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This numbers-matching 1970 Plymouth Cuda pairs its factory 440 Six Pack V8 with a pistol-grip 4-speed and a restoration matched down to the original paint and trim codes. In the comments, one owner recalls an unrestored French example with the same drivetrain selling for ,000. Watch to see what a correctly restored Six Pack Cuda looks like today.
The first car ever to wear the Dodge Charger name was built to introduce America to the 426 Hemi, but the engine slated for it got pulled at the last minute to save a race team’s season. What actually powered this showcar for years was a secret hiding in plain sight. Decades later, a full restoration finally gave it the Hemi it was always supposed to have, and turned it into a seven-figure piece of Mopar history.
This 1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II was built to race the Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird on NASCAR’s fastest tracks, using the same aerodynamic-war engineering, before a rule change ended the entire aero era before it ever competed. Owner Steve Honnell preserves the genuine 1-of-1 car alongside its period jacket and factory stereo, complete with the 429’s unmistakable 12.5:1-compression growl. Watch to hear a NASCAR weapon that never got to fight.
Nick’s Garage pulled a rare 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A Six Pack out of nine years of storage and waited until after closing to attempt the first start alone. A 340ci engine that’s sat that long can seize, hydro-lock, or simply refuse to catch — and the only way to know is to turn the key. Watch to see which way it goes.
Rick Campbell spent fifteen years restoring this 1970 Boss 429, chasing exact factory accuracy rather than showroom shine — down to preserving its original California emissions equipment. That patience earned it one of only two Authenticity Awards ever given for the model, shared with a 1969 Boss Mustang rather than a fellow 1970. Built originally to homologate Ford’s 429 big block for NASCAR, this Grabber Blue example is as much a research project as a restoration. Watch the full walkaround.
Trans Am Worldwide is building only fifty examples of this new Super Duty 455 Trans Am, reviving a Pontiac nameplate the company itself hasn’t touched since 2010. This behind-the-scenes look at the design process shows exactly what it takes to recreate a legendary performance car without the original automaker’s backing. The comments are full of Pontiac loyalists still hoping for more. Watch the story behind one of the rarest new Trans Ams ever built.
Hagerty’s Stefan Lombard walks through exactly what to check before buying a Chevrolet Chevelle, from structural rust to hard-to-find trim pieces, in this buyer’s guide built for first-time classic car shoppers. The comments add their own layer of expertise, mapping out the Chevelle’s tangled generational history year by year. Whether you’re chasing a big-block SS or a modest small-block driver, watch before you shop.
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.
Most Batman fans never knew George Barris built a Batmobile purely for drag racing, powered by a blueprinted Holman & Moody 427 side-oiler and driven by ‘Wild Bill’ Shrewsberry. It ran the quarter-mile in just over 10 seconds at roughly 120 mph while touring dragstrips across North America from 1967 to 1968. Here’s the real racing story behind Batman’s other car.
This 1969 Plymouth Road Runner A12 was Chrysler’s original pilot car — the very first A12 package ever built, tested and tuned by Mopar legend Ronnie Sox before it landed a feature in Super Stock Magazine. Under the fiberglass hood sits a 440 Six Barrel rated at 390 horsepower, backed by a four-speed and 4.10 gears. Chrysler called it the fastest A12 ever built. Watch to see what earned it that title.
For years, Detroit street racers only knew the Black Ghost by reputation, a black 1970 Challenger R/T SE with a 426 Hemi that beat them and vanished before anyone learned who was driving. Gregory Qualls knows exactly who, because it was his father, an off-duty Detroit police officer. After decades in storage, the car resurfaced, earned a spot on the National Historic Vehicle Register, and inspired a full documentary. Hear the son tell the story only he can tell.
Ford revived the Boss 302 name for just two model years, 2012 and 2013, building a Mustang with a carbon-fiber-plate limited-slip differential, shock absorbers adjustable with a flathead screwdriver, and an aero package borrowed directly from the Boss 302R race car. The rarer Laguna Seca edition added Recaro seats and its own suspension tuning. Read on to find out what separates the two model years at a glance.
A viewer’s engine ran smooth, started fine, and seemed simply low on power, until he pulled a worn camshaft and found some valves barely opening at all. Engineering Explained’s Jason Fenske breaks down the four things every gasoline engine needs to make power, and why each one quietly fades with age. One fix turned into a bigger power gain than anyone expected. What’s actually happening inside an engine that feels “just old”?
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.
