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Master mechanic and racer Paul Annunziata built his 1975 Plymouth Duster around a supercharged 426 Hemi — an engine combination the factory never offered, in a car nobody expected to carry that kind of power. Before he passed away, Paul wanted the car to go somewhere it would actually be driven. Jay Leno took on that responsibility personally. Watch the full story, including a comment from Paul’s own cousin that puts the whole build in perspective.
A car left parked directly in front of a fire hydrant became the subject of a full CNN segment after firefighters responded in the most theatrical way possible. Correspondent Jeanne Moos turns the moment into a lesson on why hydrant clearance rules exist — and what a professional-grade hose can do to an unattended vehicle. The clip has quietly racked up nearly four million views. Watch to see exactly what was waiting for the driver when they got back.
Ford built exactly 100 examples of the 1964 Thunderbolt, a factory-only drag racer disguised as an ordinary Fairlane, and handed every buyer a glovebox plate warning them the car didn’t meet normal quality standards. Underneath sat a 427-cubic-inch V8 unofficially estimated at 600 horsepower, fiberglass body panels, and a compression ratio closer to a diesel engine than a street car. The Thunderbolt secured Ford’s 1964 NHRA Super Stock title and still sparks arguments about how it would have fared against a stock Shelby Cobra. Read on for the numbers behind the legend.
A lineup of stock Hellcat Chargers and Challengers line up for straight-line bragging rights in this drag racing compilation, settling the question of whether the four-door Charger gives up anything against its two-door sibling. Comments range from jokes about spouse-approved practicality to a driver’s cautious launch technique. Watch to see which body style, and which driver, actually crosses the line first.
Joe Pieroni has owned his 1964 Chrysler Imperial Crown Coupe since 1989 — and in thirty-five years, he says he has seen exactly one other one. The two-door Crown Coupe was always the rarer choice within Chrysler’s already low-volume luxury division, and survivors from this era are scarcer still. Commenters call it the most beautiful car they’ve ever seen. Watch the full walkthrough to see why this Imperial has stayed in one owner’s hands for over three decades.
Richard Schmidt’s 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T convertible sat untouched for forty years after he and his late wife Kitty stopped using it as their everyday cruiser. His kids brought it back — not for the horsepower, but in her memory. Hagerty named the finished restoration its 2016 Classic of the Year, beating eleven other finalist stories. Watch the full story and see why one viewer called it ‘how to make a car guy cry 101.’
Tom Lembeck’s 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T packs a numbers-matching 426 Hemi, a factory Pistol Grip 4-speed, and fewer than 12,000 original miles, plus an interior option, a factory Dictaphone, that most Mopar fans have never actually seen in person. Lou Costabile sat down with Tom to walk through what makes this all-original survivor so rare. Watch to see the details that left even viewers stunned.
Rust doesn’t ask permission before it eats through a Mustang’s rear quarter panel, and fixing it properly is slower and more exacting than most people assume. This video follows Greg cutting and welding a patch panel into a 1967 Mustang coupe, doing the kind of careful sheet metal work that separates a repair that lasts decades from one that fails in five years. Watch the process and see why commenters call this a dying craft.
Buying a muscle car is rarely as simple as signing the paperwork — insurance, storage, resale value, and repair costs all factor into whether the purchase makes sense long-term. Some models appreciate with proper care; others lose value the moment you drive them home. Read on for the questions worth answering before you commit to a purchase you can’t easily walk back.
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.
A numbers-matching 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona doesn’t change hands without scrutiny — not when fakes and clones have circulated in the market for decades. A Michigan-based certified appraiser spent hours verifying this R4 Red example’s engine block, transmission tag, and core support before pronouncing it the real thing. Then he drove it. Watch the full inspection to see exactly what separates a genuine Daytona from an expensive guess.
V8TV dug through 1970’s own magazine road tests to rank the ten quickest muscle cars of the year, using the era’s published numbers rather than modern dyno figures. The order does not always favor the biggest engine, and gearing plays a bigger role than most viewers expect. One commenter’s memory of his father’s 1970 Chevelle SS 396 shows just how personal these numbers still are. Watch to see which cars made the cut.
Tom Lembeck’s 1970 Plymouth Cuda Convertible has been part of his Chicago-area Mopar collection since 2007, wrapped in a Lemon Twist yellow finish and hiding a rare 440 Six Barrel engine under the hood. It is one of the harder combinations to find today: a numbers-matching convertible with the drivetrain enthusiasts specifically chase. Lou Costabile sat down with Tom to hear the full story behind the car. Watch to find out what makes this particular Cuda stand out even in a collection full of Mopar muscle.
Water damage to a car doesn’t stop when the flood recedes — corrosion in the wiring and sensors can take months to surface, and a surprising number of flooded vehicles quietly reappear on the used market with a clean-looking title. Beyond the standard steps of disconnecting the battery and not starting the engine, there’s a bigger risk buyers need to know about. Here’s what actually happens to a car after it floods, and how flood damage gets hidden.
From its 1966 debut as a Coronet-based fastback to the icon-making General Lee, the aerodynamic Charger Daytona, and today’s 707-horsepower SRT Hellcat sedan, the Dodge Charger nameplate has reinvented itself more than almost any other American car. This rundown traces how one name stretched across muscle cars, NASCAR homologation specials, a compact economy coupe, and a front-wheel-drive hatchback. See how all of those wildly different Chargers actually connect.