A cartoon bird sold more muscle cars than the fancy ones. Here is how a cheap, stripped Plymouth took on the competition, told in two cars. 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Plymouth paid Warner Bros for […]
A supercharged Hellcat Challenger, a numbers-matching Hemi Cuda, a bagged Scat Pack, and a Shelby-badged Mustang all line up on the same night in this Wheels compilation — and the results don’t go the way a spec sheet would predict. Viewers are still debating a 1967 Camaro that ran dead-on to its 11.52 index despite a rough burnout, and a Mustang that never got heat into its tires. Watch to see which pairings go old school’s way, and which don’t.
Welcome to Muscle Car Fan. I am going to talk like a shop owner, because that is the voice that saves you money. Every muscle car restoration has a spot where the budget quietly disappears, […]
A 1972 Plymouth GTX and Road Runner running a modified 318 small block, re-sleeved to accept 340 pistons, takes on a 1994 Impala SS riding on chrome 20s and a factory 260-horsepower LT1. Comments from nearly two decades of viewers confirm the budget build held up long after the cameras stopped rolling. Watch to see why the Impala’s driver stopped smiling by the end of the run.
Welcome to Muscle Car Fan. If you only know the famous muscle cars, this one is for you. These twelve are the rare ones, built for a rule book, a race series or a single […]
Buying a barn find muscle car? Here is how to check the story, the rust, the title and the VIN before you hand over cash.
How Lee Iacocca and a small Ford team turned a simple idea into the 1964 Mustang, the car that opened the door to the whole muscle car era. A beginner friendly story.
A small town Pennsylvania Chevrolet dealer found a loophole to put a 427 V8 in the Camaro. Meet Don Yenko and the COPO back door behind the Yenko Super Camaro.
In the early 1960s Detroit said it was not racing. The cars at the drag strip said otherwise. This is how four factory built drag cars went from loopholes to legends, starting in 1962. 1962 […]
For nearly three decades, Canadian buyers could drive home a Pontiac that was mechanically almost entirely Chevrolet, running the same frame, the same body shell, and the same small block or big block under the hood. The Parisienne was not a lazy shortcut; it was a deliberate market strategy that let Canadian Pontiac dealers sell a full-size car at all. It finally came south of the border for 1983. Read on to find out why collectors still argue about whether it counts.
Once a year, a stretch of historic Route 66 running through El Reno, Oklahoma turns into a sanctioned drag strip, complete with a burnout contest, a full car show, and an evening cruise through downtown. Urban Hillbilly Videos captured the Small Town Weekend event in action, documenting a grassroots gathering that bigger automotive media outlets tend to overlook entirely. Take a look at what a legal street racing event actually looks like done right.
A 1970 Chevelle convertible built around a supercharged LS9 sounds like a one-line spec sheet, but the engine is arguably the least modified thing about this car. Every panel has been reworked, and the LS9 it borrows comes from the C6 Corvette ZR1 with 638 horsepower from the factory. The Chevelle it replaces was already the most powerful car Chevrolet ever sold. Read on for what a build like this is really chasing.
Everyone knows the cars. Almost nobody knows the racers who made them famous. Here are four of them, and the true stories behind the wins. We start with a Camaro that was dipped in acid. […]
Rust kills more restorations than bad engines. Here are four classics ranked by how hard the rust is to spot, easiest first. This is shop experience, not a guarantee for any single car, so get […]