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The AMC Javelin That Beat Detroit’s Best At Its Own Game

Most pony car underdogs stay underdogs – but this one didn’t. AMC handed its ailing Trans-Am program to Roger Penske and driver Mark Donohue, and within a season they’d turned the Javelin into a genuine giant-killer, taking the fight straight to Ford and Chevrolet on their own turf. By 1971 Donohue was winning nearly every race he entered, and AMC walked away with a manufacturer’s championship nobody saw coming. Here’s how a car built on a shoestring became one of Trans-Am’s most dominant machines.

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10 American Muscle Cars So Good You Would Pick Them Over New Supercars

by Wes

Automotive Territory’s countdown pits ten restomodded American classics against modern supercars — vintage bodies hiding crate engines, six-piston brakes, and electronics from decades after they were built. One entry runs Mopar’s absurd 1,000-horsepower Hellephant crate engine. Watch to see which builds make the case that new isn’t always better.

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The 1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible That’s Rarer Than You Think

by Kiril

This yellow ’70 Torino GT convertible isn’t just a pretty face for a rating poll — 1970 was the last year Ford ever built a droptop Torino, and only 3,939 GT convertibles left the factory. A rare handful got the 429 Cobra Jet instead of the standard 351. Here’s what actually separates a common Torino from a genuinely rare one.

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Who Still Has Their First Muscle Car? 67 Camaro Bought When He Was 17

by Pat C

One of our Muscle Car Fans, who does not want to be name, shared his 1967 Camaro with us that he bought new in 1967 when he was a young man in High School. He […]

Classic black vintage car with sleek design and whitewall tires.

The Buick Riviera GS: The Personal-Luxury Coupe Hiding a 360-Horsepower Secret

by Kiril

The Buick Riviera GS looked like a country-club cruiser, but hiding under its sculpted hood was a 430-cubic-inch V8 making 360 horsepower — enough muscle to embarrass cars that looked far more aggressive. Only about one in ten Rivieras built in 1969 left the factory with the GS handling package, making genuine survivors a rare find today. Between hidden headlights, retractable wipers, and a drivetrain most buyers never even asked about, this personal-luxury coupe hid a genuine sleeper’s heart.

Two classic muscle cars racing on a track, with a video play button overlay.

General Lee vs. Starsky & Hutch

by Wes

Fifth Gear puts two of television’s most famous cars head to head: the Dukes of Hazzard’s General Lee against Starsky and Hutch’s Striped Tomato Gran Torino. Vicki drives both to find out how a stunt-driven Dodge Charger and a color-coded Ford compare once the cameras and choreography are stripped away. Decades after both shows ended, these cars remain instantly recognizable. Watch to see which TV legend comes out ahead.

Man showcasing a Chevy 350 small block engine block for machining.

How-To Machine Chevy 350 Small Block Engine Motorz #64

by Wes

Chris Duke takes his Chevy 350 small block to the machine shop for the step most DIY rebuilders are tempted to skip: crack inspection, boring, decking, and align honing to factory tolerances. It is the unglamorous work that determines whether a rebuild lasts for years or fails within months. This is part two of Motorz’s full five-episode Chevy 350 rebuild series. Watch to see what real machine shop precision looks like.

A man stands proudly by a bright orange vintage Dodge Charger Daytona.

Rare ‘69 Dodge Charger Daytona Brought Back To Life

by Wes

Ron Smith bought one of only 503 Dodge Charger Daytonas ever built right before deploying to Vietnam in 1969, then the car sat in storage for more than two decades while his life moved on. Now it is finally back, one of the rarest homologation specials Dodge ever produced and a genuine barn-find story with a single-owner history behind it. Watch to see the Daytona brought back to life.

In-car view of a 2017 Camaro ZL1 during a track drive.

New Ford GT can’t shake Camaro ZL1 on the track

by Wes

Let this sink in for a moment: Ford‘s bonkers GT supercar actually makes less horsepower than a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. It’s true; the numbers don’t lie. A Camaro ZL1 leaves the factory with 650 horsepower […]

A black Shelby CTS-V drag racing in a tunnel with bright lights.

650 HP Shelby GT500 Mustang vs 556 HP CTS-V Drag Race Video – Heads Up – Road Test TV

by Wes

A built 2008 Shelby GT500 running a smaller pulley, custom tune, full exhaust, and drag radials takes on a completely stock 2013 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe and its factory 556 horsepower supercharged V8. Road Test TV puts the rivalry to the quarter mile to see whether built horsepower or factory-tuned power delivery wins out. The result depends on more than just which spec sheet number is bigger. Watch the full pass to see who takes it.

1970 Plymouth AAR Cuda muscle car in vibrant red and black.

1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda AAR: Muscle Car Of The Week

by Wes

This 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda AAR pairs Rally Red paint and a strobe stripe with the rare 340 Six-Barrel engine, a numbers-matching package, and a spot inside The Brothers Collection, one of the most selective private muscle car collections around. Built for a single year to homologate Trans Am racing, the AAR remains one of Mopar’s most respected small-block performers. V8TV goes hands-on for Muscle Car of the Week. Watch to see what makes this one so special.

Red classic muscle car with its trunk open in a garage.

1967 Ford Mustang: The Year the Pony Car Grew Teeth

by Kiril

1967 was the year Ford stopped playing it safe with the Mustang. A wider engine bay, beefed-up frame rails, and the debut of the 390-cubic-inch GT390 package turned Ford’s pony car into a legitimate muscle car contender almost overnight. Only 13,852 GT390 fastbacks rolled off the line that year, and clean survivors get harder to find every season. Here’s what made 1967 the Mustang’s turning point.

A high-performance 572 Chevrolet engine with polished exhaust headers.

6 Biggest GM Engines Ever Made

by Wes

Ask a muscle car fan to name a big GM engine and they will picture a 454 or a 455. But those famous numbers barely scratch the surface of what General Motors actually built. Car News Central counts down six powerplants that dwarf the ones most enthusiasts consider huge, some of them living in places far from the drag strip. The list stretches the very definition of a GM engine. Watch to see how far past 500 cubic inches they went.

FOUND: 1985 IROC Z28 BRAND NEW!!!!!!

by Wes

A 1985 IROC-Z Camaro with essentially no miles on it sounds impossible, yet here one sits, frozen exactly as it left the factory decades ago. Not restored, not merely clean, but a genuine time capsule that rolled out of a mid-1980s showroom and simply stopped. The owner even hints at the strange afterlife the car went on to have. Nine million viewers could not resist the story. Watch to see this survivor for yourself.

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This Guy Bought A Pre-Owned Camaro And Got A Not-So Amusing Surprise!

by Wes

Every used-car purchase carries a little hope that the last owner treated the machine right. Most surprises are small, but every so often someone drives a pre-owned car home and finds something that reframes the whole deal. This Camaro promises a surprise that is decidedly not amusing, and how a car that looked fine on the lot managed to hide it is the real story. Watch to see what this buyer discovered.

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