We're not sure where the recent kink for diesel swaps has come from -- other than maybe an abundant number of Dodges finally retiring from under their Cummins turbo-diesels and ending up in junkyards ...

If so, your opinion on rat rods—and by extension, diesel rat rods—may be informed by whether you are already invested in traditional hot rod building (pre-1949 hot rods) and the long history of ...