The phrase is a spin-off of "rat bike," which was in reference to custom motorcycles built on the cheap. The late Gray Baskerville, venerated hot rod writer, is said to have been the first to apply ...

Rat Rods are interesting enough, with their low-cost approach, but unless you are actually involved or own one, reading about them can get boring after a while. Not this one! While endlessly trolling ...

Holley LS Fest in Bowling Green, Ky. is full of unlikely engine swaps and heavily modified hot rods. One of the most interesting attendees this year was this 1973 Plymouth Duster riding on a chassis ...

The it is rat rodding. And, yeah, no one can really pinpoint what that means; four of our contributing pundits fed us the famed line, "I know it when I see it." That's curious, because even scenesters ...

A MASTER mechanic has become the unofficial king of rat rods in New Zealand, after building a series of incredible rat rod ...

MINI did build a bunch of strange cars over the years. However, none of them had any link to American car culture. On the other hand, this random rat rod build we found is pure creativity and deserves ...

Not one single thing on this 1947 Chevrolet pickup build seems to be sourced from the vehicle. This is rat rod at its finest. A vehicle that runs in the bare minimum of ways, and turns heads doing so.

Too impatient to build your own hot rod Chevrolet pickup? If you answered yes in your head (and let’s be honest, you probably did) you are in luck because one in mint condition has just entered the ...

This Ford rat rod looks amazing and has a nice big block V8, but even more incredible is how it was built in just 15 days.

If you read Jp magazine with any regularity, than this is not the first Jeep rat rod you have seen on our pages. While they will likely never be as common as TJs with long-arm suspensions and 35-inch ...

Although we love seeing spotless show trucks with every detail addressed, there’s something truly special about trucks that embrace their imperfections as a sign of character. Every dent, scratch, or ...