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It all started with an old, displaced 350 Chevy engine. Now, more than three decades on Taranaki's Steve Cashin has produced the rat rod of his dreams, a 2013 Replica Durant.

The hot rod scene is awash with jargon. Some of the terms sound cool, but it isn't always immediately obvious what they mean. Don't worry, we're hear to help.

A TEAM of maverick mechanics have completed an incredible transformation of a classic Rolls Royce once owned by eccentric British aristocrat, Lord Tredegar. Dubbed the Rolls Royce rat rod, the car ...

A MASTER mechanic has become the unofficial king of rat rods in New Zealand, after building a series of incredible rat rod masterpieces in his home garage. David Jeffery, of Rolleston, has always ...

They’re also called Rat Rods, and while no one thinks of them as vermin, you might say these cars and trucks are far down the food chain from a ’59 Cadillac or a ’37 Cord.

Rat Rod owners are car cats with the sense to allow their vehicles the dignity and respect to grow old gracefully. Candy Apple red metallic paint, at $12,000 a coat, was unavailable when a Chrysler ...

Some of the other more reasonably priced rats that have performed exceptionally include the PB Rat, Mike Bucca Bull Rat and Evergreen Combat Rat. I’ve really grown to like the PB Rats and Mouse, which ...

To create a rat rod out of a hot rod, you need to inflict deliberate, controlled damage upon it with the ultimate goal of creating something rugged and lived-in. It's kind of like acid-washing jeans.

But that's probably more than anyone would want in a rat-rodded 1940s tow truck with bias-ply tires. The truck might look well-used, but some of that patina was created by spraying a solution of ...

Hot Rods, and by extension Rat Rods, are always badass.Sure, they are not always as fast as modern performance cars, but they more than make up for it with their personality.This one featured by ...

Rat rod trucks exist on a continuum, from barely-safe-to-drive to high-speed-track-warrior. These examples of rat rod trucks will help you fine-tune where you stand.