Jack Harmon

Bright red vintage hot rod car with exposed engine on display indoors.

What are the Biggest Mistakes People Make When Buying a Muscle Car?

The mistakes that cost muscle car buyers the most money rarely feel like mistakes at the time: taking numbers matching on faith, trusting fresh paint, skipping the inspection, treating the title as a formality, mistaking a clone for the real thing, and letting emotion set the price. This article walks through each of them, why they happen, and the simple checks that prevent them, along with the costs that arrive after the sale and how to budget for them. Read on to find out where buyers actually get burned and how to avoid joining them.

Engine before and after a professional rebuild and restoration.

Epic MOPAR 440 V8 Rebuild: Vintage Ford Racer Roars Again!

by Jack Harmon

Snowball Bishop’s old Ford coupe dirt-track racer sat behind his barn for decades, its Chrysler 440 V8 silent and its racing days seemingly over. Hagerty’s Redline Rebuild crew took on the full teardown-to-startup rebuild, hitting real delays along the way before finally getting the engine running and the car back on an actual dirt track after a fifty-year hiatus. It’s grassroots racing history, not a garage queen.

A man leaning on a vintage car named Eleanor.

Unleashing the Beast: Building the Iconic ‘Eleanor’ Mustang from Gone in 60 Seconds | 4K

by Jack Harmon

Eleanor, the Mustang that stole scenes in the 2000 remake of Gone in 60 Seconds, was never actually built by Ford — she was designed purely for the film. Petrol Ped visits Damon at South Coast Mustangs to see how he turns real 1967 Mustang fastbacks into faithful Eleanor recreations, widebody kit and all. Along the way, longtime fans debate which movie Mustang really deserves the crown: Eleanor, or Steve McQueen’s Bullitt car.

Driving the 2025 Toyota GR86, one of Japan's best sports cars.

2025 Nissan Z Review – Nissan has pulled off a true modern classic …

by Jack Harmon

While most of the industry quietly phases out manual transmissions, Nissan doubled down with the 2025 Z — a twin-turbo six-cylinder, rear-wheel-drive fastback that still ships with a clutch pedal. New for this year is Bayside Blue, borrowed straight from the GT-R’s own color palette, plus a starting price under $43,000. Kirk Kreifels makes the case for why that combination still matters. Watch the full review to see what’s changed under the skin.

Classic red car showcased indoors with polished chrome wheels and elegant design.

Twin-Turbo V10 ’68 Charger: Ultimate Muscle Car Transformation

by Jack Harmon

A 1968 Dodge Charger body, a twin-turbo Viper V10, and a Corvette chassis underneath — this Swedish-built hybrid took five years to complete and reportedly left Jay Leno speechless. Street-legal and rated around 1,000 horsepower, it’s the kind of build that mixes three unrelated platforms into something none of their original manufacturers ever intended. Commenters keep coming back to one detail above all else: the sound. Watch to hear why.

Classic black Chevrolet Camaro parked outside a garage.

Camaro Z28 Carb Dyno Tune: Making a Legend Scream!

by Jack Harmon

International Dyno Authority walks a rough-idling 1969 Camaro Z28 through a full carburetor tuning session, chasing a damaged choke plate, float adjustments, and jetting changes one dyno pass at a time. The result: a 20 percent horsepower gain and 12 percent torque gain, entirely from tuning — no new parts required. It’s a clear, step-by-step reminder of how much power a poorly adjusted carburetor can quietly hide.

Man working on car subframe replacement in a garage.

Hellcat Subframe Replacement: Unleash Your Muscle Car’s Fury

by Jack Harmon

The front subframe on a Charger or Challenger carries the engine and sets the entire front suspension geometry, which makes replacing it far less forgiving than it looks. A cradle installed a few millimeters out of position throws no codes and makes no noise, it just quietly ruins how the car drives. Here is what the job actually involves, where it goes wrong, and what is worth upgrading while everything is apart.

Classic car transformed from orange to custom purple and silver design.

