When Norm Brandes at Westech Automotive received J.B Bracken's 1935 Ford Rat Rod truck (HRM, July 2017), it couldn't do a burnout and had poor driveability—despite an 8-71-blown 383 small-block Chevy ...
Only the strong survive in the increasingly tough world of nostalgia racing. In the beginning, Boyce Asquith thought it would be fun to race his '32 highboy at the nostalgia drags. But soon Fat Jack's ...
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 ...
Roger Rentola and Bryan Dagel don't worry about waxing their quirky vintage vehicles. They are, after all, rat rods. Unlike their more polished cousins in the antique and street rod family of older ...
Rat rods originated as a counter-reaction to the shiny, custom-built hot rods that focused on looks rather than power. Many viewed them as expensive rolling decorations compared to the hot rods of the ...
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I Drove the Weirdest Diesel Rat Rod Train on the Street Like it Was Normal
Rat Rod builder Joshua Joyce built a Cummins turbo diesel train to take his daughters to school. A custom, one-of-one ...
I enjoy local car shows, and several events can be found nearly every summer weekend in the suburbs of Detroit. I like classic survivors, muscle cars, and well-executed restorations, but I usually ...
The rad rod is, as Sam Hard of Hard Up Garage oh-so-eloquently describes it, “this and that, and this and that.” Builders, the community and the automotive media are quick to put labels on what a rat ...
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