LEGO is one company that definitely has a place in the hearts of many, with car enthusiasts being no exception. But one thing that’s lacking from the toy company’s vehicle lineup is hot rods and rat ...

8 Apr 2023, 16:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Bebeselea / Most LEGO sets based on vehicles look at supercars or cool movie cars for inspiration, but this rat rod garage build is so much cooler than that ...

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 ...

Anyone who is at least passingly familiar with custom cars has probably at least heard of the concept of a hot rod. A hot rod is, of course, a custom car designed with the express purpose of going as ...

If so, your opinion on rat rods—and by extension, diesel rat rods—may be informed by whether you are already invested in traditional hot rod building (pre-1949 hot rods) and the long history of ...

Jerry Riley of Florissant had an Opal GT in high school, which he sold after joining the US Air Force and being sent to Germany. His sister also purchased one and then sold it to a friend of the ...

It may surprise you, as it did me, that there is actually a car collector category called rat rods. One might compare a rat rod to some modern art sculpture that not everyone can appreciate the ...