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1973 Chevy Chevelle Laguna with high-back bucket seats that swivel 90 degrees.

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From 1973 through 1977, Chevrolet let Chevelle Laguna buyers order front seats that rotated ninety degrees toward the open door — a genuine comfort feature bolted into a car built to chase GTOs and Road Runners on the street. Original Madrid grain vinyl upholstery has become so scarce that even rough, worn covers sell for hundreds of dollars, pushing reproduction manufacturers to start building exact replacements. Read on to find out why this once-overlooked option has become one of the most sought-after details on the entire car.

A classic black 1968 Chevelle with a powerful engine showcased at a muscle car event.

Double blown ’68 Chevelle, Pure Sound…

by Wes

The unmistakable shriek of twin superchargers comes from a 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle, a car Chevrolet redesigned that year specifically to out-muscle the GTO and 4-4-2. Decades later, someone stuffed a pair of blowers under that long hood and turned a factory legend into a full drag-strip monster. Read on to find out what it takes to push a Chevelle past everything GM originally engineered.

Classic blue muscle car parked in an outdoor lot on a sunny day.

Can you guess how many horsepower this AMC has under the hood?

by Kiril

This unassuming blue AMC hides a genuinely serious secret under its hood, and the numbers involved tend to surprise anyone who assumes AMC could never compete in the muscle car horsepower wars. The factory-rated 401 V8 shares its strongest components with engines drag racers now push well past 700 horsepower. Read on to find out just how far AMC”s forged-steel foundation can be pushed.

Two vintage cars covered in dust stored inside a wooden shed.

The Barn Find of Mopars Hidden for Decades: Secret Stash Part 2

by Wes

The Auto Archaeologist tracked down a hidden Mopar collection split between two unlikely locations, a defunct auto parts showroom and a barn built partially into a hillside, housing rare Chrysler products, plus one lone Ford, that had sat untouched for decades. The find was significant enough to earn its own Hot Rod Magazine feature. This is part two of the search, picking up where the mystery deepens.

A man hangs from a lifted truck in a humorous scene.

Meanwhile…

by Kiril

A truck lifted so high that boarding it looks like its own kind of stunt is a familiar sight in car culture, and the joke photos built around it circulate endlessly online. But the story behind why trucks got this tall traces back to WWII pickups, Baja racing, and a 1970s aftermarket boom. Read on to find out how a practical modification became a full-blown lifestyle statement.

A red muscle car drifting and smoking tires on a highway.

Lean ,Mean, Tire Shredding Machine

by Wes

A YouTube uploader going by zlumlord is not chasing polish with this one – just a title that promises tire smoke and an inside joke about NHRA class codes. Behind the joke sits a real explanation of what Super Stock racing actually involves, and why a car shredding its tires this hard is telling you something about its setup. Watch to see the smoke, and stick around for what it actually means.

Classic 1970 Plymouth Sport Fury in white with Alpine wheels, showcased at night.

1970 Plymouth Sport Fury GT in Alpine White Paint & Engine Sound

by Wes

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.

Classic black 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS cruising outdoors.

429cu 650HP V8 Powered 70′ Ford Torino Cobra is an Absolute Badass

by Wes

This 1970 Ford Torino Cobra fastback pairs a built 429 Cobra Jet big block with an aggressive .772-lift solid cam for a claimed 650 horsepower, and an exhaust note that’s turned this clip into a near 1.5-million-view favorite. The Torino often gets overlooked next to Chevelles and Road Runners of the same era, but this build makes the case for why it shouldn’t be. Watch to hear exactly what that cam sounds like under throttle.

Classic cars cruising down a street during a parade event.

KC STREET Racing – Run What Ya Brung!

by Wes

A Kansas City “Run What Ya Brung” meet brought out heavy hitters most street races never see, including the nitrous-fed FR8TRAIN Fox-body Mustang and a twin-turbo third-generation Camaro running boost through a decades-old chassis. With no track prep and no class rules, this 1320Video-filmed night mixed built cars and street cars in the same rotation. Watch to see which combination actually held up.

A white Mustang crashes into a crowd at a big car meet.

MUSTANG CRASHES INTO CROWD !!! | Big bang car meet

by Wes

A crowded parking lot, a driver trying to show off with donuts, and a split-second mistake that turned a car meet into chaos. Two two steele’s footage of a Mustang plowing into spectators captures the exact moment car meet culture’s biggest ongoing safety problem stops being a hypothetical and starts being a Mustang headed straight for a group of people who came to watch, not to run.

Classic white convertible car parked outdoors with greenery in background.

Fiat Chrysler renews Cuda trademark

by Wes

Fiat Chrysler’s decision to renew its trademark on the Cuda name reignited a rumor that has refused to die for the better part of a decade: that Dodge might resurrect one of Mopar’s most storied nameplates. The renewal alone proves nothing, since automakers routinely protect names they have no plans to use. Read on to find out what the paperwork actually reveals, and why the speculation keeps coming back.

Woman signaling racers at a drag strip with two cars ready to race.

Almost Vintage Mopars Against The World Video Ubly Dragstrip

by Pat C

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.

Workers assemble a classic car in a vintage factory setting.

The Corvette Stingray: Biography of a Sports Car

by Wes

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.

Supercharged 1957 Ford Ranchero

by Wes

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.

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