Epic 1970 Dodge Challenger Resurrection: From Rust to Road King

by Jack Harmon

POWERNATION’s Detroit Muscle crew takes on Project Ultra Violet, a 1970 Dodge Challenger so rusted it needs sandblasting before the real work can even begin. What follows is a uni-body-to-full-frame conversion built around a Jeff Schwartz G-Machine chassis and a low-deck, all-aluminum Hemi backed by a T56 six-speed. This is not a preserved survivor — it’s a genuine rust-bucket resurrection. Watch to see how far the team pushes it.

Front view of a vintage yellow car with chrome detailing.

Dodge Charger R/T – The Forgotten Muscle Legend Roars Back to Life!

by Jack Harmon

A video titled ‘1977 Dodge Charger R/T’ immediately drew skepticism in its own comment section, with viewers pointing out that Dodge never sold an R/T-badged Charger in the U.S. by 1977 — pointing instead to Chrysler’s Australian, Canadian, or South American operations as the likely real source. The mystery of exactly which regional Mopar plant built this car turns out to be more interesting than a standard restoration walkthrough. Watch the full review and see if you can spot the clues the comments picked up on.

Muscle Car News: For $55000, This Rare AMC Rebel Machine Seems Like a Steal

by Jack Harmon

AMC never had the budget of Detroit’s Big Three, and for one model year it stopped pretending that mattered. The Rebel Machine wrapped the most powerful engine the company ever built into a mid-size two-door and sent it to a drag strip for its public debut instead of an auto show. Read on to find out how a car built in such small numbers became the most patriotic-looking muscle car of the era.

Man restoring the interior of a classic car.

Upholstery Tutorial: Restore Classic Corvette Interior Like a Pro …

by Jack Harmon

Corvette interiors are the part of a restoration most owners rush and most judges study first. Matching a factory stitch pattern, sourcing correct-grain material, and repairing the seat structure underneath are what separate a correct interior from an expensive approximation. None of it requires a professional shop, but all of it requires decisions made before the first staple comes out. Here is what actually goes wrong, and how to avoid it.

Exclusive Interview: Rory Carroll, Editor, Autoweek

by Jack Harmon

Rory Carroll edits Autoweek from Detroit, but his own car story starts in the orchards of northern Michigan and runs straight through a welded-shut door at the 24 Hours of Lemons. In this conversation with host Pat Caporuscio, Carroll traces his path from a cherry-country childhood to one of the industry’s most recognized editorial chairs, and explains why an editor who still races tells a different kind of story. Read on to find out what shaped his eye for the muscle car world.

A blue hydraulic engine hoist lifting a car engine in a workshop.

Watch Us Flip a 1969 Firebird with a Car Rotisserie Unboxing!

by Jack Harmon

Episode six of Turnin N Burnin’s “Labor of Love” series finally gets its 1969 Firebird up on a car rotisserie — the tool that lets a small crew flip an entire body for full access to the floors and rust spots underneath. One longtime viewer who bought the same rotisserie in 2017 says it cost $1,000 delivered; today it runs $1,500 and up. Watch to see exactly what that tool makes possible.

Classic red and white vintage cars parked in a row at a sunny outdoor event.

Insane Triple-Blown ’58 Biscayne: Muscle Car Madness Unleashed

by Jack Harmon

One supercharger wasn’t enough for this 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne — its builder stacked three of them under the hood of a full-size platform that was never meant to carry this kind of hardware. The result is a sleeper build so over-engineered that even seasoned viewers do a double take. Comment section reactions range from admiration to a warning about getting carried away with power numbers. Watch to see exactly how a triple-supercharged setup comes together on a car this unexpected.

A red Dodge Charger on a race track comparing V8 and EV muscle cars.

Electric Muscle vs. V8 Soul: Charger Daytona EV vs. Challenger!

by Jack Harmon

Edmunds pits the new all-electric Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack against the V8 Challenger Scat Pack it is meant to replace, testing whether synthesized exhaust sound and instant torque can stand in for six decades of Hemi V8 identity. The comments are split just as sharply as the reviewers, skeptics call the fake engine noise a gimmick, while at least one real owner insists the EV is objectively quicker and better-handling. Depreciation has already reshaped the value argument since launch. Watch to see where Edmunds lands.

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