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A factory 427-cubic-inch V8 wasn’t a common option on a 1967 Impala SS, which makes David Fritzsche’s Elkhart Blue example — his since 2007 — a genuinely rare find at a Chicago car show. The bench-seat detail alone surprised the interviewer. Then David gave the 427 a rev, and the comment section stopped talking about specs entirely, focused only on how it sounded.
At Summernats 30, Killa B Camaro delivered one of the most talked-about burnout performances the event has ever seen, running a massive blower stacked on a big-block V8 that buried the car in blue smoke. Street Outlaws cast member AZN even rode along to see what all the hype was about. Watch the full run that’s racked up millions of views and counting.
Greening Auto Company built this 1970 Chevrolet Camaro around a Mast Motorsports supercharged LS7 pushing roughly 800 horsepower, sent to the pavement through a paddle-shift automatic and, surprisingly, a Ford rear differential. The body mods are subtle by design, a relocated gas filler, mirror-integrated turn signals, carbon fiber accents, meant to reward a closer look rather than shout for attention. Commenters compared the hood bulge to everything from a Grand National to a 1968 427 SS. Why would a Chevy-focused shop reach for a Ford part on a build this ambitious?
This 1985 Chevrolet El Camino crossed a strange threshold: old enough to be called a classic, but built for buyers who still saw it as a practical work vehicle rather than a collectible. Nicknamed the Cowboy Cadillac for straddling truck and car in equal measure, it carries original paint, original bench seating, and a full comfort-options sheet, plus a GM Goodwrench 350 crate engine standing in for whatever came from the factory. Read on for what made this coupe-utility, and its unlikely nickname, last eight years longer than its closest rival.
Most drag cars keep their turbochargers hidden under the hood. This 1966 Chevy Nova pushes a pair of 76mm turbos straight through the grille for anyone to see, backing up that bold styling choice with genuine performance: builds on this same combination have run 8.80 seconds at over 157 mph while still qualifying as street cars. Read on to see what it actually takes to get a decades-old small-block Chevy platform into 8-second territory without giving up its street manners.
Carroll Shelby’s Cobra started as an opportunistic phone call to a small British manufacturer about to lose its engine supplier, and it ended as one of the most feared shapes in racing. This 1964 289 roadster changed colors partway through its restoration, which is an appropriate twist for a car whose entire history is built on improvisation. The 289 cars are lighter, sharper and more usable than the big-block monsters that followed. Read on for why the small block Cobras have their own devoted following.
As Dodge wound down production of its most unhinged sports car, D3 Performance Engineering decided the Viper deserved a proper send-off. Starting with a track-focused Gen V ACR, the shop added an F1X Procharger and a Nitrous Express kit to push the V10 past 900 horsepower, then took the car to the most demanding stretch of asphalt in the world to prove it. The result: D3 now holds the record for the quickest Gen V Viper on earth.
This thirty-minute compilation from Vantaa Cruising, a recurring car meet in Tikkurila, Finland, captures a night of burnouts, custom hot rods, and modified American muscle that one Oregon-based commenter admitted could never happen back home. There’s not a single Mustang in the lineup, but there is a rubber duck mounted as a hood ornament. Watch to see how seriously Finland’s underground muscle car scene takes American car culture.
This 1969 Chevrolet Corvette still wears its original factory gold paint, but everything else has been built to be heard as much as seen — a big block V8, chrome side pipes, and a 1970s-flavored velour interior. Recent work on the brakes and front suspension means it’s set up to actually be driven, not just displayed. The walkaround and test drive show exactly why owners call this kind of build a conversation starter. Watch and listen to those side pipes in action.
Dodge built the 1969 Charger Daytona for exactly one reason: to beat Ford on NASCAR’s fastest superspeedways, and every strange line on the car traces back to a wind tunnel rather than a styling studio. Only about 503 were built to satisfy homologation rules, and roughly seventy of those carried the 426 Hemi. The wing’s real purpose is not the one most people repeat, and the fender scoops have nothing to do with cooling. Read on for what this car was actually engineering around.
This 1966 Pontiac GTO convertible carries PHS documentation tracing it back to Moody Pontiac in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and it left the factory with the 389 four-barrel, power steering, power brakes and factory air conditioning. 1966 was the year the GTO stopped being an option package and became a model in its own right, and buyers responded by making it the best-selling muscle car in America. The convertible was always the scarcer half of that story. Read on for what separates a documented survivor from the clones.
Phil Martin’s 1966 Pontiac GTO, finished in Charcoal Blue with its original-spec 389 V8, is the kind of rebuild that earns unprompted praise — one commenter simply called the restorer ‘an artist.’ Filmed at Rosemont’s World of Wheels show, it’s a car that captures exactly why the GTO became the template for an entire genre of American performance cars. The comment section has turned into its own trip down memory lane. Watch to hear the 389 come to life.
For 1968, Ford let Shelby buyers order a GT350 with the top down for the first time, and just 404 convertibles were built, making it the rarest body style in the entire 1968 Shelby lineup. It also marked the year the GT350 changed engines, swapping the legendary 289 High Performance for a 302 that Shelby purists were not expecting. Production had moved out of California entirely by this point. Read on for what a 1968 GT350 convertible really represents.
Don Yenko wanted 427 cubic inches in a Camaro and Chevrolet’s own corporate rules said he could not have it, so he found a way around the rulebook that eventually turned into a factory-sanctioned program. This Olympic Gold 1969 example represents the year the arrangement finally went legitimate, with the big block installed on the assembly line instead of in Yenko’s shop. Roughly two hundred were built. Read on for what actually changed between 1968 and 1969, because most people get it backwards.
A plain four-door 1970 Plymouth Satellite with Chrysler’s 440 Super Commando big block hiding under an ordinary hood embarrassed a BMW driver who never saw it coming. Built on the same platform as the Road Runner and GTX but wearing none of their badges or bravado, this sedan is a textbook sleeper — read on for how a grocery-getter body ended up packing genuine street-fighting torque, and why cars like it are becoming harder to find and pricier to own.