Rat rod master fabricator Steve Darnell of WelderUp, that's who. Nicole Johnson explores the theory behind vintage gasser class drag racing cars and drives Steve's horrific creation.

The car most enthusiasts would like to see in HOT ROD Magazine is the '55-through-'57 Chevy in all its fine forms ... The engine is a full-house '65 396 rat with a Weiand dual-quad manifold ...

as the pair are driving Finnegan’s own 1955 Chevrolet on a 2,600 miles road trip to the 2014 Hot Rod Power Tour in in Concord, North Carolina. Finnegan’s ’55 Chevy is riding on a Jim Meyer ...

Check out the details of this 1955 Chevrolet hot rod build, which cost a half-million dollars and took over four years to complete.

Of greater concern, perhaps, was that Peter Duvaloois had never traveled this road, some 50 miles north of Manhattan, before bringing his 1946 Chevrolet "rat rod" truck here. To Duvaloois ...