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A 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger spent decades hidden in a garage before anyone heard its 340 run again. Chrysler rated the small-block at just 275 horsepower — enthusiasts have spent 50 years insisting that number is a lie. Here’s what happened when this rough, unrestored survivor finally came back to life.
This nearly-finished 1978 Pontiac Trans Am restoration wears the black-and-gold look every Bandit fan recognizes, but its real story is more complicated than the movie fame suggests. From the W72 400 under the hood to the WS6 handling package and the Y82 Special Edition trim, here’s what actually made this car an icon. Read on to find out what set a genuine survivor apart from the thousands of clones that followed.
The 1963 Studebaker Avanti R2 wrapped a Paxton-supercharged 289 making 289 horsepower in a Raymond Loewy fiberglass body, and Studebaker sold it as the world’s fastest production car. Hemmings’ Mike Musto asks whether the last new car out of South Bend was America’s first muscle car — or its most beautiful misfire.
The 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 was not built because buyers wanted one. It existed because SCCA Trans-Am rules capped engines at 305 cubic inches and demanded that Ford sell street versions before it could race. That single requirement shaped the engine, the suspension, and even the name. Read on for the rulebook, the Cleveland-headed 302 underneath, and the championship that finally made it all worthwhile.
In 1967, Hurst had just 45 days to solve an impossible problem: GM had capped its intermediate cars at 400 cubic inches, but Hurst wanted a 455 in a 442. Their answer was to graft an entire Oldsmobile Toronado underneath it, creating a one-of-one front-wheel-drive muscle car nicknamed the ‘Fournado.’ It vanished for nearly 50 years before Jay Leno finally got to drive it.
Buick’s 1965 Riviera Gran Sport hid a 360-horsepower Nailhead V8 under one of Detroit’s most restrained personal luxury coupe bodies, backed by the tagline ‘the iron fist in a velvet glove.’ Fewer than 3,500 buyers ever checked the option box, making it arguably the rarest performance Buick of the decade. Read on to find out why this sleeper still flies under the radar.
AMC’s 1968 AMX was America’s only two-seat rival to the Corvette — built by chopping a foot out of a Javelin and priced $1,000 cheaper. Three V8 options, a 19,134-car total run, and 52 factory Hurst drag cars later, here’s why this forgotten muscle car still has some of the most devoted owners in the hobby.
Dodge spent two years insisting the V8 muscle car era was over, replacing the Charger’s supercharged HEMI with a battery pack and then a turbocharged six-cylinder. Weak EV sales and comments from Dodge’s own CEO have changed that story: a supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat V8 making more than 700 horsepower is reportedly locked in for the Charger’s 2028 refresh. Here’s what’s confirmed, what’s still rumor, and why the wait might be worth it.
Only 135 Plymouth Superbirds ever left the factory with a 426 Hemi under that towering rear wing, and one of them just crossed the Barrett-Jackson block for $396,000. A matching Hemi ‘Cuda wasn’t far behind at $302,500. Here’s what the pair says about which classic muscle cars are actually gaining value in 2026.
Street Outlaws built its reputation on real grudge matches between real cars, and few rivalries carried more weight than Kye Kelley’s nitrous-fed Camaro, the Shocker, squaring off against a twin-turbo rival known as the Mistress. Nitrous versus turbos is one of drag racing’s oldest arguments, and this matchup played it out in front of a national television audience. Read on to find out how a garage-built Camaro became one of the most recognized cars in the entire street racing scene.
The Pontiac Firebird Survived Two Gas Crises and a Hollywood Bandit — So Why Did GM Kill It in 2002?
Pontiac rebuilt the Firebird four separate times in 35 years, surviving two gas crises and a movie-fueled sales boom that forced GM to delay an entire redesign. This retrospective traces every generation, from the 325-hp 1967 Ram Air 400 to the record-setting late-90s WS6 Trans Ams, right up to the federal safety rule that finally ended the run in 2002.