Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 14—DICKINSON, N.D. — The world of rat rods, once dismissed as little more than heaps of scrap metal, has captured the hearts ...

You've probably heard of hot rods, street rods, and rat rods before, but there are quite a few distinct differences to them ...

The phrase is a spin-off of "rat bike," which was in reference to custom motorcycles built on the cheap. The late Gray Baskerville, venerated hot rod writer, is said to have been the first to apply ...

It's a different kind of documentary. Part documentary, part reality show. Starring a bunch of rusty old "rat rods" creatively pieced together by their equally unique owners, the new film "4,000 Miles ...

For hot-rodding's newest builds, highest technology, and most modern trends (not to mention biggest budgets), the main floor of the Detroit Autorama is the place to be. But for retro builds, old-time ...

Wikipedia defines a rat rod as "a custom car with a deliberately worn-down, unfinished appearance, typically lacking paint, showing rust, and made from cheap or cast-off parts. These parts can include ...

How did Big Bang Theory’s Raj once put it? Old broken things are so much better than new things that work? If you think about it, this could actually be the guideline of custom builders: they take old ...

Of the stories I squeezed out before the pandemic took hold in March, this article about Tucson’s rat rodder community from January was one of my favorites. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication ...