We start our rat rod truck adventure in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where our man Jesse Kiser attended the Heavy Rebel Weekender rockabilly music festival and car show, a hardcore Mecca for ...

The parking lot at the Iron Horse Saloon in Ormond Beach looked like a scene straight out of a Mad Max movie on Saturday, Nov. 29, as the bar welcomed the "Rat Rod Bash," an unusual car show that ...

The patina on the 1934 Plymouth PE coupe was the real deal with a story to tell. Unfortunately, it wasn’t talking, but there were clues. Like the repurposed 1955-vintage Chrysler Hemi V-8 clearly ...

Attendees browsed classic and newer model cars at the event held Sunday in support of the Rexford Fire District and veterans During what may have been one of the last summer-like weekends of the year, ...

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 ...

When it comes to 1920s and 1930s hot rods, people rarely talk about Plymouths. It's usually Fords and Chevrolets that stand out. But that's mostly because these brands simply built a lot more vehicles ...

Roger Rentola and Bryan Dagel don't worry about waxing their quirky vintage vehicles. They are, after all, rat rods. Unlike their more polished cousins in the antique and street rod family of older ...

It may surprise you, as it did me, that there is actually a car collector category called rat rods. One might compare a rat rod to some modern art sculpture that not everyone can appreciate the ...

Regardless of being admired or mocked, rat rods are a work of personalization. They harbor innovation instead of conformity, functionality instead of precision, and enthusiasm instead of refinement.

Rat rods, such as T.J. Lutkins' 1950 Ford Custom, can showcase an owner's style without breaking the bank.