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Built by Impatient Creations as a military heritage tribute, this 1971 Mustang convertible pairs Ford’s widened, big-block-ready ‘big Mustang’ body with a modern supercharged 4.6-liter and a full 2006 Shelby interior. Here’s why the 1971 redesign made such a good canvas for a tribute build like the Machster.
A collision-damaged 1967 Chevelle, a Craigslist ad in Toledo, and a small-block sitting on an engine stand at home – that’s all it took for Zac to turn a plain 136-code Malibu into a genuine street machine. He’ll be the first to admit he wishes he’d started with a real 138-code SS396 instead, but the build proves the VIN tag isn’t the only thing that makes a Chevelle special.
Nicknaming a 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 after Stephen King’s murderous Plymouth is a bold move, but this car’s real story doesn’t need the horror-movie tie-in. A mid-year option costing just $83 turned the Rocket V8 into a genuine 300-horsepower tri-power screamer that could hit 60 mph in under eight seconds. Here’s what actually made this Olds dangerous.
This 1969 Dodge Charger General Lee tribute is caught mid-jump over a swamp — a nod to the exact stunt that chewed through hundreds of real Chargers during the original show’s run. Some tallies put the number of cars destroyed as high as 317 across just 147 episodes. Here’s why so few genuine screen-used Generals survive today, and why tributes like this one matter.
Tom Lembeck owns one of only about 39 numbers-matching 426 Hemi 1969 Dodge Charger Daytonas built, a car most muscle car fans only ever see in photos. On a Chicago afternoon, he handed the keys to a visiting host for a first drive that did not go quite as smoothly as planned. Watch to see what happens when a legendary Hemi meets an unfamiliar clutch pedal.
In 1966, Chevrolet stopped treating the SS 396 badge like an afterthought and gave the Chevelle its own dedicated muscle car identity – three different 396 V8 options, a stiffened suspension, and just enough attitude to matter. Buyers responded by snapping up tens of thousands of them at a base price under $2,800, a number that looks almost unbelievable next to today’s auction results. This is the year the Chevelle earned its reputation the hard way.
Dodge only offered Sublime green for a single model year, which is one reason a Charger wearing it still stops traffic decades later. Add a 426 Hemi – an option only 112 buyers were willing to pay for in 1970 – and you’ve got one of the rarest, loudest combinations Mopar ever built. This is the story behind the color and the engine that made this Charger impossible to ignore.
A 1968 and 1969 Camaro might look like twins to the untrained eye, but Chevrolet reworked the nose, tail, fenders, and even the gauge cluster in just twelve months. From the four-piece taillights to the squared-off dash, these are the details serious first-gen Camaro fans use to tell the two years apart at a glance. Here’s exactly what changed – and why it matters to collectors.
Ford’s Mustang sold over 400,000 units in its first year and practically invented a category by accident. Chevrolet answered with the Camaro in 1967, and Dodge joined the fight in 1970 with the Challenger, setting up a three-way rivalry that played out on showroom floors and Trans-Am tracks alike. Here’s how one company’s runaway hit turned into the most famous three-way fight in American muscle car history.
It can be difficult to shovel your hard-earned money into a classic car. Between the uncertainty of what would make a good investment, fluctuations in pricing, and the inevitable wrenching and frustration, buying a classic car can feel like a rollercoaster ride without the seatbelt. Thankfully, Hagerty, the Sherlock Holmes of classic cars, has released its top picks for 2017. The list includes fun rides poised to boost in value, with some surprises from the 1980s and even the early 2000s making the cut.
Only 34 Shelby GT350R competition coupes were ever built for SCCA B/Production racing, and chassis #180 — driven by Tommy Hamilton for Brown Brothers Motors — became one of the winningest of them all. From breaking Chevrolet’s grip on the class to five west coast championships, this GT350R’s race record speaks for itself. See the car that helped rewrite SCCA history.
When the 2018 Camaro ZL1 1LE lapped the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife in 7:16.04, over 13 seconds quicker than the standard automatic ZL1, it wasn’t the whole story. Seven of the ten quickest American cars ever to tackle that track wear a GM badge, and the reasons why say a lot about how seriously Chevy started taking the world’s toughest test.
1976 was the last year Pontiac offered a genuine 455 cubic inch V8 in the Firebird Trans Am — only 7,100 were built, every one paired exclusively with a four-speed manual, before emissions regulations finally caught up to Pontiac’s biggest big-block. This gray Trans Am represents the twilight of an era when a factory muscle car could still be ordered with real cubic inches, even as the rest of Detroit was already backing away.
The 1961 Chevrolet Impala’s “bubbletop” roofline — with its impossibly thin C-pillar and enormous curved backlight — was only built for a single model year before GM moved on to a more conventional design. Roughly 178,000 full-size Chevrolets left the factory with that roof in 1961, and the rarest survivors today wear the SS 409 badge. It’s easy to see why enthusiasts still call it one of the coolest Impalas ever built.
A stone-stock-bottomed Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat isn’t supposed to run 9s in the quarter-mile without race gas — but Robert Lamb’s daily-driven Hellcat did exactly that, posting a 9.993 at 137.89 mph on nothing more exotic than 93-octane pump gas. With a modest bolt-on parts list and a dyno tune, Lamb became the first to break the pump-gas 9-second barrier in a Hellcat Charger, proving there’s still plenty left in these supercharged Hemis even without a full built engine.