Kiril

A shiny maroon classic car parked on a paved road during daytime.

1967 Chevrolet Chevelle Street Cruiser

What began as Billy Bob’s plan for a simple street cruiser turned into a 700-horsepower, 427 LSX-powered 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle with an interior from Steve Holcomb’s Pro Auto Custom Interiors that commenters are comparing to legendary customizer George Barris. Between the engine note described as sounding like a lion and interior details down to carbon fiber inner fender wells, this build escalated far past its original goal. Here’s how a casual cruiser project turned into one of the best-built Chevelles online.

Karen Stalba being interviewed on TV about a motorcycle.

Fastest Mom In South Jersey Gears Up For Weekend Drag Racing Series

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At one of the oldest drag strips in the country, Karen Stalba has spent 20-plus years running alcohol dragsters, cars fast enough to leave muscle cars in the dust. This weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil Series brought 450-plus cars to historic Atco Dragway, a track with a record-setting past dating back to the 1960s. Here’s what made this South Jersey race weekend stand out.

Two classic cars with open hoods at a car show.

Vettes & Vets: The American Muscle Car Show

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The California Automobile Museum’s annual Memorial Day show pairs Corvettes and American muscle cars with a cause: honoring veterans. What began as a smaller gathering called Vettes for Vets grew into a full show with dedicated judging categories and proceeds benefiting a local Veterans Resource Center. Here’s how a parking lot car show became one of Sacramento’s most meaningful automotive traditions.

Muscle car performing a dramatic burnout with smoke billowing around.

Look son! This is how clouds are formed!

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This muscle car isn’t smoking because something went wrong, it’s smoking because someone made it happen on purpose. Burnouts started as simple tire prep for drag racing before evolving into one of muscle car culture’s proudest traditions. What looks like chaos in this photo is actually a driver carefully balancing throttle and wheel speed for maximum effect.

Sleek black sports car showcased under dramatic lighting.

Sneak Peek: The Hottest New Cars For 2018

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This preview of 2018’s new-car debuts undersells just how wild that model year actually got, thanks to a factory Dodge built specifically to dominate the drag strip. While sedans and crossovers filled most showroom floors, a supercharged, 840-horsepower street-legal special was quietly finishing development in the background. It’s a reminder that the year’s biggest automotive story wasn’t a redesign, it was a straight-line monster.

Classic blue muscle car parked in a lot beside a building.

Dodge Demon 1971 in B5 Blue Paint & 340 Engine

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Dodge only sold the Demon for two model years before quietly retiring the name, and only a fraction of those cars left the factory with the 340 small-block. This B5 Blue example is one of them — a budget compact that was hiding a genuinely serious mechanical package under a cartoon devil decal. Here is what made the Demon 340 the sleeper Mopar nobody took seriously in 1971, and why collectors take it very seriously now.

A blue and black classic muscle car displayed indoors at a car show.

1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda by Speedkore at the Grand National Roadster Show 2017

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Kevin Hart’s Speedkore-built 1970 Hemi ‘Cuda, nicknamed ‘Menace,’ stunned crowds at the 2017 Grand National Roadster Show — then was seriously crashed, leaving fans mourning a car they’d followed for years. According to commenters tracking its fate, the ‘Cuda came back rebuilt with a modern Hellcat crate engine, giving a fifty-year-old muscle car icon more power than it ever had from the factory. This is the story of a show-stopping build that refused to stay wrecked.

Classic orange muscle car parked on wet pavement with people nearby.

A blown ‘Cuda – Can you guess the year?

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A supercharger punching through the hood of this orange ‘Cuda is daring onlookers to guess both the year and just how much power is hiding underneath. If this is the 1969 model, it landed the year the ‘Cuda package became Plymouth’s most serious pony car statement, with factory V8s already reaching 375 horsepower before anyone added a blower.

Close-up of a classic red car's front dual headlights and chrome grille.

Year & Model?

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A close crop of chrome grille and quad headlights is all this guessing game gives away, and that’s plenty to start an argument among Thunderbird fans. Ford reinvented the ‘Bird’s face almost every generation between 1955 and the early 1970s, from sports car to four-seat luxury cruiser. Can you place the exact year from the grille alone?

Classic mint green 1950s convertible car in pristine condition.

1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible in Surf Green

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Dave Mock of DMC Custom Vehicles pulled this 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible out of a field and rebuilt it down to its original factory order sheet — right down to a rare Autronic Eye automatic headlight dimmer most ’57 owners never even ordered. Finished in a Surf Green paint combination longtime Chevy fans say they’ve never seen on a car this well restored, it debuted at Wisconsin’s World of Wheels show to a crowd that couldn’t believe how deep the option list actually went. See what a no-compromise Tri-Five restoration actually looks like.

Vintage orange muscle car displayed indoors with classic design.

Plymouth Satellite 1974 Road Runner Clone

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By 1974 the muscle car era was circling the drain, and Plymouth’s Road Runner was fighting to stay relevant at all. This orange Satellite recreates the look on B-body bones, complete with the correct purple Beep Beep horn. A 1974 Satellite even turned up on screen in the third Dirty Harry film. Read on to find out whether a clone like this is a tribute to a dying breed or the smartest way to enjoy one.

Red Ford Mustang parked indoors with headlights on.

Why the Ford Mustang is the Top Performance Car of 2016?

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By 2016, Fords Mustang wasnt just an American icon anymore — it was being built at the factory with right-hand drive for markets across the globe, a first for the nameplate. Chevrolets Callaway-tuned Camaro ZL1 was closing the gap fast, and enthusiast culture kept circling back to the engineers and hidden barn finds that built the muscle car mythos in the first place. Read on to see what actually pushed the Mustangs case as a true global performance car.

A sleek black sports car parked in front of a garage door.

2017 Ford Mustang GT by GME Performance

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GME Performance, a Leipzig tuning shop most American enthusiasts have never heard of, built a Mustang GT making 705 horsepower and 590 lb-ft, enough to put a stock Hellcat on notice. What separates it from the usual dyno-number flex is everything that came with it: adjustable coil-overs, ventilated floating brake discs, a full aero kit, and a 3.9-second 0-62 time. Read on for how the build came together and how it stacks up against Ford’s own factory answers.

Vintage race car with worn decals and a unique side emblem.

Mercury Montego 1970 Vintage Winston Cup Car

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A Mercury running under NASCAR lights sounds like a trivia-night trick question today, but at the turn of the 1970s a Montego-based stocker was a legitimate threat on the high banks. Mercury’s competition effort leaned on the Cyclone Spoiler II, a Boss 429-powered homologation special clocked at 199.6 mph in period testing. This particular car carries the scars of something built to run rather than to sit under a cover. Read on for how it got there, and why the story ended so fast.

Blue sports car parked on a desert road with rocky hills.

One Week With: 2017 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang

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The 2017 Shelby GT350’s 5.2-liter Voodoo V8 used a flat-plane crankshaft, revved to 8,250 rpm, and made 526 horsepower without a turbo or a supercharger anywhere in sight. It was hand-assembled by two-person teams on a dedicated line, sounded more like a Ferrari than a Mustang, and lasted five model years before Ford moved on. Owners still treat surviving examples as a limited-run specialty engine rather than an ordinary Mustang V8. Read on for why.

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