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David Freiburger genuinely forgot he owned this 1970 Plymouth Duster until it turned up buried in dirt on a California grape farm belonging to Engine Masters editor Steve Dulcich. What followed was a five-day sprint to stuff a salvaged 440 big-block into the car, complete with hammered-on headers and a trunk painted before the engine even ran. Longtime fans still call it the best episode Roadkill ever made. Watch the full build and burnout below.
A brand-new 5.0 Mustang, a slick no-prep drag strip, and stock street tires proved to be a costly combination at this Armageddon No-Prep event. The crash that followed happens in about six seconds flat, and the driver walked away within minutes thanks to modern safety equipment. One commenter, who says they faced the same situation two weeks earlier, offers a blunt breakdown of exactly where the launch went wrong. Watch the full clip and the reaction its still generating years later.
A single law passed by Congress in 1965, with almost no public debate, set the clock running on the muscle car era’s biggest engines. It didn’t ban horsepower outright — it required something automakers had never had to build before, and gave them until 1968 to figure it out. Here’s how a bill introduced by Senator Edmund Muskie ended up reshaping what Detroit could sell under the hood.
This reel of vintage 1968 television commercials puts Ford’s Shelby Mustang GT and Pontiac’s Firebird side by side, capturing exactly how Detroit sold raw horsepower to television audiences before lifestyle marketing took over. Jingles, drag strip footage, and confident announcers do all the selling. Watch to see how differently automakers pitched performance more than half a century ago.
Nitrogen tire fills promise longer-lasting pressure and better mileage, but independent testing from Consumer Reports and NHTSA found the real-world gains on everyday cars are far smaller than the marketing suggests. Ordinary air is already about 78 percent nitrogen, and mixing the two does no harm at all. Read on for what nitrogen actually changes, where it makes sense, and why it will never replace a monthly pressure check.
This 1969 Ford Ranchero GT hides a 335-horsepower 428 Cobra Jet Ram Air V8 under its Brittany Blue hood, wrapped in white GT stripes and chrome wheels courtesy of The Brothers Collection. One former owner of a nearly identical example says he used to beat 454-powered Chevelles with it. Watch to see what made this coupe utility a genuine muscle car in disguise.
Four cars line up for a pink slip race in 2 Fast 2 Furious, and the build sheet behind each one is more accurate than most movie car scenes ever bother to be. Brian O’Conner’s Evo VII wears taillights from the newer Evo VIII, Roman Pearce’s Eclipse Spyder kept its stock engine under a wide-body kit, and the Camaro squaring off against a 426 Hemi Challenger is actually a period-correct Yenko replica built just for the film. See which build holds up best once the lights turn green.
Road Test TV lines up one of only 182 factory-built 428 Cobra Jet Cougar Eliminator four-speeds against an equally rare 1969 Chevelle SS396 running the high-winding L78 396. It is a genuine Ford-versus-Chevy grudge match between two cars scarce enough to anchor any serious muscle car collection. Watch the full quarter-mile pass to see which rare survivor comes out ahead.
A Ford GT40 — the car built specifically to humiliate Ferrari at Le Mans — lines up against a modern 707-horsepower Dodge Hellcat on an Illinois airstrip in this 1320video matchup from Omega Motorsport’s NoFlyZone Midwest. Sixty years of engineering separate these two cars, but only a quarter-mile separates them on the pavement. Watch to see which era comes out ahead.
A wet road in Grand Prairie, Texas turned into a cautionary tale when a Mustang driver challenged a GTO to an impromptu race – and the GTO driver said no. What happened next, caught entirely on dashcam, has racked up nearly 600,000 views and sparked a running debate over what the Mustang driver should have done differently. The GTO driver, meanwhile, earned respect for staying out of it and stepping in afterward. See how quickly a bad decision on slick pavement can unravel.
This Redline review digs into the 2017 Cadillac CTS-V, a 640-horsepower sedan built around a supercharged LT4 V8 shared with the Corvette Z06 — and a car that a former Cadillac salesperson in the comments calls a genuine monster to drive. It’s American muscle wearing a suit, aimed squarely at Germany’s best. Watch the full review to see why so few people talk about it.
A professional appraiser puts this numbers-matching, V-code 1970 ‘Cuda through its paces on a curvy Maryland back road after a full rotisserie, frame-off restoration, and the 440 6-Barrel big block doesn’t disappoint. One detail even catches the inspector’s trained eye. See what separates a genuinely correct E-body restoration from an ordinary one, straight from someone whose job is finding the difference.
This Plymouth ‘Cuda’s quarter-mile run at a 2012 test-and-tune session ends in a rollover that shocked everyone watching, including the person holding the camera. The driver walked away, a testament to both track safety infrastructure and old-fashioned luck. See what this dramatic footage reveals about the real risks of running a vintage muscle car at full speed on a sanctioned strip.
Built specifically to represent Chrysler at the 1967 International Auto Show, this 426 Hemi-powered Dodge Charger comes from The Brothers Collection with a rear wing, hidden headlights, and a load of options that still spark debate among Mopar loyalists decades later. It’s a genuine factory showpiece, not just another restored survivor. Watch to see what made this Charger good enough to represent an entire brand.
Most 1966 Dodge Chargers were handsome fastbacks with mild V8s, four bucket seats, and hidden headlights. But one option box cost roughly 880 dollars, close to a third of the car’s base price, and only 468 buyers out of some 37,300 ever checked it. Here is what the 426 Street Hemi brought with it, why the automatic cars may be the sleeper story, and why documentation matters more than condition on these.