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Everybody remembers the Hemi. Almost nobody remembers that Plymouth’s first real street brawler wore a wedge-head 426 instead, a full year before the street Hemi even existed, and this ragtop is one of the rarest ways you could have ordered one. Read on to find out how a car with almost no advertising still out-muscled half the flashier iron of its era.
This 1969 Pontiac Firebird sat forgotten for years, its factory 400 engine buried under rat nests and grime, until the Turnin Rust crew finally got it running — and the exhaust blew out a literal dust storm in the process. Built originally for strip use, the car earned its Dirty Bird nickname on the spot. Watch to see what years of neglect actually did to a genuine factory 400-powered Firebird, and how much of it is still worth saving.
Don Yenko built the Deuce Nova to solve a problem insurance companies created — premiums on obvious muscle cars had gotten so steep that he hid a 360-horsepower LT1 engine inside Chevrolet’s most unassuming compact instead. This sunflower-yellow survivor is the third Yenko Deuce Nova MuscleCarOfTheWeek has featured, following an orange car and a Brothers Collection example. Watch to see how a car built to be ignored became one of the most sought-after Novas ever made.
Donut Media spent sixty years of Mustang-versus-Camaro history breaking it down decade by decade, scoring heritage, performance, and availability rather than just horsepower numbers. The comparisons range from the expected — Shelby’s GT500 against the Camaro ZL1 1LE — to matchups most fans have never considered, like the IROC-Z against Ford’s police-spec Mustang SSP. Host Joey Rassool promised to stay unbiased. The comments section has thoughts about how that went.
After sitting for twenty-five years, this 1967 Pontiac Firebird’s TH350 transmission wouldn’t move the car at all — not forward, not backward. Arrowhead Garage walks through the exact diagnostic process, from checking fluid at operating temperature to the often-overlooked torque converter drain-down that happens during long-term storage. It’s a temporary fix with a full rebuild still ahead, but it’s also a detailed lesson in exactly what stored transmissions do to themselves over time.
Filmed while the third-generation Trans Am was still brand new, this MotorWeek retro review evaluates the third-generation Trans Am completely on its own merits — new styling, real road performance, and an engine that didn’t quite live up to its own marketing. Watch the car exactly as period reviewers judged it, before it became KITT.
Gord Nelson had a bucket list, and near the top of it sat a Mercury Cougar Eliminator most muscle car fans overlook in favor of its Mustang cousin. When he found one buried in the newspaper classifieds, his wife told him to go get it. What he ended up with wears an engine rating that never quite matched what these cars could do at the strip. Read on to find out the real story under that Competition Orange hood.
Oldsmobile officially rated its 1970 442 W-30 at 370 horsepower — a figure many enthusiasts believe underrated the real output by roughly 30 horsepower. Raiti’s Rides walks through the car’s cold-air hood, upgraded rear axle, and factory performance package, making the case for one of GM’s most overlooked muscle cars. Watch to see what the numbers on paper never fully told you.
Buick built north of 33,000 Rivieras in 1971, but only 3,175 wore the Gran Sport package that added a hotter 330-horsepower 455, heavy-duty suspension, and real performance hardware under that polarizing boattail body. Add a rarely-ordered option like factory cornering lights, and you land on a car that’s uncommon within an already uncommon build. It’s proof that the interesting story on a boattail Riviera often lives in the option boxes, not just the sheet metal.
The Pontiac Trans Am WS6 package started as a simple order-form checkbox, but it transformed a standard fourth-gen Firebird into the sharpest-handling version Pontiac ever built. This detailed Cars & Bids review, viewed nearly 288,000 times, walks through every quirk from the functional hood scoops to the notoriously cheap interior. Watch to see what that $3,290 checkbox actually bought.
It feels responsible to fire up a stored muscle car through the winter to keep the oil circulating — but Muscle Car Solutions brings actual oil analysis data suggesting that habit can cause more engine wear than it prevents. The video makes the case for a battery charger instead of repeated cold starts. Watch to see what the oil report actually revealed.
Plymouth’s 1971 Duster 340 wore a compact-car body and a shark-tooth grille, but its 340-cubic-inch small-block gave it enough power-to-weight advantage to hunt down muscle cars costing twice as much. Motor & Mutt TV makes the case for this overlooked Mopar as one of the smartest performance buys of its era. Watch to see why enthusiasts still argue over exactly what’s under the hood.
Before waking a GT350 or GT500 up from winter storage, there’s a thirty-second engine step that even experienced Shelby owners admit they’d never heard of. Enthusiasts Garage walks through the full process of getting both cars ready for summer, from storage prep to that first critical start. Watch to see the priming trick that has longtime owners rethinking their own routine.
A grassroots drag strip reel from the channel Wheels captures classic Dodge Chargers, Chevy Camaros, Novas, and Cudas making real, unscripted passes — including a 1967 Firebird whose nose lifts dramatically off the line before settling back down. With nearly 95,000 views, it’s become a favorite for viewers who’d rather watch these cars run hard than sit static at auction. Watch to see which car actually gets fired out of the slingshot.
Long before buyer’s guides and forum threads existed, Chrysler trained its own salesmen with an internal film explaining exactly how to sell a 1970 Road Runner, GTX, Satellite, or Belvedere. Uploaded by Mopar archive channel MyMopar.com and viewed over 83,000 times, it doubles today as an unintentional spec sheet for anyone chasing one of these cars. Watch to see what Chrysler wanted its own salesmen saying on the showroom floor.