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This 1970 Pontiac Firebird now runs a 632-cubic-inch big block making 853 horsepower on pump gas, built by Bulletmotorsports with no expense spared and featured on a magazine cover. But according to commenters with apparent firsthand knowledge, the car originally ran a smaller Butler Pontiac engine already making 850 horsepower and running 9-second quarter miles, sparking a real debate about whether the swap was an upgrade or a mistake. Watch to see the build and decide for yourself.
Plymouth built only about 115 genuine Hemi ‘Cudas in 1971, each rated at 425 horsepower. This restomod trades that legendary but comparatively modest engine for a modern 572-cubic-inch Hemi crate motor pushing past 800, wrapped around a one-off grille and a five-time Detroit Autorama award-winning interior. Here’s how a crate engine nearly doubled the original’s output, and what that does to a ‘Cuda’s value.
The 1965 Buick Riviera Gran Sport was the first year Buick attached that badge to its personal luxury coupe, and the package hid a genuinely serious performance setup under all that plush trim. Dual four-barrel carburetors, a stiffened chassis and a limited-slip rear turned a two-and-a-half-ton cruiser into something that could embarrass much lighter cars. This particular build adds a custom interior, aftermarket wheels and a lowered stance without losing what made the car special. Read on for what the Gran Sport package really included.
A 707-horsepower Challenger Hellcat’s test day at Willow Springs wasn’t a random venue choice — it’s a return to a track built on a mistake. Bill Huth bought the circuit in 1962 planning to run drag racing down a straight that was too short, and spent the next five decades turning it into one of America’s most demanding road courses instead. Here’s that story, and what a Hellcat has to prove there.
Only about 50 of the roughly 44,808 Mustang convertibles Ford built in 1967 carried the rare K-code 289 HiPo V8, and most of that engine’s already-tiny production run went straight to Carroll Shelby instead. This triple-black example from the Brothers Collection might be the only one wearing a black deluxe interior. Here’s why documented K-code cars carry such a premium, and how collectors prove one is real.
Plymouth built just 2,128 Road Runner convertibles for 1969, and only 769 came with a four-speed manual behind the 383. This one’s got both, plus the Air Grabber hood and a full options list that shows exactly how fast Road Runner buyers dressed up Plymouth’s bare-bones performance idea. Here’s the full story behind the rarest configuration of the model’s debut convertible year.
The 2016 Pigeon Forge Rod Run turned the Smoky Mountains parkway into one long muscle car cruise, but the event’s roots go back further than most attendees realize. From an unofficial 1970s Gatlinburg cruise-in to a convention-center-sized car show, here’s the story behind one of the biggest classic car gatherings in the country.
A 1976 Ford F-100 that’s stayed in one family since it rolled off the lot is rarer than the truck itself. Grandpa bought it new; his son and grandson are still building it together. Here’s what makes the Dentside generation such a strong hot rod platform, why vintage Ford trucks are suddenly climbing in value, and why this build’s paper trail matters as much as its parts.
A 1967 Chevrolet Corvair convertible and a 1986 Pontiac Fiero don’t look like they belong in the same conversation, but both cars broke GM’s own rulebook and paid for it. One got buried by Ralph Nader, the other by its own recall history. Here’s a closer look at which car actually took the bigger engineering risk, and why the answer isn’t the one most people assume.
Mark Wickens went looking for a Mini or a Mitsubishi Lancer in 2015 and drove home with production number 1638 of Ford’s Shelby GT run instead. Finished in black with a silver stripe, this numbered Mustang carries a genuine ‘Powered by Ford’ badge that separates it from tuner-built imitators, a detail collectors increasingly treat as a mark of long-term value. Nearly two decades later, this accidental find is still turning heads outside a Scottsdale burger joint. See why an economy-car search ended somewhere else entirely.
A 2005-2009 Mustang wearing a Cervini’s C-Series Eleanor tribute kit isn’t just a hood and some scoops — it’s a genuine side-exhaust system borrowed from a movie car that never existed as a real Shelby. Here’s what separates a tastefully built S197 tribute from a costume, why the side pipes matter more than the styling, and what a car like this is actually worth next to the real thing.
All Speed Customs skipped the Hemi entirely on this 1971 Plymouth Barracuda, dropping a V-10 and a paddle-shift transmission into a body reworked with custom modifications, silver paint, and red accents. The build, nicknamed Medusa, stopped traffic at the 2017 Detroit Autorama with a back-seat ‘wall of sound’ audio system and a fully custom interior. One viewer said it belonged in the Louvre. See why this Cuda broke every rule a numbers-matching restoration would follow.
