Let's go back to 1998 when I decide to build a Rat rod '28-'29 Model A roadster pickup after scoring a complete, bone-stock rolling chassis and drivetrain that a neighbor had liberated from a barn ...

W hen you conjure up visions of rat rod trucks, you might be inclined to think of vintage haulers in a highly devolved state ...

A rat rod's build construction is often suspect ... some good Model A roadster pickup components, possibly a Model A frame with the body channeled over it, a six-cylinder with a late-model ...

He pulled a 1929 Ford Model A body from a canyon and dropped ... Minter, a 28-year-old electrician from Yakima, Washington, is a “rat rodder,” one of thousands of mostly blue-collar men ...

Its body is that of a ’31 Ford Model A on a ’32 Ford frame ... running and is currently working on the build-out of his own Chevy truck rat rod. Sanchez, who is also 39, said he enjoys ...

“I tell them, ‘Listen, a Cummins diesel-powered car won the pole position in the Indy 500 in 1952, so how is that not a hot rod ... t pass up on a ’31 Model A, had the original ...

The ATC rat rod and the cars built by 10 other regional ... said the team started with a 1927 Ford Model A frame and front axle and a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle body. Valk said he has never done ...