Whoever said, "Rome wasn't built in a day," didn't know street rodders. I mean, when you consider that it took John Greer (president of Delmar Products, Inc., Detroit, Michigan) only two and a half ...

The phrase is a spin-off of "rat bike," which was in reference to custom motorcycles built on the cheap. The late Gray Baskerville, venerated hot rod writer, is said to have been the first to apply ...