It was once said, "The worth of a hot rod is equal to the sum of its parts!" If this is true, then Doug Mosley's '26 T roadster that you see here certainly qualifies. It's powered by a 460-cubic ...

When this 1930 Ford Model A roadster pickup was a finalist for the 2009 America's Most Beautiful Roadster award, a few journalists used the term rat rod to describe the proportions of the car.

Julie Moen of Port Angeles, right, points to the quirks of a “rat rod” built from a 1928 Ford Roadster by Dennis Broderson of Port Angeles, in the drivers seat, during Saturday’s Kiwanis Car Show at ...

Thus, the rat rod was born. The term "rat rod" is believed to have been coined by Hot Rod Magazine Editor Gary Baskerville, who used it to refer to a junked-up hot rod owned by artist Robert Williams.

They call them rat rods and, most of the time, their looks can be deceiving. The car we have here may have or may have not been a Volkswagen Beetle at one point in its life.

Hot Wheels took its annual Legends Tour to Detroit, a city with one of America’s most vibrant car cultures, and the results didn’t disappoint. The winner is a 1931 Dodge Rat Rod built by three ...

An elegant roadster, 15 years in the making and a composite of an amazing array of ideas and parts, was competing with a rat rod slathered in skulls and bamboo. A Mad Max special breathed fire ...

The Cajon Classic Cruise car show in Downtown El Cajon had a Rat Rod Rally theme for July 9. Fallbrook's Jim Ramsey leads a ...

Sanchez helped Gil get his rat rod up and running and is currently working on the build-out of his own Chevy truck rat rod. Sanchez, who is also 39, said he enjoys the creativity of the vehicles.