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Rusty, abandoned classic car with significant wear and tear.

The Barn Find 427 Comet Caliente

by Wes

A random online post about a car sitting in someone’s barn led The Auto Archaeologist to a 1967 Mercury Comet Caliente most muscle car fans have never heard of, let alone seen. This particular example carries the R-code designation, meaning a factory 427 with dual four-barrels and a four-speed manual, verified in an original Hot Rod magazine feature. Even dedicated Mercury enthusiasts often assume this configuration is more legend than reality. Watch to see what a genuine, forgotten piece of Mercury muscle car history looks like today.

1969 Ford Shelby Mustang GT350 Custom in Burgundy & Engine Sound

by Wes

This 1969 Shelby GT350 keeps its factory body and interior exactly as they left the assembly line, while a 408 stroker motor quietly replaces the original 351 under the hood. American Legends Hot Rods in Phoenix built the swap specifically to balance driveability with visual originality, a philosophy that divides collectors but keeps cars like this one on the road instead of in a trailer. The burgundy paint without stripes is a deliberate departure from the expected Shelby look. Watch to hear what a 408 stroker sounds like in a fifty-year-old body.

Bright green 1970 Plymouth HEMIcuda with black stripe on display.

Mark Worman’s 707 HP Hellcrate Supercharged 1970 Plymouth Superbird Tribute at the SEMA Reveal.

by Wes

Mark Worman of Graveyard Carz built his reputation on numbers-matching originality, which makes his involvement with this 1970 Plymouth Superbird tribute worth paying attention to. Under the legendary wing and nose cone sits Mopar’s Hellcrate, a 707-horsepower supercharged crate HEMI built for exactly this kind of plug-and-play swap. Several viewers reported starting their own Hellcrate builds after watching this reveal. Watch to see what happens when a fifty-year-old NASCAR homologation special meets modern crate-engine power.

1970 Ford Torino GT 429 SCJ convertible muscle car in black with yellow stripes.

1970 Ford Torino GT 429 SCJ Convertible

by Wes

Ford built fewer than 20 examples of this exact combination: a 429 Super Cobra Jet, the factory drag pack, a four-speed manual, bench seating, and a convertible body, all wrapped in black paint with a red laser stripe. This 1970 Torino GT is exactly the kind of low-production oddity that Muscle Car of the Week was built to spotlight. Longtime Ford enthusiasts rarely get to see a build sheet this unusual restored and running. Watch to see why this convertible stands apart from every other Torino GT.

1964 Pontiac GTO

by Ross Mills

General Motors banned its divisions from racing in 1963, which should have ended Pontiac’s performance program on the spot. Instead, a handful of engineers found a loophole in the rulebook and shipped a 389-cubic-inch coupe as an option package on a mid-size Tempest. Management capped it at 5,000 units because they were certain nobody wanted another muscle car. Read on to find out how badly they misjudged it.

Red muscle car performing a burnout with smoke billowing around.

AMX vs SC/Rambler Scrambler – 1/4 Mile Drag Race – Gone, But not Forgotten – Road Test TV

by Wes

A 1969 SC/Rambler and a 1968 AMX, both built by American Motors Corporation and both packing the exact same 315-horsepower 390 V8, meet in a quarter-mile race decided almost entirely by rear gearing. AMC loyalists in the comments are still defending both cars against decades of being overlooked by bigger Detroit names. Watch two underdog muscle cars settle an argument that started the same year they were built.

Exclusive Interview: Rory Carroll, Editor, Autoweek

by Jack Harmon

Rory Carroll edits Autoweek from Detroit, but his own car story starts in the orchards of northern Michigan and runs straight through a welded-shut door at the 24 Hours of Lemons. In this conversation with host Pat Caporuscio, Carroll traces his path from a cherry-country childhood to one of the industry’s most recognized editorial chairs, and explains why an editor who still races tells a different kind of story. Read on to find out what shaped his eye for the muscle car world.

Pontiac Beaumont 1966-1969

by Ross Mills

From 1966 to 1969, the Pontiac Beaumont was sold only in Canada, nearly identical to a Chevrolet Chevelle, right down to a shared 396 big block, but distinguished by little more than its tail lights. The range-topping Sport Deluxe became 396-only for its final two years, and just 65 convertibles were built in 1968, every one of them with the big block. Read on to find out why Canadian winters made this rare Chevelle twin even harder to find today.

The Acadian 1962-1971

by Ross Mills

Pontiac never sold the Tempest in Canada, so GM built an entirely separate nameplate to fill the gap: the Acadian, a Chevy II underneath wearing no Pontiac or Chevrolet badge at all, sold through Pontiac-Buick dealerships from 1962 to 1971. It was exported as far as Chile and South Africa, spun off its own Beaumont sub-model onto the Chevelle platform, and quietly outlasted most people’s memory of it ever existing. Read on to find out how a domestic-content law created one of GM’s strangest badge-engineering stories.

Yellow 1969 Plymouth Barracuda Mod Top in a showroom video.

Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode #96: 1969 Plymouth Barracuda Mod Top

by Wes

This 1969 Plymouth Barracuda isn’t fast, and it was never meant to be — its mild 318 and automatic transmission sit well below the muscle car standard. What makes it worth a feature is the factory Mod Top option overhead, a rare floral vinyl roof and interior package that turned a base-model car into one of the most distinctive survivors from the era. Few enthusiasts have ever actually seen one in person. Watch to find out why this quiet Barracuda earned its own spot in the Brothers Collection.

A classic 1967 Shelby GT500 Mustang driving on a road.

Test Driving 1967 Shelby GT500 Tribute 390 V8 Mustang Fastback

by Wes

This 1967 Mustang fastback isn’t a real Shelby GT500 — it’s something arguably more interesting: a meticulously built tribute running a 390 V8, five-speed Tremec, correct Shelby wheels, and a documented Marti Report confirming its original California sale. Every detail, from the subframe connectors to the fiberglass Shelby hood, was chosen to replicate the real thing without the real-thing price tag. One viewer called it a screaming deal even years ago. Watch the full test drive and walkaround to see why.

2014 Corvette Stingray and Z51

by Ross Mills

The 2014 Corvette Stingray and Z51 came in six trims spanning a $56,000 to $67,000 price range, but the real story is what GM packed into every one of them: a reworked interior with no visible plastic, a driver mode dial that changes the steering itself, and a Z51 version quick enough to worry cars costing twice as much. Read on to find out which spec sheet actually tells the truth about this generation.

Classic red and white vintage cars parked in a row at a sunny outdoor event.

Insane Triple-Blown ’58 Biscayne: Muscle Car Madness Unleashed

by Jack Harmon

One supercharger wasn’t enough for this 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne — its builder stacked three of them under the hood of a full-size platform that was never meant to carry this kind of hardware. The result is a sleeper build so over-engineered that even seasoned viewers do a double take. Comment section reactions range from admiration to a warning about getting carried away with power numbers. Watch to see exactly how a triple-supercharged setup comes together on a car this unexpected.

Classic blue Shelby Cobra parked on a street with a mountain backdrop.

Why Carroll Shelby Made Bill Cosby A Super Snake

by Pat C

When Carroll Shelby learned Bill Cosby had been driving foreign exotics, he didn’t just object, he built a 900-horsepower Cobra Super Snake to settle the argument. CSX 3303, one of only two automatic Super Snake 427s ever made, arrived at Cosby’s front door via Shelby’s associate Barry Galloway, complete with a dash plaque guaranteeing 200 mph. Cosby drove it once around the block and handed the keys straight back. Read on to find out how a department store argument turned into one of the strangest deliveries in Shelby history.

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