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This 1969 Chevelle SS had already been through a full restoration at V8 Speed & Resto Shop, so why add a five-speed manual afterward? The crew swapped in a Tremec TKO 600 rated for 600 lb-ft of torque behind the 454 big-block, using a kit built to put the shifter back in its original factory position. Getting the clutch engagement right behind an engine this size took real engineering. Watch the full install to see how it came together.
The 1969-1973 Plymouth Fury never chased quarter-mile glory, but its bold “fuselage” styling made it one of the more quietly daring full-size cars of its era. Plymouth kept the same sculptural shape for five model years, refreshing details annually instead of redesigning from scratch. It’s a design chapter often overlooked in Mopar’s muscle car story, and one that’s aged better than plenty of flashier contemporaries. Watch to see why this generation still turns heads.
Dodge’s Hellcat Challenger always had more horsepower than its standard rear tires could handle, and the fix borrows directly from the even more extreme Demon: wider fender flares, a full body kit, and tires built to actually put 700-plus horsepower down. Redline Reviews puts the 2018 SRT Hellcat Widebody through its paces to find out whether stolen Demon hardware actually solves the Hellcat’s biggest weakness. The tail-happy attitude is still there, it just takes more effort to find it now. Watch the full review.
Two vintage commercials, one for a Shelby-tuned Mustang GT and one for Pontiac’s Firebird, capture exactly how Detroit sold horsepower to buyers in 1968, at the height of the muscle car era. The tone, the music, and the language each brand used to out-macho the other say almost as much about the period as the cars themselves. More than fifty years later, the rivalry these ads were built to fuel still hasn’t cooled off. Watch both commercials back to back.
This 1969 Ford Ranchero GT carries a 428 Cobra Jet Ram Air rated at 335 horsepower, the same engine Ford dropped into its fiercest Mustangs, wrapped in factory Brittany Blue with white GT stripes and chrome wheels. Sourced from the Brothers Collection, it’s the kind of correctly optioned survivor that’s grown rarer than most people realize. V8TV’s Muscle Car of the Week series tracked this one down as entry number 79. See what makes this Cobra Jet truck worth a second look.
Cadillac’s 2017 CTS-V borrows its supercharged 6.2-liter engine straight from the Corvette Z06, packing 640 horsepower into a four-door built to out-muscle BMW, Mercedes, and Audi’s best. Redline Reviews puts the numbers, the pricing, and the not-quite-German polish under the microscope to see whether raw power was ever enough to win this fight. With the CTS-V nameplate now retired for good, every one of these cars left on the road is part of a shrinking, oddly overlooked slice of American performance history. Watch to see what the walkaround reveals.
Long before regular buyers ever saw a 1967 Dodge Charger on a dealer lot, this particular car was built for one purpose: representing the best-optioned Charger money could buy at the 1967 International Auto Show. Loaded with a 426 Hemi and options most customers skipped to save money, it’s a rare surviving example of Detroit’s own idea of automotive perfection. V8TV’s Muscle Car of the Week traces its story from show floor to The Brothers Collection. Watch to see what made it worth building this way.
A beautiful paint job can hide a body full of filler and rust, and most buyers only find out after the money’s already spent. D.I.Y. Auto School demonstrates a simple, inexpensive paint thickness gauge that reveals exactly how much Bondo is hiding under fresh paint and where rust has already started eating through metal that looks fine from a few feet away. It’s a five-minute check that can save a five-figure mistake. See how the tool actually works.
Jon Mello bought his gold 1967 Camaro in 2000 with no idea it was the very first Z28 Chevrolet ever produced. Once he found out, it triggered a ten-year, period-correct restoration aimed at returning the car to exactly the way it left the factory the first time. Lou Costabile catches up with Mello and the car at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals to hear how the discovery happened. Watch to hear Jon tell the story himself.
A grandfather who sold used cars for 60 years, a mom who beat the neighborhood Corvette owner in a full-size Pontiac, and a dad who won a drag race at 69 — this is a family where muscle cars run three generations deep. From a Mach 1 Mustang to a Dodge Super Bee to a 2016 Mustang GT painted in a nod to Steve McQueen’s Bullitt car, the cars change but the obsession never has.
Car News Central counts down six of the biggest engines General Motors ever built, spanning the big-block muscle car era all the way through modern truck and diesel powerplants that quietly outdisplace their more famous ancestors. Some entries are legends every gearhead already knows; others are industrial workhorses that never got the spotlight. Watch to see which engine actually claims the top spot.
This 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS convertible pairs a 327 small-block V8 with a 4-speed manual and factory Madeira Maroon paint, a combination V8TV calls a real knockout straight from the Brothers Collection. It’s a reminder that the Chevelle SS built its reputation on small-block agility before the big-blocks ever arrived. Watch the full breakdown to see what makes this early example so collectible.
Nick’s Garage throws a holiday party unlike any other, complete with Ouzo shots for the crew and a mystery engine known only as the X-Block strapped to the dyno as the evening’s gift. Before revealing any specs, the whole build gets put to the test the only way that matters for a drag racing engine. Watch to see what Nick’s holiday surprise actually makes on the dyno.
This 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury carries the 426 Max Wedge package that turned an ordinary full-size Mopar into a Super Stock drag racing legend, complete with 11.1:1 compression, a dual-quad short-ram intake, and a stripped-down spec sheet built purely for speed. Straight from the Brothers Collection, it’s about as close as a dealer-ordered car ever got to a factory race car. Watch the full breakdown to see what made it a record-setter.