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This orange 1969 Pontiac Firebird convertible represents the final model year of the first-generation Firebird, a body style Pontiac kept in production into early 1970 while the redesigned second generation was finalized. Only 11,657 convertibles were built that year, and just eight came as genuine Trans Ams. Read on to find out what separates a true 1969 from the Firebirds built before and after it.
This rusty, graffiti-covered survivor carries the name of one of American car culture’s longest-running project cars: Project X. Bought for $250 in 1965 and rebuilt more times than almost any other muscle car in history, even landing a role in a 1980s movie, it’s a build that was never meant to be finished. Read on to find out how a bargain-basement purchase became one of the most legendary test mules in performance history.
This photo captures one of NASCAR’s rarest creations: a genuine wing car from the sport’s brief but wild ‘aero wars.’ Built by Dodge and Plymouth to chase top speed with towering rear wings and extended nosecones, cars like this one dominated the 1970 season before a single rule change legislated them out of competition almost overnight. Read on to find out why that rule mattered so much, and why surviving examples are worth seven figures today.
A muscle car disappearing into its own tire smoke captures one of the automotive world’s oldest traditions, the burnout. What started as a practical way to heat tires before a drag strip run has become a judged spectacle in its own right, with big-block torque, line locks, and sacrificial tires all playing a part. Read on to find out what separates an ordinary smoke show from a legendary one.
This barn-find 1970 Chevelle SS396 L78 became what its own uploader calls a national phenomenon — and the comment section proves why. A former GM Van Nuys assembly-line worker shows up to confirm engine codes and casting numbers firsthand, while other commenters trade stories about factory build sheets hidden inside seat cushions. The walkaround is technical by design, built for buyers who need to tell a genuine numbers-matching SS396 from a clone.
MotorWeek’s 1985 Retro Review pits a Ford Mustang GT, Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z, and Pontiac Trans Am against each other in a head-to-head that now doubles as a time capsule — sticker prices around 10 to 12 thousand dollars, barely 200 horsepower, and a carbureted-engine punchline that’s become a running joke in the comments. Watch to see which of the three came out on top, and why Pontiac fans still mourn its absence.
A classified ad hunting for four completely different American classics, a 1930s Ford coupe, a postwar pickup, an early Mustang, and a Chevrolet SSR, reveals more about how collectors think than most polished auction listings ever do. The buyer will even consider an unfinished project, as long as it’s solid. Read on to find out why this specific combination makes sense as a starter collection.
A mechanic demonstrates removing carbon buildup from piston crowns and the block deck using nothing more than WD-40 and a Scotch-Brite pad — and the comments turn into a genuine debate over the right way to do it. Viewers share a grease-dam trick for trapping debris, argue over scratch marks left by the scraper, and weigh in on when a rebuild needs a machine shop instead of a garage floor. The technique applies just as well to a muscle car big-block as it does here.
Two Dodge Challenger Hellcats, same 707-horsepower supercharged V8, different transmissions — one automatic, one manual. The Fast Lane Car crew lines them up for a straight quarter-mile shootout to settle which one actually gets down the track faster. The results split the comment section, with some viewers questioning a suspiciously slow run and others defending the manual on principle rather than elapsed time. Watch to see which transmission wins.
This 1969 Camaro ZL-1 isn’t just rare — it’s chassis number one, the very first of only 69 ever built, delivered to Fred Gibb Chevrolet on New Year’s Eve 1968 and turned into a drag-strip record setter almost immediately. Host Charley Lillard walks through its all-aluminum 427, its competition history, and why fewer than 40 ZL-1s are believed to survive today. One commenter calls it simply the Holy Grail of all Camaros.
A stroker build video that started as a simple garage update turned into something bigger once the comments filled up — viewers sharing their own battles with the same aftermarket parts supplier, technical debates over cylinder sleeving, and one builder’s blunt verdict that the 440 is the most powerful wedge in the world. Part one covers only the beginning of this Mopar big-block project. Watch to see where it starts.
This orange muscle car is a Mercury Cyclone, a nameplate that started as a Comet trim level before evolving into a genuine 427 and 428 Cobra Jet-powered NASCAR aero warrior. Despite matching Torino and Chevelle SS performance, it remains one of the most overlooked muscle cars of the era. Read on to find out how a car built to homologate NASCAR aero packages ended up parked on a quiet street instead of in the history books.
Pontiac was not supposed to build the 1964 GTO at all. A corporate rule banned engines over 330 cubic inches from the compact Tempest, so three engineers found a loophole in the option book and dropped a 389 in anyway. Management approved 5,000 units as a hedge against failure. Buyers ordered more than six times that number in the first year, and Detroit spent the next decade chasing what Pontiac started by accident.
Chevrolet’s 1957 Cameo Carrier borrowed styling tricks from the Corvette parts bin and offered power steering and power brakes years before that was normal on a pickup. Sales had already cooled from its 1955 debut by the time this example was built, making surviving trucks genuinely rare. Read on to find out which model year is hiding behind the paint.
This 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle SS wears the first major redesign of GM’s mid-size muscle car, along with a brand-new standard equipment: the 396-cubic-inch big block, now installed in every SS built that year. Chevrolet sold over 72,000 of them, but only a fraction carried the rare, solid-lifter L78. Read on to find out what separates a 1966 from the Chevelles that came before and after it.