As one journalist, Brad Ocock, said, “A rat rod is something someone threw together to make a statement, and usually that statement is, ‘I don’t know how to weld.

While many rat rodders install Chevrolet V-8s for their affordability and vast availability of parts, Duvaloois prefers an engine noted mostly for its brawn: Chrysler's Hemi V-8 of the 1950s.

The result is a slammed, rock-crawling, rat rod big rig that breaks all known limits of what can be achieved with a banged-up, forgotten, rust-caked 1946 Chevrolet COE (Cab-Over Engine) and a ...

Who dares cut up a classic 1955 Chevy 210 hood, rudely exposing giant dual carburetors atop a 498 cubic inch blown big block engine? Rat rod master fabricator Steve Darnell of WelderUp, that's who.

To give the Rat Rod a more vintage flavor, Banks later replaced the modern rims with 18-inch billet aluminum "Pseudo Steelies" by Wheel Vintiques on sticky Nitto NT 555R 305/45R18s.

1970 Chevy Chevelle SS Gets Turned Into a Fittingly Named Digital JDM Rat Rod Published: 17 Feb 2023, 08:31 UTC • By: Aurel Niculescu 11 photos ...

The Arias hemi is based on the Chevrolet truck block which has,400-inch taller decks. The 4.250-inch bore is increased.060-inch to 4.310, and the 4-inch stroke is upped,500-inch to 4.500. The 6. ...

Chevrolet introduced two new low-performance (hydraulic-cammed) engines earlier in this model year, both of 400-cubic-inch displacement. One is based on the small-block "mouse" motor, the other on ...

The rat is powered by an 8V Detroit Diesel engine, and the cab is that of an International 4300 truck. The engine was found in Alaska and the owner shipped it to Baur Trucking in Cahokia Heights.