Esteemed hot rod journalist, author, and historian Pat Ganahl looks at the rat rod trend positively, sharing withHOT RODin 2010, "These are rods and customs built the way Ed Roth painted them on ...

Rat rodding started out in the mid-'90s as a fast and loose deal in which guys built fairly retro-correct but primered and dirty hot rods, and it pretty quickly spun into a scene loaded with rusty ...

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.

Here, at the Kustom Kills & Hot Rod Thrills car show, sponsored by the local Rumblers Car Club, more than 200 vintage hot rods, customized cars and beaters are on display under the Brooklyn-Queens ...

For our final rat rod truck, we bring you back to the final years of David Freiburger's tenure as editor of HOT ROD, when he brought us Mark Sax's magnificent chopped 1936 International rat rod truck.

That's pretty much the point of rat rods, which look like post-apocalyptic hot rods. While both are generally low-slung and loud, rat rods wear their rust proudly and never touch a buff cloth.

The best analogy to describe the difference between hot rods and rat rods is that you'd proudly take home and introduce a hot rod to your parents, but on your deathbed, you'd still remember the wild ...

Other headliners for 2023’s mod-palooza include an homage to everyone’s favorite T-shirt hot rods, the Rat Fink cars. Five of legendary custom designer Ed "Big Daddy" Roth most iconic Rat ...

Hot Wheels took its annual Legends Tour to Detroit, a city with one of America’s most vibrant car cultures, and the results didn’t disappoint. The winner is a 1931 Dodge Rat Rod built by three ...

Pinstripers, artists, and hot rod fans from across the world gathered in Manti Saturday for the Rat Fink Reunion, which honors the memory and work of artist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.

Rat Stock will roll into Davenport on Friday, Sept. 20, with over 75 custom-built rat rod cars gathering from noon-2 p.m. at the Northern Tool + Equipment store, 4341 Elmore Avenue, Davenport. In ...