Jeremey Rainey's Volkswagen Beetle rat rod is the definition of the "built not bought" slogan that so many hot-rodders live by. He purchased a rusty 1964 bug and went to work on the blank canvas.

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In the world of custom builds, nothing screams outlandish more than a car that seems to have been eaten away by rust and chopped to pieces by bullets. They call them rat rods and, most of the time, ...

In the world of custom builds, rat rods are a special breed. Ugly enough to be unstoppable head turners, these machines are if you like the ultimate sleepers, sending all the wrong messages to the ...

1.2L I-3 DOHC, MIVEC variable valve control, regular unleaded, engine with 78HP (1) 1.2L I-3 DOHC, MIVEC variable valve control, regular unleaded, engine with 78HP (1) 1.2L I-3 DOHC, MIVEC variable ...

Tucsonan Artimus Gil has no problem driving a vehicle that looks like it came straight out of “Mad Max: Fury Road.” In fact, it is kind of his thing. Over the last decade, one of Gil’s primary rides ...