Farrell Hurt is known among his friends and neighbors for being able to transform any piece of junk into a functioning piece of a hot rod. “They’ll drop off a rusty fender or an old truck that doesn’t ...
A rat rod is a style of hot rod car that, in most cases, imitates (or exaggerates) the early hot rods of the 1940s, 1950s and early-1960s. The style is not to be confused with the somewhat closely ...
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 ...
Moroney’s held its Spring Open House on May 21 and made it into a Rockabilly Rumble with rat rods, music, the newest Harley-Davidson models, vendors and Moroney’s Famous Hot Dogs. Visitors to the ...
Poor Boys Car Club is hosting the 'Hot & Naughty' car show at Hot Rod Tattoos in Huntsville Alabama this Sunday. See rat rods, live rockabilly band and bikini models.
Tucsonan Artimus Gil has no problem driving a vehicle that looks like it came straight out of “Mad Max: Fury Road.” In fact, it is kind of his thing. Over the last decade, one of Gil’s primary rides ...
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 ...
Left: Visitors roam the Portland show wearing vintage fashions from the Washington State boutique BelAir Betties. Right: The tail section of a 1958 Chevy Impala, customized with 1959 Cadillac ...