We get the vibe here—it's a race car wrapped (barely!) in a classic body, and no stone was left unturned to make this a safe, high-speed track bullet. This is a case of the rat rod look being ...

In the Dec. 1968, issue of HOT ROD, we ran an article titled ... department's aluminum blocks run by Jim Hall in his 2G Chaparral race car from the 1967 Can-Am racing series.

Like any rat rod, this truck rides much closer to the ground, while the skinny front wheels and the meaty rear tires make it suitable for drag racing. Sadly, we don't know how powerful that ...

We have canyon carvers, EVs, ones that sound like 1980s rally cars and even ones that never officially existed… Another breed apart is the beaten up, rusty-looking rat rod style of truck.

The very straight panels of the cabin, flanked by two motorcycle mirrors, hold an interior with racing seats ... to the elements as with all other hot rods, sits a 351ci (5.8-liter) engine ...

It's not a street rod, but it's "driveable art" that is bound ... The suspension was designed after a race car. The vehicle has power steering, power brakes, an automatic transmission and ...

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — Peter Duvaloois’ rat rods are way cooler than your car. The fast machines, pieced together from vintage parts and scrapyard finds, also are rumblier, rustier and turn more ...

A Frankencar, indeed. Other features of the rat rod include a crescent wrench shifter handle, drift hand-brake, removable steering wheel, racing seats with 4-point harness, a tachometer with ...

If you take the Christian Bible in a literal sense, then this imagined interpretation of a carbon-clad hot-rod/rat-rod from the ... built brake rotors, or a race car-inspired front suspension ...

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 ...