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 ...

Where aesthetics, audacity and functionality meet is a rat rod like no other: The Big Hooker. Designed and built by Brandon Kibbee from Kansas, this tow truck is both a showpiece and a utility vehicle ...

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 ...

Though rat rods‘ ethos is to look weathered and worn-out, it doesn’t mean they can’t be showcases of dilapidated beauty. Possibly the grandest example is this 1946 Chevrolet cab-over beer tanker truck ...

The torture chamber is filled with safety equipment standard to a professional race car, but it's designed to carry a passenger, Rod's co-driver Jim Fricker. Jim's job is to communicate on the radio, ...

We’ve been scanning the offerings at Hemmings.com again, scouring the listings for deals but also a little inspiration. It’s the usual gearhead daydream modus operandi: What would we buy if it were ...