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This 1934 Ford Coupe hides an unusual secret underneath its vintage steel body: the chassis, suspension, and drivetrain of a wrecked Camaro ZL1, GM’s supercharged sixth-generation flagship. That donor brings roughly 650 horsepower and a factory-tuned performance chassis most scratch-built hot rods never get close to. It’s also a build that sits at the center of an ongoing debate in the resto-mod world about how much of a car’s identity survives a donor-chassis swap.
Pro Street’s tubbed rear end, oversized tires, and aggressive stance weren’t invented in a home garage — they’re a direct visual quote of the NHRA Pro Stock drag racing class of the 1970s, adapted for street-legal cars that took off through the 1980s. Bay Area builds like Monte Berney’s 7-second ’55 Chevy ‘Bertha’ helped set the bar for what a real Pro Street car needed to deliver, not just look like. Here’s where the style actually came from, and why builds like this one still chase it.
1963 marked the final year of Ford’s “Bullet Bird” Thunderbird generation, and the convertible — always the rarest body style in the lineup — was about to disappear along with it. Under the hood sat a 300-horsepower, 390-cubic-inch V-8 built for effortless cruising rather than outright speed. Ford built just 5,913 convertibles out of over 214,000 Thunderbirds that year. Here’s what made this particular body style so scarce.
FCA’s Cuda trademark filing wasn’t an isolated move — it followed a 2015 filing for the full Barracuda name and was registered under the same trademark classes used for physical badges and decals. Trademark filings don’t guarantee a car gets built, but the pattern suggests FCA is protecting the name for more than nostalgia. The most likely destination, if it ever lands on a fender, may be Dodge’s electric performance lineup rather than a gas-powered revival.
This 1964 Dodge Polara looks like a full-size family cruiser right up until you check what’s under the hood — a 440 cubic inch V8 fed by dual four-barrel Edelbrock carburetors and backed by a 4-speed manual. A rust-free southern car with a Dana 60 rear end and posi-traction, this Polara was clearly built to be driven hard rather than just shown off. It’s the kind of sleeper that gets overlooked purely because of its body style. See exactly what’s hiding under that slanted roofline.
Lokar’s Muscle Car Shifter Knob is built to replicate the look and feel of a factory GM shifter closely enough to fool most people at a car show, and it won SEMA’s award for Best New Interior Accessory Product. The install is straightforward but order-dependent: the shifter has to be in Park, the set screw inside the knob has to stay untouched, and the adapter housing has to be held steady while tightening. Here’s exactly how to avoid the mistakes first-timers usually make.
A 1966 Chevrolet Caprice at the NSRA Street Rod Nationals South hides one of the cleanest hood transplants ScottieDTV has ever featured — Big Block Chevelle bulges grafted on so seamlessly most passersby never noticed. Underneath, a Ridetech air system drops it low enough to nearly kiss the pavement. It’s the kind of build that only reveals itself once you know exactly where to look. Watch to see what makes this Caprice different.
1982 was the final year for the third-generation Corvette, and Chevrolet marked the occasion with a Collector Edition featuring a hydraulic rear hatch window, cloisonne badging, and a silver-beige color scheme unique to the trim. At $22,538, it became the first Corvette ever priced above $20,000, with only 6,759 built. That combination of rarity and history helps explain why a C3 like this one might turn up somewhere as unexpected as Iceland.
Some of the most memorable car chases in film history were built on practical stunts, real streets, and drivers pushing muscle cars to their limits — no green screen required. From a 1968 Mustang tearing through San Francisco to a 300-driver pileup on the streets of Paris, these scenes set a bar modern CGI still struggles to match. Here’s a closer look at the chases that earned their legendary status.
In 1957, Chevrolet quietly did something no GM production car had done before: it built an engine that made exactly one horsepower for every cubic inch. The fuel-injected 283, available in everyday cars like the Bel Air Sport Coupe, was so dominant NASCAR restricted it almost immediately. Here’s the story behind the $500 option that turned a family hardtop into a genuine performance legend — and why collectors still chase a documented fuel-injection car today.
Revology Cars builds brand-new reproductions of 1967 to 1970 Mustangs and Shelby GTs from the ground up, powered by Ford’s modern 5.0-liter Coyote V8 making up to 600 horsepower. Founded by Tom Scarpello, who ran Ford’s Special Vehicle Team and raced Mustangs since 1982, Revology was the first company Ford ever licensed to build reproduction Mustangs, and remains one of only four companies authorized to build licensed Shelby GTs today.
Dodge’s Hellcat-powered Challengers and Chargers wear some of the widest tires ever fitted to a factory muscle car, and the sizing changed as the lineup grew more powerful. From the original 245-width rubber to the SRT Super Stock’s massive 315/40ZR20s, every size was factory-spec, not an aftermarket mod. That rubber is also why the Super Stock can hit 60 mph in about 3.25 seconds and the Redeye tops out near 203 mph — numbers that owe as much to traction as they do to the supercharged Hemi underneath.
Visal Chum saw a 1992 Acura NSX in Formula Red as a teenager and never let go of the image, even after years of not being able to afford one. Lou Costabile caught up with Chum and the car he eventually tracked down at a Chicago collectors’ show, where the two talked through what it actually took to close a decades-long gap between seeing a dream car and finally owning it. Watch to hear the full story behind the search.