMC pickup. The rest, however ...

AN ECCENTRIC mechanic has converted a London taxi into a crazy rat-rod van in just seven days. 44-year-old Paul Bacon, from Leicestershire, spent over $600 on a traditional black cab and with the ...

A rat rod is a special class of car that aims for a deliberately worn-down, unfinished looking hot rod. A hot rod on the other hand is a classic car modified for speed and has a very distinct look to ...

rat rod or other miscellaneous categories. Roy Baur founded Baur Trucking in 1956 and still runs it to this day. He was seated in the truck cab the day I met the family and had the chance to speak ...

From the cab which has been remodelled to feature a rebar back window ... "If he heard me working on it, he would come running into the garage and say 'Dad, you can't work on it unless I'm here'." If ...

What you're seeing is the hot rod's rebellious younger sibling, the rat rod. The original practice of hot rod customization can be traced as far back as the 1920s, with gear-minded teenagers ...

The best analogy to describe the difference between hot rods and rat rods is that you'd proudly take home and introduce a hot rod to your parents, but on your deathbed, you'd still remember the wild ...

Simply put, custom cars are a rare oddity and a collectors’ treasure. So, while you might have heard of a hot rod, you may not know what a rat rod is and how it differs from a hot rod. According to ...

Aptly-named rat rods are, well, ratty. Could there be any other name? Maybe septic speeders, rolling wrecks, or tetanus traps? Whatever, the genre of rat rod has been around for decades. It is a ...

Though rat rods‘ ethos is to look weathered and worn-out, it doesn’t mean they can’t be showcases of dilapidated beauty. Possibly the grandest example is this 1946 Chevrolet cab-over beer ...

Daisy Linerd of New Philadelphia she assembled her rat rod, called Jive Turkey, by obtaining a 1946 Chevy cab and adding a 1930s Ford truck bed. She redid the interior by replacing the gear ...