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This 1964 Chevrolet Corvair pickup looks like a survivor from Detroit’s strangest experiment — original paint, original body, and the walk-through Rampside styling that made it an oddball when new. But its air-cooled flat-six is long gone, replaced by a 350 Chevy small block and an automatic that make it genuinely drivable today. It is for sale by the owner who built it. Watch to see how it runs.

A 217-mph Lamborghini Aventador against a rusted-out rat rod isn’t a fair fight on paper, but rat rod culture was never about winning races. Here’s the real story behind both machines, from the Aventador’s 769-horsepower V12 to the rat rod movement’s rejection of showroom polish.

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