Jared Jakins on Rat Rod, a short documentary about Frankenstein cars and immigration from Switchboard Magazine.

Anyone who is at least passingly familiar with custom cars has probably at least heard of the concept of a hot rod. A hot rod is, of course, a custom car designed with the express purpose of going as ...

Outlaw Garage is a channel for car lovers who live for classic builds, rare finds, and timeless Porsches. Based in Australia, they spotlight unique automotive culture while paying tribute to their ...

Never heard of a Dual-Ghia? In the 1950s, it was the A-list car to have. This one has an onboard record player, fitting for a brand of car owned by nearly every member of the Rat Pack. The style is ...

Hot Wheels took its annual Legends Tour to Detroit, a city with one of America’s most vibrant car cultures, and the results didn’t disappoint. The winner is a 1931 Dodge Rat Rod built by three members ...

Feb. 14—DICKINSON, N.D. — The world of rat rods, once dismissed as little more than heaps of scrap metal, has captured the hearts of car enthusiasts Lee and Lisa Hageman. For them, rat rods provide ...

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

If so, your opinion on rat rods—and by extension, diesel rat rods—may be informed by whether you are already invested in traditional hot rod building (pre-1949 hot rods) and the long history of ...

The Chevy 3100 we have here, although described as a rat rod, kind of misses all those points, and is, in turn, more of a regular custom. And not a bad one at that. Currently on sale for $35,000 in ...

In the world of custom builds, rat rods are a special breed. Ugly enough to be unstoppable head turners, these machines are if you like the ultimate sleepers, sending all the wrong messages to the ...

This one has an onboard record player, fitting for a brand of car owned by nearly every member of the Rat Pack. The style is hand-built Italian, but the power is V-8 American. Frank Sinatra. Lucille ...