HIGHLAND FALLS, N.Y. - The Storm King Highway, a twisting two-lane ribbon carved into a mountainside here nine decades ago, hardly seemed the place to test the roadworthiness of a hot rod that looked ...

Discover the incredible transformation of a 1959 Chevy Apache into a 500-hp LS V8-powered rat rod with bagged suspension and ...

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 ...

Since the dawn of the 20th century and for a little over 60 years, America’s auto landscape was completely different than it is today. Companies that no longer exist for decades made insane cars by ...

Rat rods have come a long way since the time when critics were dismissive of the low-budget rides assembled from spare parts that highlighted a builder’s lack of concern for paint or chrome. While ...

The Chevy 3100 we have here, although described as a rat rod, kind of misses all those points, and is, in turn, more of a regular custom. And not a bad one at that. Currently on sale for $35,000 in ...

Today's Nice Price or No Dice 220S has been styled to look like a vintage rally racer. Its perposely-patina'd roof even has a whimsical "Better Late Than Never" painted in Spanish for an extra bit of ...

Although the dictionary describes patina as "a green or brown film on the surface of bronze or similar metals, produced by oxidation over a long period," we see it differently. Every August, during ...