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.

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 ...

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.

Thus, the rat rod was born. The term "rat rod" is believed to have been coined by Hot Rod Magazine Editor Gary Baskerville, who used it to refer to a junked-up hot rod owned by artist Robert Williams.

Built in the tradition of the shabby-chic rat rod, this truck really is a grab-bag special. The nose, decapitated cab, and shorty bed are all early Fifties GMC pickup.

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 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. ...

That's certainly not a lot of horsepower, considering at times since the '57 Chevy was purchased by Hot Rod in 1965, the vehicle has been powered by an in-line six and various V-8 engines.