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Clay and Sons Mopar recycling yard in rural Missouri hides more factory-original muscle than most private collections, and The Auto Archaeologist’s latest find proves it: a real 1968 GTX still wearing its original 426 Hemi and 4-speed. The yard behind it holds Darts, a Barracuda, and a yellow Coronet that have viewers calling it Mopar heaven in the comments. Watch to see what else is sitting in that field.

The “Eleanor” Hero Car from Gone in 60 Seconds sold for $1 million at Dana Mecum’s 26th Original Spring Classic — a result that stunned auction regulars watching bids climb in real time. See what made this 1967 Mustang worth seven figures, and how it stacks up against the biggest movie car sales in history.

This 1968 Plymouth GTX convertible is one of 24 built, not 34, despite what the video’s own description claims elsewhere — and Mopar fans in the comments caught the contradiction. Under the hood, a 426 Hemi rated at 425 horsepower but built for NASCAR carries torque near 500 lb-ft, backed by a rear end reinforced specifically to survive it. One commenter even corrects the entire GTX-versus-Road-Runner origin story. So which details actually hold up?

This vintage road test of a well-optioned 1971 Dodge Charger SE 440 comes from an era when television, not YouTube, brought muscle cars to audiences. Viewers in the comments identified the tester as the late Gordon Bud Lindemann, a hall-of-fame figure in automotive broadcasting. The footage doubles as both a car review and a piece of television history. Watch to see the Charger and the man who tested it.

Nick’s Garage settles a long-running Mopar argument by testing the exact same stroked 426 Hemi with factory-style manifolds and then with headers, back to back, on the same dyno. The results push back on some assumptions viewers walked in with, and the comments are already asking for a round two with bigger headers. Watch the full pull-by-pull comparison to see which setup actually made more power.

Nick and Vasilis chase 400 horsepower out of a freshly built Oldsmobile Rocket 350, comparing an Edelbrock intake against the factory cast iron piece on the dyno. Years later, viewers are still asking whether they actually hit the number — and debating whether a restrictive carburetor adapter plate held the engine back. Watch the full pull, then see what the comments say really happened.

A 1964 Pontiac Catalina Safari that started life as a police wagon now runs a 468-cubic-inch Nelson Racing Engines big-block under the hood, turning the least glamorous body style in Detroit’s lineup into what The Drive’s BIG MUSCLE crew calls a tire-shredding monster. The comment section is already campaigning for a full season of wagon builds. Watch to see what convinced them.

A stock Dodge Challenger SRT8 and a numbers-matching 1970 340 Six Pack Challenger T/A run six straight quarter-mile races, swapping drivers for the final two to separate skill from machine. According to an owner of both cars, the SRT8 trapped 107 mph while the vintage T/A, running on a worn original transmission, hit 115.90 mph. See how a fifty-year-old sleeper kept pace with a modern factory performance car.

David Freiburger spends this episode of Roadkill Extra doing something Roadkill rarely does: teaching, not wrecking. Compression ratio sounds like a spec sheet footnote until he breaks down exactly how bore, stroke, chamber volume, and camshaft timing all feed into the number that decides how much power an engine can make before it starts destroying itself. It’s the kind of explanation builders bookmark and come back to before their next build. Find out what the calculator actually needs to get right.

RamblinAround tracks down one of only 503 original 1969 Dodge Charger Daytonas ever built, still running its factory 440 V8 and finished in correct T5 Copper paint. The Daytona’s nose cone and rear wing were built to break NASCAR speed records, and did, forcing the sport to change its rules. Watch to see the winged Mopar that inspired decades of dream-car regret in the comments.

Only two buyers in 1966 ordered a Ford 7-Litre convertible with the dual-carburetor R-Code 427 instead of the standard 428 — and this Brothers Collection car is one of them. Muscle Car Of The Week digs into what actually separates the R-Code’s cross-bolted big block from the ordinary version riding under most 7-Litre badges. Watch to see why this one stopped the crew in their tracks.

A 1960 Ford Falcon doesn’t look like the kind of car that inspires cult devotion, yet Regular Car Reviews’ take on Robert McNamara’s “love-letter to bean-counting” has fans quoting its closing line years later. Between an Argentine cousin racing to 600 horsepower and an Australian descendant that became a turbocharged legend, this humble compact’s story reaches far beyond its stock inline-six. One viewer’s family memory of a steering wheel coming off on the Beltway says the rest.

CJ Pony Parts built a first-time buyer’s guide to classic Mustangs around the actual mistakes their customers have made over the years, VIN mismatches on interior trim, cowl panel rust that only shows up after purchase, and impulse buys that skip inspection entirely. The comments add their own cautionary tales, including one buyer who did not discover a leaking cowl panel until years later. Prices on desirable fastback models have only climbed since. Watch before writing a check on your first one.

Ken ‘Big Stick’ Godsey’s 1964 Mercury Comet tribute to drag racing legend Ronnie Sox made its first nine-second pass at the NHRA Holley Hot Rod Reunion — a wheels-up, bouncing four-speed launch that still gets commenters talking about clutch adjustment and crash-box durability years later. Barely a minute long and almost entirely without narration, the clip lets the launch speak for itself. Watch to see the pass that earned it.

This 1964 Dodge Polara isn’t numbers-matching — and one commenter says that hasn’t stopped it from being “worth every penny” of its roughly $39,000 asking price. Under the hood is a full crossram 426 Max Wedge with dual four-barrels and fender-exit headers, backed by a four-speed and a 4.11-geared Dana 60 built purely for launching hard. A full-size sleeper with a well-preserved original interior, it’s the kind of Mopar that collectors chase for substance over paperwork. Watch the walkaround and hear it run.


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