The boys and girls over at Hot Rod Magazine have been bringing us some of the coolest muscle for longer than many of us have been on this planet. Somehow, I stopped reading Hot Rod years ago, but now that the rod culture is starting to turn my crank again I’ve been watching with interest.

This week on HotRod.com they’ve got 3 killer Rat Rods from this year’s Power Tour. Oops, we’re not supposed to call them Rat Rods. Ok, how about looks like I found it before I bolted it up to some modern motivational devices? Either way, this segment of the hobby turns my crank.
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Well known Tokyo drifter Taro Koki has discovered Rat Rods, he just wasn’t sure what he was looking at! “The body has the used up look, but the engine room was shining just like new”. Good to see that good old North American style has made it’s way back to Japan.