The hot rod scene is awash with jargon. Some of the terms sound cool, but it isn't always immediately obvious what they mean.

He got some tires and tie rods from a friend who used to race lawnmowers (yeah, really) and went from there. He wanted this rat rod to be totally slammed (lowered as far as possible), but that ...

Rat rod trucks have been around for a while but their popularity—and their controversy—is growing. When you conjure up ...