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Jay Leno’s garage takes a detour from Ferraris this time, bringing in five classic California Highway Patrol vehicles spanning four decades of law enforcement history. CHP Captain Matt Guthrie and former Commissioner Spike Helmick join to explain how pursuit vehicles evolved, alongside the brand-new Ford Explorer about to join the active fleet. It’s a rare look at cars built not to win races, but to catch the cars that did.
Ryan Brutt’s Auto Archaeologist series pulls back the curtain on a warehouse holding something few collectors ever see in one place: multiple Dodge Daytonas, a Talladega, and a Superbird, Chrysler’s legendary aero-warriors built to dominate NASCAR’s high-banked ovals. Some have already been restored and are back on the road; others, including a damaged Talladega and 500, are waiting their turn. Part three of the series raises the question every serious collector eventually faces.
Flowmaster makes more than a dozen distinct series of street mufflers, and picking the wrong one can mean an exhaust note that’s either too quiet or unbearably loud on the highway. Summit Racing sat down with Flowmaster’s VP of Sales, Alex Ortega, to break down exactly what separates each series and how to match one to your vehicle and sound preference. It’s the explainer most buyers wish they’d watched before they bought.
Tom Lembeck has owned this 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Convertible since 1999, and out of an entire Mopar muscle car collection, it’s one of his favorites. Finished in Triple Black paint, top, and interior, and powered by the rare 440-6 Six Pack engine, this Chicago-area convertible is a study in restrained aggression. Lou Costabile catches the full story, and that engine note, on My Car Story.
Every car community has its own well-worn stereotype, and Muscle Vs Tuner decided to find out exactly what a Corvette Z06 owner sounds like. Teaming up with Mike from Street Speed717 for insider credibility, the channel built an entire bit around the specific brand of confidence that comes with owning Chevy’s top-trim Corvette. It’s less mockery than affectionate ribbing, see if you recognize anyone you know.
A 1974 Chevy Nova SS shouldn’t be riding on a Dodge 3500 dually 4×4 chassis, and yet, at the Pigeon Forge Rod Run, that’s exactly what showed up. ScottieDTV, who has documented this show for years, called the build a genuine first. It’s not a numbers-matching restoration or a straightforward engine swap; it’s a complete reimagining of what a Nova can be. See the full build for yourself.
Before it became one of the most collectible Mustangs ever built, the Shelby GT350 existed because Carroll Shelby needed to beat an SCCA rulebook, not just other cars on the racetrack. The fix was as strange as it was effective: a two-seat street car with a full-size spare where the back seat should be. Only 562 were built for 1965, including 34 pure race versions that dominated their class for three straight seasons.
Long before the muscle car era officially kicked off, Chevrolet was already quietly building one of its forerunners: the 1962 Impala SS 409. Buried under that full-size, family-friendly body was a 409 cubic-inch V8 available in a version that hit exactly 409 horsepower, a one-horsepower-per-cubic-inch flex Chevrolet’s engineers clearly built on purpose. It’s the car a Beach Boys song made famous before most people ever got to drive one.
A blocked driveway pushes one homeowner past the point of polite notes and towing companies, and the fallout ends up in front of police, and in front of millions of YouTube viewers. The clip, licensed through Jukin Media, has become one of the platform’s most-watched neighborhood dispute videos, racking up over five million views. It’s less about the car and more about how fast an ordinary parking gripe can spiral. Watch to see who blinks first.
Genuine 426 Hemi engines are scarce enough that finishing a build on one carries real weight, and this is the payoff episode. The Horsepower Monster wraps its three-part series with the one number that actually matters: what the dyno says after months of machining and assembly. Watch to see if the numbers matched the ambition.
Everyone remembers the Hellcat and the Demon, but SRT’s back catalog includes a turbocharged Neon, a supercharged wagon, and a V10 pickup that once chased a production speed record. Marspeed’s countdown resurfaces five models that got the full SRT treatment and then faded from memory. Watch to see which forgotten SRT was the wildest of them all.
Ford let Carroll Shelby’s team put a bold name on this car, King of the Road, and back it up with a 428 Cobra Jet under a custom fiberglass hood. The convertible version is the rarest way to get one: only a few hundred were built, and only for a single model year before Shelby pulled the body style entirely. Finding one hidden away in a barn is exactly the kind of discovery muscle car collectors dream about.
Ford spent most of the 1960s watching the GTO and the Road Runner dominate the mid-size muscle conversation from the outside. The 1968 Torino GT, detailed by OldCarMemories.com, changed that — pairing a 390 V8 with the now-legendary 428 Cobra Jet option to turn Ford into a genuine sales leader in the segment. Watch to see what finally got Ford taken seriously.
Chevrolet says ‘Camaro’ comes from the French word for friend. Gearheads have never quite bought it. Dig into the real story behind the name — including the two-thousand-word shortlist, the GM exec who joked about a Mustang-eating animal, and the Spanish word that undermines the whole French theory — and you’ll see why this pony car’s name has outlasted every explanation ever given for it.