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Man presenting a Chevy 350 small block engine teardown video on YouTube.

How-To Tear Down Chevy 350 Small Block Engine Motorz #63

A junkyard Chevy 350 doesn’t look like much until Chris Duke starts tearing it down for Motorz’s full rebuild series, and sharp-eyed viewers caught something he got wrong about the donor truck within minutes of the upload. Along the way, hands-on commenters share the exact reverse-torque trick that prevents a warped head and the fuel-line-and-dowel method for pulling pistons without scarring the cylinder walls. One teenager even credits the channel with teaching him to rebuild his own Monte Carlo’s engine. What else does this teardown get right that most tutorials skip?

A 1971 Pontiac GTO Judge Convertible in white.

Breakdown/Review: 1 of 17 1971 Pontiac GTO Judge Convertible

by Wes

Pontiac built just 17 examples of the 1971 GTO Judge convertible, and this white, unassuming-looking survivor from The Brothers Collection is one of them. Sharp-eyed viewers spotted honest rust on its rear quarter panel, proof this is a preserved original rather than a show-polished restoration. Commenters still debate why so few were ever built. Watch Muscle Car Of The Week’s 202nd episode take a close look at one of Pontiac’s rarest configurations.

Man presenting an orange 1970 Plymouth Cuda in a garage TV show.

1970 Hemi Cuda Dream Car Garage

by Wes

Legendary Motorcar’s Dream Car Garage put a genuine 1970 Hemi Cuda through its paces for a segment that still draws passionate comments from Mopar fans years later. The car’s reputation as a straight-line weapon comes directly from Chrysler cramming its most extreme racing engine into a chassis never quite built to handle the weight, yet one detailed comment pushes back, praising the torsion bar suspension’s composure on paved circuits. Watch the full segment to see why viewers still mourn the show that filmed it.

Classic and modern muscle cars racing side by side on a sunny road.

Hot Rod Time Machine: Old vs New

by Wes

MotorTrend paired three muscle car legends with their modern descendants — a ’69 Camaro SS396 against a 2011 Camaro SS, a ’70 Challenger against a 2011 SRT8, and a ’69 Shelby against a modern GT500 convertible — to settle whether nostalgia holds up against real engineering progress. The results aren’t as simple as newer-is-better. Watch to see which era actually wins the argument.

Classic 1984 AMC AMX Sport showcasing sleek red and black design.

1980 AMC AMX Spirit in Cardinal Red Paint & Engine Sound

by Wes

This 1980 AMC AMX Spirit has under 8,000 original miles and has stayed with owner Bud Brick, unmodified, since 2011 — a remarkable survival story for a car built by the smallest of Detroit’s automakers. Its straight-six engine draws real praise in the comments from owners who gave up only about 10 horsepower compared to the V8 option. My Car Story host Lou Costabile continues his search for overlooked American survivors. See how well this AMC has held up.

Don Garlits with his iconic red dragster, Big Daddy.

History of the World’s Only Dodge Challenger HellScat (based on Hellcat)

by Wes

Drag racing legend Don Garlits personally introduces the HellScat, a one-of-a-kind Dodge Challenger engineered past 1,000 horsepower and built specifically to be given away for charity. The name mashes up two existing Dodge trims, but the build goes well beyond anything either one offered from the factory. See why a figure as credible as Garlits was the right person to tell this car’s story.

Classic 1968 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500KR showcased in vintage road test video.

1968 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500KR – vintage road test

by Wes

This vintage road test puts Ford’s flagship 1968 Shelby GT500KR — the “King of the Road” — through its paces, complete with a narrator whose catchphrases are still being quoted in the comments decades later. Viewers reacted to a 6.2-second acceleration figure with genuine disbelief, while others noted the era’s characteristic brake fade after repeated hard stops. One commenter even claims The Doors’ Jim Morrison owned one. Watch to hear “happy time” for yourself.

Classic Chevrolet Chevelle SS with raised suspension and large wheels.

