Kiril

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The Last Time I Worked With My Friend on My Coyote Mustang Before He Left The World

A chance encounter with a brand-new Oxford White 2014 Mustang GT while cruising in a 1987 5.0 turned into an unexpected lesson in just how far Ford’s small-block had evolved. The Fox-body’s 225-horsepower pushrod V8 and the Coyote’s 420-horsepower DOHC screamer share a name and a displacement, but almost nothing else under the surface. What one owner discovered comparing them side by side says a lot about a quarter-century of Mustang engineering, and about the friendships that get built around cars like these.

Classic silver Pontiac Firebird with sleek design parked outdoors.

Pontiac Trans Am 1976 – 455 V8 Four-speed

by Kiril

1976 was the last year Pontiac dared to build a real big-block muscle car, and this Trans Am is a rare survivor of that final stand. Backed by the numbers-matching 455 V8 and a genuine four-speed manual, it’s the kind of drivetrain combination most buyers skipped in favor of the easier automatic. Add in an untouched original interior and you’ve got a driver-quality time capsule from the twilight of an era.

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Extremely Rare 1970 Chevy Yenko Deuce Nova

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Long before Yenko Camaros became six-figure auction stars, Don Yenko’s Canonsburg dealership was quietly building something smaller and stranger: a Chevy Nova stretched past GM’s official displacement limits and nicknamed the Deuce. V8TV’s Muscle Car of the Week catches a sunflower-yellow survivor from The Brothers Collection, the third documented example the show has featured. It is Yenko history for buyers who missed the boat on his more famous builds, and arguably just as interesting.

A classic blue Chevrolet Corvette parked outdoors.

1972 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: The Last Roar of the Chrome-Bumper C3

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This Stingray photo has been floating around asking people to guess the year, but there’s a real answer hiding in plain sight: 1972, the last model year Chevrolet fitted the Corvette with full chrome bumpers before federal regulations changed everything. Only 27,004 were built that year, and buried inside that number are some genuinely rare factory combinations serious collectors still chase. Here’s what actually separates a ’72 Stingray from every other C3 Corvette, and why it’s worth more than a passing glance.

Classic green muscle car with white racing stripes.

Chevrolet Camaro 1970 Z28

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A rule change in SCCA Trans-Am racing forced Chevrolet to rethink the Z/28’s engine for 1970, swapping in the Corvette-sourced LT1 350 and wrapping it in a completely redesigned second-generation body. With only 8,733 built that model year, the 1970 Z/28 became an instant turning point for the nameplate. Here’s what changed under the hood and why this year still stands out to collectors.

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1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator: Ford’s Trans-Am Weapon in Cougar Clothing

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The 1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator dropped the luxury-cruiser act and went hunting for Trans-Am wins instead. With a functional hood scoop, blacked-out grille, and an available 428 Cobra Jet good for 335 horsepower, it was Mercury’s answer to the pony car wars raging through Detroit. Only around 2,250 were built that first year, and genuine Cobra Jet cars are among the rarest true muscle Mercurys you’ll ever find at a show. This is the Cougar enthusiasts actually fight over.

Silver Dodge Challenger parked by a rural road under a blue sky.

Dodge’s Challenger SRT Hellcat – Not The Demon, But A Ferocious Alternative

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The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon hogs every headline in the Mopar world, but Dodge never stopped building a 707-horsepower muscle car that most buyers can actually walk into a dealership and drive home. Here is what the Hellcat brings to the table when it steps out of its more extreme sibling”s shadow, and why dismissing it as the consolation prize misses the point entirely.

Classic green vintage car parked indoors with whitewall tires.

Oldsmobile 98 Lowrider in Brooklyn

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Lowrider culture was born in East Los Angeles, not Brooklyn, but this Oldsmobile 98 clearly never read that history. Oldsmobile built the 98 as its full-size flagship, all long body and chrome, never intended for hydraulics and low-and-slow cruising. Somehow that made it perfect for exactly that. This build is proof lowrider culture has spread from its West Coast roots to just about every corner of the country, one big-body GM sedan at a time.

Row of classic muscle cars in a museum exhibit.

426 Hemi Cuda Challenger Convertibles Display

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Only about 41 genuine 426 Hemi convertibles were ever built across the Cuda and Challenger nameplates combined, and no more than 9 had ever been seen together in one place. Then 27 of them showed up at the same 2015 show in Chicago. Here is why that gathering was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime event.

A shiny red vintage car parked in a garage.

1967 Pontiac Firebird 428 V8 Four speed Convertible

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Pontiac’s biggest factory engine for the 1967 Firebird was the 400-cube GTO unit at 325 horsepower, full stop. So a droptop wearing a genuine 428 and Edelbrock aluminum heads isn’t a factory car, it’s a builder’s statement piece. Paired with a four-speed and topped with a four-barrel carb, this Firebird convertible was built to outrun anything Pontiac’s actual brochure ever promised. First-gen Firebird convertibles are rare enough on their own; one built like this is rarer still.

Classic silver sports car with gullwing doors open on city street.

Chevrolet Corvette 1964 Convertible

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This 1964 Chevrolet Corvette isn’t just any convertible — it’s one of just 1,325 fuel-injected Corvettes built that year, powered by the Rochester mechanical injection system that made the fuelie option the one serious buyers actually wanted. Owners Bob Atkins and Fred Haraf have kept this silver-and-black beauty since 2011, and their Corvette collection says everything about why this option still matters to enthusiasts. Here’s what made the fuelie special, and why it’s held its value with collectors for sixty years.

Two classic muscle cars parked side by side in an outdoor setting.

Hemi Orange or Blacked-Out: The Dodge Charger Color War Mopar Fans Still Argue About

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Dodge’s High Impact color palette hit showrooms in the summer of 1969, and Hemi Orange became the color everyone remembers, whether you call it orange or something closer to red depending on the light. This head-to-head pits that factory boldness against the opposite approach, a blacked-out Charger built to let its fastback lines do the talking instead. Both looks came out of the same wild era of Mopar styling. Only one of them is genuinely rare enough to command real money today.

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Shelby Mustang And Shelby Cobra collection!

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Carroll Shelby only had one job in 1965: make the Mustang fast enough to win. What rolled out of his Venice, California shop became two of the most legendary badges in the muscle car world — the GT350 and the Cobra. From a handful of R-model race cars to the wild rental-fleet GT350H, the story behind these machines is stranger and rarer than most enthusiasts realize. Here’s what actually separates a real Shelby from the thousands of tribute cars wearing its stripes.

Classic orange Dodge Charger 01 racing on a dirt track.

This Dodge Charger Wasn’t Built for the Boulevard — It Was Built to Slide

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Not every Dodge Charger lived a pampered life under a car cover. Some spent their best years sideways on dirt ovals, banged up and patched together by owners who cared more about lap times than paint. This one looks like it’s got that kind of story behind it. Here’s how Mopar’s most famous fastback found its way from Rose Bowl commercials to bullring dirt tracks.

Blue sports car with vertical doors open at a car show.

Mal Forys ready to show off his breathtaking customized Challenger at Autorama once again!

by Kiril

Every year, the best custom builds in the country roll into Cobo Hall hoping to turn heads at the Detroit Autorama — a show that’s been crowning showstoppers since the Eisenhower administration. Mal Forys built his customized Challenger without a professional shop behind him, and it’s earned him a spot in the conversation more than once. Here’s why breaking into that class at one of the oldest custom shows in America is such a big deal.

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