Acquiring his 1946 Plymouth De Luxe coupe didn’t cost Jim Currier Sr. a penny. But it did cost him his 1955 Chevy. He swapped ...

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.

The Lincoln Continental (closest) and Buick Roadmaster’s weathered panels belie their refreshed internals Beneath the Lincoln ...

The 2025 Dutton Fun Day Car Show drew 80 vehicles — up from 64 last year — to the American Legion Park in Dutton, where they ...

Rensselaer couple Rich and Diva Rish’s 1959 Chevrolet Parkwood Wagon was picked Best of Show by JC Cruisers members during ...

The 2026 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X takes the 1,064-hp internal-combustion V8 from the Corvette ZR1 and pairs it with a hybrid powertrain on the front axle.

A rat rod is a subclass of the hot rod. The term rat rod came to be used for cars when the editor of Hot Rod magazine looked at a specific hot rod model, which reminded him of rat bikes.

Based on its looks, this 1953 GMC convertible rat rod pickup is the ultimate panacea for anonymity. Think about it—no matter where you go, you will stand out on the street.

The theme of the Aug. 17 Cajon Classic Cruise car show in El Cajon was Rat Rod Rally. Not only did Jim Ramsey make the trip from his Fallbrook home for the car show, but he led a contingent of Rat Rod ...

This rat rod look is perfect for the kind of hacked-up roadster that a Tesla-powered Cobra necessarily is. Those drivetrain components don't fit the car as delivered by AC, it needs to be heavily ...

It seems the interesting rat rod was the vision of 83-year-old Roy Baur, founder and owner of Baur Trucking of Cahokia Heights.