The fast machines, pieced together from vintage parts and scrapyard finds, also are rumblier, rustier and turn more heads on the highway. That’s pretty much the point of rat rods, which look like post ...

You can't keep a good car down. Last year, Bob Heroux's Scat Rat, a 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass race car, was stolen from his autobody shop. The thieves stripped the car of its parts, destroying it.

Bob Heroux, owner of Lazer Autobody, holds a photo of the 'Scat Rat.' His racing car was stolen from the Saskatoon auto body shop over the weekend. (Madeline Kotzer/CBC) A set of hot wheels is now hot ...

In moving the engine to the rear, Garlits learned three lessons: slow the steering down, use an open rearend, and put an airfoil on the front! The following story originally appeared with the title of ...