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Buick rarely gets a seat at the muscle car table, but Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey has spent decades proving that’s a mistake — and this second installment of a Buick-versus-muscle-car grudge series, shot trackside in August 2017, is no exception. One commenter’s blunt reminder that “there would be no Chevrolet, GM, or Chrysler” without Buick sums up why this rivalry keeps getting rematches. Watch to see if the Buick backs up the talk.
Oldsmobile’s 442 rarely gets mentioned alongside the GTO or the Road Runner, but the W-30 package hiding under this 1969 example held its own against anything Pontiac or Plymouth built. This particular car adds a documented Canadian-market history and a place inside the Brothers Collection, a pairing of rarity and provenance that few surviving 442s can claim. Its Outside Air Induction hood and factory specs tell a story most muscle car fans have never heard. Watch to see why this quiet performer deserves more credit than it’s ever gotten.
Holley’s carburetor selection guide tackles the argument every muscle car owner has had at least once — what size carb actually belongs on this engine — with real CFM math instead of bigger-is-better folklore. The video breaks down why oversizing kills drivability, how vacuum and mechanical secondaries serve completely different kinds of builds, and where street and race carburetors part ways. It is aimed squarely at classic muscle cars and daily-driven builds. Watch the full guide before your next trip to the parts counter.
Deep inside a Wisconsin barn, under a stripe of bird droppings and a small mountain of collapsed hay, sat two of Mopar’s rarest aero warriors: a 1969 Dodge Charger 500 and a 1970 Plymouth Superbird, untouched for the better part of thirty years. Their owner found each one through a different stroke of luck, a vague classified ad and a tip from a wing car club, decades before either car ever left the barn. Read on to find out how both cars ended up parked together, and why one of them still wears its original barn hay to car shows.
The 2014 Corvette Stingray spent seven years and three delayed launch dates becoming GM’s answer to a demographic problem nobody wanted to say out loud. Carbon fiber panels, a 455-horsepower LT1 V8, and a completely redesigned cabin were only part of the plan — the rest played out in a video game and at Indianapolis. Read on to find out how a seventh-generation Corvette tried to out-argue its own reputation.
During Buck Hinkle’s Vintage-class dyno pull at Engine Masters Challenge 2016, a cracked oil filter gasket sprayed pressurized oil onto red-hot headers and turned a routine run into an open flame in seconds. Host Steve Dulcich’s unbothered reaction became almost as memorable as the fire itself. It’s a reminder of how quickly a small, cheap part can end a competitive engine build’s day. Watch the moment a dyno cell nearly became a bonfire.
Between 2008 and 2012, Maserati released version after version of the GranTurismo without ever settling on what kind of car it wanted to be — until the limited McStradale variant broke 300 km/h and answered the question for good. A Ferrari-designed V8, three different transmission strategies, and a stopping distance measured in single-digit car lengths are all part of the story. Read on to find out how a comfortable Italian coupe turned into one of the quickest GT cars of its era.
A $240,000 McLaren MP4-12C and a forty-year-old Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 line up for a quarter-mile grudge match that starts as a joke and ends as a real argument about value. The Chevelle’s 13.7-second pass impressed viewers enough that the comments turned into a debate about depreciation instead of horsepower. One of these cars has held its worth. The other hasn’t. Watch which one wins where it actually counts.
A hidden VIN code separates GM’s last true first-generation small block from any other 350, and most owners never learn where to look for it. The Vortec 5700 L31 quietly powered Escalades, Suburbans, and full-size trucks through the late 1990s, while its oversized cousin, the 400 cubic inch small block, carried its own quirks and a notorious overheating flaw. Read on to find out what separates these two small blocks from the rest of the Chevy family, and why one of them is still available brand new today.
Ford has built a full-size, rear-wheel-drive Falcon continuously in Australia since 1960, and most American muscle car fans have never seen one. It played Mad Max’s own car on screen, runs down speeders as an Australian police interceptor, and in 2014 offered a turbocharged six-cylinder quick enough to embarrass plenty of V8 rivals. Read on to find out why this nameplate’s long run was already nearing its end.
A forgotten 1979 border-town action film produced one unforgettable stunt sequence: a 1972 Chrysler New Yorker chasing a 1966 Ford Ranchero, with a 1959 Dodge Mayfair also caught in the mix, all captured in a single real-world take decades before CGI made this kind of scene easy. Preserved by an archive channel dedicated to rescuing lost car-chase footage, the clip has drawn comparisons to Tarantino’s stunt work. Watch three generations of Detroit iron collide with movie history.
This all-original 1967 Shelby Cobra is a Street Car variant, nicknamed the Gentleman’s Cobra by enthusiasts, built with a smoother 428 big block instead of the legendary 427 side-oiler that powered its track-focused siblings. V8TV’s Muscle Car of the Week breaks down what separates it from the side-piped, roll-barred Competition Cobras most fans picture, while commenters debate its value, its rarity, and whether it even counts as a muscle car at all. Watch the full breakdown.
Fifteen years before Pontiac supposedly invented the muscle car with the GTO, Oldsmobile had already done it by accident. The Rocket 88 paired a brand-new V8 with a body never designed to carry one, then backed it up with NASCAR wins, a hit song, and a waiting list that lasted years. Read on to find out how a full-size Oldsmobile became the actual first muscle car in America.
POWERNATION rescues a rusted, neglected 1961 Impala left to rot in a field, rebuilding the corroded frame, floor pans, and rear tubs before dropping in a period-correct 409 V8 and four-speed manual. The finished build, nicknamed Red Sled, has drawn more than six million views and won over commenters who admitted the 61 Impala was not even their favorite year — until they saw this one. Watch the full transformation from rust to show car.
AMC’s Rebel started life in 1957 as a forgotten one-year V8 option, then reemerged a decade later as a genuine mid-size performance car that could run 0-60 in 9 seconds while still seating a family in as much room as a full-size Chevrolet. By 1968 it wore AMC’s own badge for the first time and went racing to prove it. Read on to find out how a 390-cubic-inch V8 option turned the practical Rebel SST into a genuine muscle car contender.