We start our rat rod truck adventure in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where our man Jesse Kiser attended the Heavy Rebel Weekender rockabilly music festival and car show, a hardcore Mecca for ...

Even before it’s unloaded from the trailer, Brian Stichter’s rat rod seems to magnetically attract a crowd of curious car enthusiasts. One time, Stichter recalled, when he and his wife, Candice, ...

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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 ...