We start our rat rod truck adventure in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where our man Jesse Kiser attended the Heavy Rebel Weekender rockabilly music festival and car show, a hardcore Mecca for ...

This guy’s Rat Road design is as retro as it gets, an eccentric model that would make a stunning showpiece, in the words of its builder. For now, it only comes in a LEGO version, but who knows?

“I get an endless amount of garbage from people about buildingrat rods, but I get just as much about them being diesel powered,” Steve says. “I grew up in the steel industry, so I was used to watching ...

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 ...

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It's fascinating to see how the automotive industry has evolved over the past century. There are so many ramifications to it, and there's an entire culture behind it all. From building race cars to ...