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 ...

Many of you already know how magazines can be a great source of inspiration. Studying pages filled with images of different vehicles is the perfect way to define your own tastes and mentally design ...

The definition of a rat rod implies, among other things, that it should be built with used or cast-off parts. Rich Benoit’s Ford Model A fits the bill, but can it still be called a rat rod if it has ...

Don’t really know what you guys consider a rat rod, but the amount of work and details put into this truck here definitely moves it to the upper hot rod class for us. Yeah, it has a rusty shell, but ...

We're not sure where the recent kink for diesel swaps has come from -- other than maybe an abundant number of Dodges finally retiring from under their Cummins turbo-diesels and ending up in junkyards ...

Rat Rods, Hot Rods, Classic Cars, Motorcycles equal a good time at one of the coolest steel yards on earth. Special appearance by Katy Kruze and coverage from Rat Rod Magazine and Ride Hard Magazine.

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 ...

Steve Thaemert and his father put a thousand dollars together four years ago and, defying media industry trends, launched a magazine to follow the passions of do-it-yourself builders of hot rods. They ...