Everywhere we look, guys are running around in rat rods and straight-axle nosebleeders ... Key to that decision was our hypothesis that we could build the engine in a snap, just like any guy ...

unfinished look of rat rods that makes them equally appealing, as a lot of engineering and creativity goes into making those as well. But while building a real-size one from scratch might not be ...

A TEAM of maverick mechanics have completed an incredible transformation of a classic Rolls Royce once owned by eccentric ...

He now specializes in building rat rods - the spectacular custom cars that mix old and new parts and often emulate the hot rods of the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Barcroft Cars Posted: August 11, 2024 ...

The UK doesn’t really have a hot / rat rod culture, but the few people who do specialize in this type of custom work stand out in terms of unbridled creativity, resourcefulness and skill.

Too impatient to build your own hot rod Chevrolet pickup ... crafted 1942 Chevrolet pickup truck is the best of street rod and rat rod, found on eBay. Someone certainly put in the wrench time ...

"Me and my day do a lot of stuff together — racing, drag racing, building cars and trucks and that [the rat rod] is something different we can connect on," he said of the unique restoration project.

So Todd Stauffer suggested building something ... first time the "Dady Rat" — that's the name that could fit on the license plate — will be at the annual street rod event in York.

But the point was to build the best car possible, given available funds and/or talent, and to keep improving it as you went." These pure retro cars in primer are often called rat rods by outsiders ...