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This blue 1969 Chevrolet Camaro wears the final and most aggressive sheetmetal of the original F-body before Chevy’s full redesign the following year. Buyers that year could pick from a mild base V8 all the way up to the 375-horsepower SS 396 or the Trans-Am-bred Z/28, a completely different small-block built for road courses instead of stoplights. Being the last year of the first generation gives any genuine ’69 a lasting premium over the earlier cars. Here’s what actually separated the trims.
A complete rebuild of a 1971 Oldsmobile 455 begins the way every serious build does, with a heavy iron big block on the stand and a builder who already knows what he is hunting for inside. This underrated torque monster is destined for a 71 Cutlass, and the first teardown is really a diagnostic exercise, reading decades of clues before a single part gets ordered. See what the initial inspection uncovers.
That dollar peg full of cartoonish castings hides something serious collectors quietly build entire strategies around. This look at collecting Hot Wheels muscle cars reveals why the 2007 to 2010 window is considered a golden age, why Treasure Hunts vanish before they ever reach the shelf, and why a convention floor might be the only place to finally land the cars you have chased for years. There is more skill here than the price tag suggests.
A Toyota Supra rolls up beside a wall of American muscle for a Fast and Furious-style callout, and neither side is there to lose quietly. One makes its power with big cubic inches and a hard launch; the other bets on boost and a forged straight-six that laughs at pressure. It is the oldest argument in car culture, settled in roughly ten seconds of full throttle. See which philosophy took the win.
A stock 707-horsepower 2016 Challenger SRT Hellcat on drag radials should crush a Dodge Dakota in the quarter mile, but this pickup is hiding a turbocharger, and Road Test TV caught the whole thing. Heavily modified and force-fed, the sleeper Dakota turns a lopsided matchup into a genuine question. The Hellcat’s 6.2-liter supercharged HEMI has the numbers; the truck has the surprise. Watch to see who takes the stripe.
The Dodge Charger debuted in 1966 as a two-door-only muscle car with V8 power and a distinctive rotating-headlight grille, a formula it kept until the nameplate went dormant in the late 1970s. When Dodge revived it in 2006, the Charger came back as a four-door sedan, a shift that still splits opinion among Mopar loyalists decades later.
This Horsepower Wars build chases 625 horsepower from a Ford Coyote that spins to 8,500 rpm, race-engine numbers aimed at the street. The twist: with help from AEM Electronics and Ford Racing, the team converted their carbureted Coyote back to fuel injection using AEM’s Infinity system, then proved the swap with real gains on the dyno. It’s a detailed look at where modern EFI beats a carb. Watch to see the numbers.
At the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals, Lou Costabile filmed a gold 1967 Camaro Z/28 with a 302 small block that owner Jon Mello believes is the very first Z/28 Chevrolet ever produced. Mello has owned it since 2000 and pieced together the provenance himself, then committed to a period-correct restoration that took a full decade. It’s a genuine piece of muscle car history. Watch to hear how he proved what he had.
Richard Petty’s 200-mph Plymouth Superbird sat motionless for over forty years, until Goodwood finally put it back on the road for the first time since 1970. This winged NASCAR icon didn’t just terrorize superspeedways; its silhouette helped inspire Disney Pixar’s Cars, making it famous to millions who never saw it race. With nearly three million views, the reawakening is a moment worth savoring. Watch the King’s Superbird run again.
On /BIG MUSCLE, Mike Musto drives a Cadillac that has worn several identities over its life, the automotive embodiment of his motto, “Don’t change cars, change the car.” Instead of trading up, its owner kept reinventing the same machine, layering years of history into one build. With over half a million views, the episode makes a surprisingly compelling case for depth over variety. Watch to see the many lives of this shape-shifting Caddy.
Mopar’s Crate HEMI Engine Kits let owners drop modern HEMI power into 1975-and-earlier muscle like the Charger, Challenger, and ‘Cuda. The 345 kit takes the 5.7-liter to 383 horsepower, while the 392 kit holds the 6.4-liter at 485, both optimized for manual transmissions and priced at $1,795. YOUCAR breaks down what’s included and the fine print that matters. Watch to see whether one of these belongs in your project.
Street Car Video brings together a supercharged CTS-V, a boosted 5.0 Mustang, a ProCharged Chevy SS, and a Corvette ZR1, plus more, for a session of street racing where the pavement, not a prepped strip, sets the terms. Each car chases speed a different way, and the imperfect conditions make every matchup a genuine question mark. Watch to see which combination of boost and traction comes out ahead.
Long before Detroit’s muscle car wars, two Indiana blacksmiths built a company that would eventually produce one of the era’s most overlooked performance machines. The Studebaker brothers started with horseshoes, survived a Civil War wagon contract, and only reluctantly entered the automobile business decades later. Their company’s final act included a supercharged V8 capable of matching contemporaries from Detroit’s Big Three. It simply ran out of time to prove it.
Two very different philosophies of 1965 performance face off in this photo: a plain-looking Plymouth hiding serious big-block muscle, and a restyled Pontiac built for buyers who wanted power wrapped in personal-luxury polish. The Belvedere could be optioned with a 365-horsepower 426 wedge for a fraction of the Grand Prix’s price. The Grand Prix countered with up to 380 horsepower, fresh coke-bottle styling, and a lot more prestige. Which one gets your vote?
This Pro Street 1968 Dodge Charger takes one of the most iconic muscle-car shapes ever built and cranks the aggression to the maximum, massive rear tires, a raised stance, and a presence that stops traffic. Filmed cruising downtown Lowell on a summer Saturday, it turns an ordinary street into a car show. The second-gen Charger was already a legend, and this build only amplifies it. See why every head turns when it rolls by.