Chevelle First Generation Differences (1964-1965-1966-1967 discrimination)

by Wes

Chevrolet’s first-generation Chevelle ran for just four model years on one basic body shell, which means telling a 1964 from a 1965, or a 1966 from a 1967, comes down to details as small as a taillight lens or a grille shape. One spotting-guide video turned into a comment-section deep dive on exactly what those tells are – and a debate over which year actually looks best that nobody could settle. Watch to see if you can spot the differences yourself.

1972 Chevrolet Vega Kammback in orange at a car show.

Story/Review: 1972 Chevrolet Vega Yenko Stinger in Orange Paint & Engine Sound

by Wes

Mark Hassett already owned a Yenko Camaro, Chevelle, and Nova, all painted the same shade of orange, before a Yenko Stinger Vega came up for sale and completed the set. My Car Story with Lou Costabile catches up with the car at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals, where decades of Vega rust jokes in the comments collide with a genuinely rare piece of Yenko performance history. Watch to see the car most people forget Yenko ever built.

2019 Bullitt Mustang GT revealed in sleek black with green accents.

2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt Revealed with 475HP + 2019 GT500 Sneak Peak – Mustang News

by Wes

Ford didn’t just reveal the 2019 Mustang Bullitt at the Detroit Auto Show — it brought Steve McQueen’s granddaughter and restaged his famous parking-deck chase scene before pulling the cover off. Underneath sat 475 horsepower, Highland Green paint, and a manual-only drivetrain built for purists, plus a first look at the upcoming Shelby GT500. Fans in the comments called the reveal itself “pure marketing genius.” Watch to see why a fifty-year-old movie scene still sells Mustangs today.

Vintage Plymouth cars lined up at an outdoor event under a blue sky.

50’s-70’s American Street Racers. Where are they now?

by Pat C

From the mid-1950s through the 1970s, street racers ruled the boulevard, the drive-in, and the local dragstrip, marking their best times in shoe polish on the windshield for the whole school to see. Crashes, license suspensions, and new laws eventually ended the era, but a surprising number of cars survived, quietly passed down to children and grandchildren who still race them today. Read on to find out where this culture actually played out.

A shiny red classic car with chrome details, shown from the rear side.

1968 Buick GS 400 for sale 600 HP burnin rubber! Port Huron Michigan $35,000

by Wes

An estate sale, a numbers-matching V8 sitting on a stand in a garage, and a certified appraiser willing to put a hard number on all of it — that’s the setup behind this 1968 Buick GS 400 out of Port Huron, Michigan. AutoAppraise’s Jason Phillips values the car at $35,000 after tallying over $20,000 in documented drivetrain work alone, but it’s the low, bellowing idle that keeps pulling viewers back years later. Is a scarce, correctly-matched GS400 actually the smartest buy in 1968 muscle?

2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 with 6.2L supercharged engine showcased in Dubai.

2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Launch in Dubai

by Wes

Chevrolet skipped Detroit and flew straight to Dubai to launch the 2019 Corvette ZR1, the most powerful Corvette GM had built at the time, packing a supercharged 755-horsepower LT5 V8. The location wasn’t an accident: it put the ZR1 directly in front of buyers who cross-shop European exotics costing several times as much. See what 755 horsepower and a six-figure price tag looked like next to Dubai’s supercar scene.

Classic 1952 Chevy pickup truck in pristine condition at a car show.

1957 Chevy Pickup Classic Muscle Car for Sale in MI

by Wes

Vanguard Motor Sales walks through a 1957 Chevy pickup that its previous owner restored twice over fifteen years — first to driver quality, then torn down to bare metal for a full show-quality rebuild. A supercharged 383 stroker, custom ghost-flame paint, and a hidden fuel cell in the bed are just the start of what he built himself. Few restomods come with this much documented history behind them.

1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS396 showcased as Muscle Car of the Week.

Review/Breakdown: 1967 Camaro SS396 375 HP Convertible

by Wes

This Granada Gold 1967 Camaro SS396 convertible, built for V8TV’s 50th-anniversary Camaro coverage, marks the exact mid-year moment Chevrolet finally let the 396 big block into the Camaro — a full two years after it debuted in the Impala SS. Host Kevin Oeste and The Brothers Collection dig into why the engine was late, and viewers’ own decades-old ownership stories fill in the rest.

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