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Back in 1972, Duane’s sister-in-law drove a yellow Dodge Charger off a dealer lot in Alabama — and by 2000 had decided it was worth more parked on blocks in her garage than on the road. Never touched by snow, never sold, and still owned by its original buyer, the car has become a kind of retirement fund she can start the engine on. There’s also a detail in its build sheet that shouldn’t technically exist. Read on to find out what it is.
Hagerty’s Redline Rebuild series opens with the engine that arguably needs no introduction: the Chevrolet small-block V8, in continuous production for sixty years and installed in everything from base Chevys to Corvettes, trucks, and boats. Filmed at Thirlby Automotive in Traverse City, Michigan, and compressed into a silent, sped-up teardown and rebuild, the episode has pulled in over ten million views without a single line of narration. Sponsored by RockAuto.com, it set the template for an entire series built on watching skilled hands do familiar work at an impossible pace. Watch to see sixty years of engineering come apart bolt by bolt.
Joe Massucco Jr.’s 1966 Dodge Coronet 440 is, by his own description, as stock as they come — drum brakes, 14-inch steel wheels on bias-ply tires, and a bench seat, with nothing added since it left the factory. Found at a local car show, the car reminds Massucco of a getaway car from a low-budget 1970s movie, and The Drive’s BIG MUSCLE series uses it to make the case that originality alone can be the whole story. Watch to see why leaving a car completely alone can be the boldest choice of all.
Marspeed lines up the Dodge Charger Hellcat, Dodge Challenger Hellcat, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, and Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R against each other and a handful of other rivals, comparing four completely different takes on the same basic idea: how to build the ultimate modern muscle car. From the Hellcats’ brute supercharged torque to the GT350R’s naturally aspirated, road-course-tuned approach, each car represents a different bet on what buyers actually want. It’s a snapshot of 2017’s horsepower arms race at its peak. Watch to see which philosophy comes out on top.
Ronson and Teri Burton’s 1963 Chevrolet Nova II convertible carries an estimated 10,000 hours of build time — roughly six years of full-time labor — finished in a custom shade called Atomic Bomb Orange that Chevrolet never offered from the factory. Burton has built more than one Nova over the years, but says he’s never seen one put together quite like this. Shown at World of Wheels in Rosemont, Illinois, the car turns a once-plain compact into a genuine show-floor contender. Watch to see what a decade of dedication actually looks like up close.
A single builder assembles a small block Chevy 383 stroker from scratch, filmed entirely on an iPhone with no shop, no crew, and no shortcuts. The comment section has turned into a workshop of its own, trading parts lists and rebuild tips for anyone building their first engine. Watch to see exactly what block and crank prep for a 383 really involves.
Bloodshed Motors converted a 1968 Mustang fastback to all-electric power, and the result hits 60 mph in 1.79 seconds with 800 horsepower and total silence. Builder Mitch Medford refuses to call it a hot rod, coining “Lightning Rod” instead. Watch to see why a build that broke from tradition entirely has racked up over a million views.
This 1960 Ford Thunderbird carries a near-perfect 998-out-of-1000 Classic Car Club of America score, backed by original receipts, handbooks, and a dealer order form dated the day it was ordered new. Two owners and 29,000 miles later, it’s still running its original 352 V8. See exactly what a six-decade paper trail like this actually proves.
Owner Tom Lembeck has something almost no other collector can claim: a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona in Spring Green Metallic and a 1970 Plymouth Superbird in Vitamin C Orange, both factory 426 Hemi cars, parked side by side in the same collection. Host Lou Costabile walks through exactly what separates NASCAR’s two winged Mopars once you see them together. Watch to see both aero legends compared directly, nose cone to nose cone.
Plymouth’s Sport Fury GT nameplate has always confused people — is it a full-size cruiser or a genuine muscle car? Owner Bill Hanzlik has had this 440-powered, Alpine White 1970 example since 1996, and at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals he explains to host Lou Costabile exactly what sold him on it. The answer has less to do with horsepower than you’d expect. Watch to hear the full story.
A homemade video shot at a small Michigan dragstrip in 2001 captures something the big-budget car shows almost never do: what grassroots Mopar racing actually looked like when nobody was performing for a camera crew. Pat Muscle Car Fan’s footage from Ubly Dragstrip is a time capsule of a scene that shaped how an entire generation of Mopar owners learned to race.
A deep-sea fishing trip and a concept car with no top somehow combined to produce one of the most recognizable silhouettes in American automotive history. King Rose Archives traces the origin of the second-generation Corvette Sting Ray, and the design fight between two GM legends that decided whether you could actually see out the back window.
Only two of these were ever built, and this 1957 Ford Ranchero hides one of the most unlikely muscle car secrets of the entire decade under its work-truck sheet metal. V8TV’s Muscle Car of the Week goes looking for the story behind a supercharged engine nobody expected to find in a Ranchero, and the NASCAR connection that explains how it got there.