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 ...

On a recent 70-degree evening, vintage, classic and some just-plain-cool vehicles were backed-in-parked at Bloomington’s West Third Street Hardee’s. There’s a cruise-in there every Thursday, and the ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Among the rows of glistening vehicles with pristine paint and sparkling chrome at car shows, John H. Dundon Jr.’s ...

The Elvis impersonators on stage at AutoFair got their own front-row seat for the East Coast Rat Rod Takeover arranged by Village Customs of Clayton, North Carolina. Filling a decent portion of the ...

In the world of classic cars, dents, dings and rust used to be considered blemishes. But today, given the growing popularity of so-called “rat rods,” those qualities add character. “It just makes it ...

If it was rusty and dented, had a ripped and faded interior, was dropped and chopped or was made up of several parts from different vehicles, then the Hot Rods n' Kustoms Rats Nest Run-In No. 2 in ...

This wrap proves that you don’t have to destroy your car in order to achieve the rat look. In recent years, the rat trend has taken Europe by storm, with countless of cars being rusted to death by the ...

Sometimes we are so close to the action that we don't really see what's happening. Case in point: the current and future direction of rat rodding. As entrenched insiders with decades of experience and ...