The tenets of dieselpunk culture can be understood as follows. Dieselpunk is not a new and spurious trend. It grew legs and walked upright as soon as the Greatest Generation returned from the front.

Prius Repellant, the world's most famous diesel rat rod, is built by the guys at WelderUp. The whole Internet knows that car from the famous "F**k you and your Prius" memes. Of course, pollution isn't ...