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 ...

Julie Moen of Port Angeles, right, points to the quirks of a “rat rod” built from a 1928 Ford Roadster by Dennis Broderson of Port Angeles, in the drivers seat, during Saturday’s Kiwanis Car Show at ...

Rat rod trucks have been around for a while but their popularity—and their controversy—is growing. When you conjure up visions of rat rod trucks, you might be inclined to think of vintage haulers in a ...

We're about to give you some guidance on rat rod wheels but know up front that we do so with a certain amount of trepidation: it's hard to paint lane lines on a road that hasn't been paved. This is ...

Here's the great thing about hot rodding: Just try to define it. Study this crazy sport for more than a minute and already it's heading in a brand-new direction. That's a major part of rodding's ...

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 ...

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 ...

An enthusiastic cowboy is looking for a rat rod to lift the spirits of his small town; Steve gets the idea of making a death-defying carnival ride on wheels. A family man with a need for speed brings ...

Detroit — It’s February and that means hot rodders from all over the world have descended on Huntington Place to vie for custom car culture’s most coveted prize: the Ridler. Entrants include New ...

A rat rod shows its colors, or lack thereof, on Saturday in Grafton. Chuck Darnell of Quincy, right, talks about his 1960 Cadillac show car during Saturday’s Chop Rod Ramble. A visitor admires a ...

Students at Rosetown Central High School have traded textbooks for torque, transforming a 1949 Mercury pickup cab into a ...