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This 1942 cab-over-engine truck was built in the final weeks of civilian production before World War II, at a time when strict length limits made COE designs the workhorses of American trucking. Today, trucks like it are prized by collectors and often converted into ramp-bed car haulers, though restoring one is frequently harder than restoring the muscle car it will carry. Read on to find out what it takes to bring a forgotten 1942 hauler back to the road and onto the show field.
A bolt-on 560-horsepower Nissan GT-R out of the Bay Area spent a day at an off-the-grid California street racing meetup taking on any American muscle car willing to line up against it. Inconsistent street traction gave the all-wheel-drive GT-R a real edge, but at least one muscle car managed to jump out to an early lead despite the GT-R’s launch control. Viewers praised the driver for being upfront about his real horsepower instead of inflating it on camera. Watch to see who actually crosses the line first.
This blown alcohol engine was mid-pull on ALEXort2007’s dyno when something let go — and the comments have been debating exactly what ever since. Was it a dropped rod, an electrical arc, or a motor simply held at redline too long? Whatever the cause, one thing everyone agrees on: it’s a far better place for an engine to fail than in the middle of a quarter-mile pass.
The Fast Lane Car set out to verify Dodge’s claim that the 2018 Challenger Demon was the world’s fastest-accelerating production car — and watched it run the quarter mile in 9.65 seconds, bone stock. Getting there required a factory transbrake, adjustable launch control, and a supercharged Hemi V8 pushing well past 800 horsepower. Commenters call it the last true American muscle car for a reason. Watch the full run and hear that supercharger whine for yourself.
This 1965 Chevrolet Impala had been sitting in a field, quietly rusting, before BigKleib34 stepped in to bring it back. What came out the other side wasn’t a numbers-matching restoration — it was a heavy, weathered full-size Chevy that one commenter clocked at an estimated 9.2-second quarter mile despite weighing over 4,100 pounds. See what it takes to turn a car left for dead into something that can still put a smile on your face.
A twin-turbo Viper V10 stuffed into a Plymouth Cuda body sounds like a garage fantasy, but Legendary Motorcar Company actually built it and then drove it through a snowstorm to prove it. Chrysler’s own engineers had to inspect the car at the Chelsea Proving Grounds before it was allowed anywhere near a high-speed oval alongside a Ferrari Enzo. At 190 mph the windshield trim tore loose – and the driver kept going anyway. Just how fast did this homebuilt E-body ultimately run against Maranello’s finest?
A 2014 Camaro SS and a 2015 Dodge Challenger RT go head to head in this Los Angeles street race, but the real story is the setup — the host studies the Camaro’s 6.2-liter LS3 before racing it against his own daily-driven, 5.7-liter HEMI Challenger. The displacement gap suggests an easy winner. Real pavement doesn’t always agree. Watch the pull to see which V8 actually gets there first.
A genuine 426 Hemi Road Runner, one of only 152 built in 1970, lines up against a 1972 Oldsmobile 442 W-30, one of just 772 built that year, in a quarter-mile grudge match that splits the difference between torque and top end. The W-30’s blueprinted 455 gets off the line first, but the Hemi’s legendary top-end pull closes the gap by the traps. Viewers have been arguing in the comments ever since about which car actually deserved the win. Watch the run and decide for yourself which factory got it right.
David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan head to a Colorado junkyard with roots back to 1959 and walk straight into a genuine rescue project: a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 that had been sinking into the same spot since around 1980. Thirty-seven years of neglect usually means a car is done for good — this one had other plans. The team’s approach to getting it running again is classic Roadkill. Watch how far a nearly-forgotten Mach 1 can go.
Chevrolet’s LS-series V8 didn’t stay locked inside the Corvette — this roundup tracks down five cars, including a Firebird, two different Impala SS builds, and an unexpected Buick Roadmaster, that share real engineering DNA with America’s sports car. Every one of them can reportedly be found today for under $10,000. Budget performance doesn’t get much more specific than this. Watch the full list to see all five.
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman set out to answer one of engineering’s stranger questions: can square wheels actually deliver a smooth ride? The catch is what they had to build to make it work — a custom road shaped by a very specific mathematical curve. The result reveals a surprising truth about the relationship between wheels, roads, and ride quality that applies to more than just square tires. Watch to see the geometry in action.
1320Video followed a freshly built twin-turbo 427 Ford Fairlane through RPM Magazine’s grueling Rocky Mountain Race Week, seven days of driving and five days of racing across 1,300 road miles. Between tire troubles, an 18-20 mpg cruising surprise, and an eventual 9.69-second pass, the build turned into a genuine proving ground. Watch to see how a brand-new combination held up under real endurance pressure.
An ’08 Smart Car running a boosted Toyota Paseo engine lined up against a Shelby Mustang on a Colorado test-and-tune night, and the first run nearly ended in a wheelstand before the car even left the line. By the second pass, the tiny hatchback had cut its time to 12.53 at 107 mph and put the Mustang on the trailer. Drag racing regulars in the comments call it one of the purest sleeper builds they have seen. Watch to see exactly how a car this small pulls it off.
A bolt-on, 560-horsepower Nissan GT-R from the Bay Area takes on American muscle at an impromptu California street meetup, where imperfect pavement ends up mattering more than raw horsepower. Viewers came away praising the mutual respect between import and domestic camps more than the actual results. Watch to see how the all-wheel-drive advantage plays out on a street that refuses to hook up.
Legendary Motorcar’s Dream Car Garage put a genuine 1970 Hemi Cuda through its paces for a segment that still draws passionate comments from Mopar fans years later. The car’s reputation as a straight-line weapon comes directly from Chrysler cramming its most extreme racing engine into a chassis never quite built to handle the weight, yet one detailed comment pushes back, praising the torsion bar suspension’s composure on paved circuits. Watch the full segment to see why viewers still mourn the show that filmed it.