SAUGERTIES, N.Y. (AP) — Peter Duvaloois” (doo”-vuh-LOO”-iss) rat rods are way cooler than your car. The fast machines are pieced together from vintage parts and scrapyard finds. They are rumblier, ...

Feb. 14—DICKINSON, N.D. — The world of rat rods, once dismissed as little more than heaps of scrap metal, has captured the hearts of car enthusiasts Lee and Lisa Hageman. For them, rat rods provide ...

Peter Duvaloois’ rat rods are way cooler than your car. The fast machines, pieced together from vintage parts and scrap yard finds, also are rumblier, rustier and turn more heads on the highway.

CHANDLER, Ind. – “It’s fixin’ to get intense. We from Louisiana,” Dennis “Crab” Landry, a self-described Cajun from south of New Orleans said. A rat rod did donuts in the burnout pit as he spoke a day ...

We're talking about the biggest craze to hit the gearhead world since Pro Street in the '80s. It's had traction for at least 15 years. No one wants to admit it, no one wants to talk about it, and ...

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We're talking about the biggest craze to hit the gearhead world since Pro Street in the '80s. It's had traction for at least 15 years. No one wants to admit it, no one wants to talk about it, and ...