Thus, the rat rod was born. The term "rat rod" is believed to have been coined by Hot Rod Magazine Editor Gary Baskerville, who used it to refer to a junked-up hot rod owned by artist Robert Williams.

Living in Nevada, I get to see all kinds of art projects on the road as Burning Man approaches. I will admit however, that none of them look quite as cool as these, a combination of the "rat-rod ...

His next venture will be a 1934 Ford pickup rat rod for his 16-year-old son, Colby, who is learning how to drive. And, with 13-year-old son Carson, there may be another car project down the road.

"Some of the rat rods have no paint, exposed wells, no floors, and are kind of unsafe," says Shane Thomas, a Greer resident who just spent two years bringing a '32 Ford truck back to life.

HOT ROD Staff Writer Dec 01, 2009 It was Round 2, and we were back at Rubio's Auto Body in Sun Valley, California, to put the finishing touches on project Brutus.

The dandy-rod backlash found a home in 1997, when Jay Ward and Kirk Jones founded the Billetproof show in Albany, Calif. It banned post-1964 cars, fiberglass parts, digital gauges and the billet ...

In a genius move, he has taken the most popular side-by-side ATV out there, the Polaris RZR, and clad it with the body of a derelict 1929 Ford Model A to create a modern rat rod. “Many of you will say ...

Among the rows of glistening vehicles with pristine paint and sparkling chrome at car shows, John H. Dundon Jr.’s rusted 1928 Ford Roadster “rat rod” looks somewhat misplaced. While it doesn ...

Danton Art Kustoms’ 1968 Espada Rat Rod is expected to sell for between $200,000 to $250,000 when it goes up for auction during Mecum’s Kissimmee event.