Let’s get obvious out of the way. It’s got a performance-modified 5.9 liter Cummins turbodiesel engine, dually rear wheels, hundreds of hours worth of work.

A rat rod diesel smokestack spectacle, he calls it "The Duke" – a rolling manifestation of Duke's larger-than-life personality. Cruising through Tucson on dually mud terrains with a Dana 70 rear end, ...

Since it’s a rat rod, the whole assembly was built as cheaply as possible, using leftover parts and pieces from other projects, which means the total cash outlay for the system was only about $400!

The winner is a 1931 Dodge Rat Rod built by three members of the same family and powered by a twin-turbo Cummins diesel engine.

If you’re wondering why we’ve ignored the wildest car on the first page of this article—a ’28 Dodge Brothers Sedan with a compound-turbo Cummins—it’s because we’ve already featured it.

It has a theme that combines classic streamlined trains with the dieselpunk look, which is adequate for a rat rod that loves to roll coal. The engine is a Cummins twin-turbo with a custom setup.

To call Scotty's handbuilt, tube-chassis, 1,200hp 1949 Ford F1 a rat rod, well, nothing could be further from the truth. The only thing rough-looking about this pickup is the weathered exterior.

I love the idea of a rat rod, but it's brutally impossible to try getting one legal in Canada It happens, but you kinda got to run through some legal loopholes and cheat a little. I realize that a ...