Rakesh Babu, a Kerala mechanic, built a unique, fire-spitting rat rod from scrap, blending Indian automotive parts and a visible Ambassador engine. Not road-legal, it's designed for shows.

An 890-horsepower Rat engine built for the Pavement Pounder project car. Originally published in the May 1999 issue of Hot Rod magazine. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with ...