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Humberto Garcia runs a restoration shop in Carpentersville, Illinois, and spends his days bringing other people’s classic Lincolns back to life. But it was his own 1971 Continental Mark III, finished in Ivy Moondust Metallic over a 460 V8, that delivered the surprise — a discovery tucked inside that connected him straight back to his father. It’s the kind of story that turns a routine car feature into something else entirely. Watch to see what he found.
Spotted at a Corvette-only car show, this 1970 Ford Torino GT dubbed ‘All In’ proves that Ford’s mid-size muscle car can still turn heads outside its usual crowd. Built the same year the Torino nameplate took over from the Fairlane and Ford introduced its swoopy coke-bottle redesign, the GT trim offered engines ranging from a 351 Windsor up to the 429 Thunder Jet. With only a fraction of 1970 Torinos built as GTs, and fewer still as convertibles, a well-executed custom like this stands out even among genuine muscle car royalty.
A Cranberry Red 1970 Chevelle SS carrying the LS6 454 and a 4-speed manual does not need much introduction once the numbers come out — 450 horsepower and 500 lb-ft of torque, backed by a factory bench seat and 8-track player. V8TV Muscle Car of the Week treats the drivetrain as the real story, and it is easy to see why once the specs are laid out.
This 1968 Ford Mustang started life as a solid factory fastback, but Customs by Killkeary reworked it with a modern Coyote V8, fresh stance, and custom accent colors that go well beyond a typical restoration. Coyote swaps into first-generation Mustangs have become one of the most popular ways to combine classic sheetmetal with modern reliability and power, and dedicated swap kits have made the conversion increasingly accessible to specialist shops. The result is a Mustang that looks like 1968 and drives like nothing from that era ever could.
Boost12’s twin-turbo New Edge Cobra Mustang runs turbochargers big enough to poke straight through the grille, and at I-29’s Heads Up No Prep event, that much power meets a track surface with almost no grip to spare. No Prep racing strips away the sticky compound of a normal drag strip, turning raw horsepower into a fight for control rather than a straight-line blast. The Heads Up format means there’s no handicap and no room for hesitation. Watch how close this pass comes to getting away from the driver.
Built over roughly five years as a side project by Jesse’s Auto Body, this 1971 Plymouth Cuda ‘Striker’ debuted at SEMA 2016 wearing a Magnuson-supercharged 6.1-liter Hemi, an Art Morrison chassis, and a custom red interior that took more than 500 hours to complete. Almost nothing about it left the factory this way, reportedly only the door handles are stock. It’s the kind of no-compromise E-body build that defines what today’s restomod market chases.
A twin-turbo Chevrolet Corvette pushing 1,100 horsepower turns a car that’s already quick from the factory into a genuine 9-second machine. Builds like this have become common enough that commercial turbo kits now promise this power level as a bolt-on upgrade rather than a custom one-off project. Here’s what separates a reliable four-digit Corvette build from one that just looks the part.
This screaming-yellow 1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda carries a 426 Hemi officially rated at 425 horsepower — a number most enthusiasts believe Chrysler deliberately underreported to dodge crushing insurance premiums. Plymouth built just 666 Hemi ‘Cudas for 1970, with only 284 getting the four-speed manual paired to this car’s Shaker hood and Dana 60 rear end. Recent auction results for the rarest versions have topped $2 million.
The Red Dragon is a Chevrolet Silverado that has no business running quarter-mile passes in the 7-second range, and does it anyway. Packing twin turbochargers and over 1,300 horsepower, this full-size truck has appeared on Discovery’s Street Outlaws and taken on some of the fastest street cars in the country. Here’s what it takes to turn a grocery-getter pickup into a genuine race weapon.
This 1969 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 is rare on two fronts: Oldsmobile built only 171 W-30 sport coupes that year, and just five of them were sold new in Canada. Its Force-Air Induction system fed cold air through hoses in the wheel wells straight into a Rochester four-barrel, backing a 400 cubic-inch V8 rated at 360 horsepower. Few muscle cars combine genuine factory performance hardware with this kind of documented scarcity.
Bennie Horton’s 1965 Ford Mustang GT Convertible has only ever had one family behind the wheel — his father bought it new and handed him the keys as a graduation present. Finished in Silver Smoke Gray over a 289 V8, the car went through a full restoration a few years back and now looks the way it did the day it left the factory. Unbroken single-family ownership like this is rarer in the Mustang world than almost any option code. Find out what makes this convertible worth the trip to see in person.
A supercharged Camaro ZL1, a Hellcat, a Shelby GT500, a Scat Pack, and a naturally aspirated Mustang GT lining up for a straight-line shootout is about as good as modern muscle gets. The forced-induction cars post the eye-catching times, with the ZL1 dipping into the 9s and the Hellcat and GT500 not far behind. But the Scat Pack and the Mustang GT, both running without a supercharger, close the gap by more than the horsepower numbers say they should. That’s the real story here.
When a customer asks to put your shop’s own logo on his truck’s door, you have earned something no advertisement can buy — and that is exactly how this 1957 Chevy pickup arrives at Hudsons Rod & Customs. The big block still makes power, but the owner wants modern LS reliability, so a driveline swap is coming, along with a fresh custom interior to replace the Cadillac-print leather. It is a good cruiser about to become a great one. See the plan take shape.
The 2016 Challenger SRT Hellcat paired a 707-horsepower supercharged V8 with a 3.5-second 0-60 time, an 11.2-second quarter mile, and a 200-mph top speed, all while still returning around 16 mpg combined. Dodge sold it with a back seat and a warranty. Here’s how it performed once real-world testing began.
Plymouth rated the 1971 ‘Cuda 440 Six-Pack at 385 horsepower, though most agree the real number ran higher. Only 254 were built that year, down from over 1,000 just twelve months earlier, and just five came as four-speed convertibles. Here’s what drove one of Plymouth’s best engines into sudden scarcity.