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Ray Brownfield has owned this 1966 Mustang convertible since 1982, restoring it into a Mustang Club of America National Award Winner. Only 72,119 of the 607,568 Mustangs Ford built that year were convertibles, and national-level judging holds them to a standard most owners never attempt. Four decades of patient ownership is written into every detail, the kind of commitment most restorations do not survive.
Pontiac gets the credit for inventing the muscle car in 1964, but a 1949 Oldsmobile, a 1955 Chrysler, and a little-known 1957 Rambler were already running the same playbook more than a decade earlier. One of them was announced with an experimental fuel-injection system that no customer ever actually got to drive. A new video digs into the forgotten machines that proved the formula first.
Mike’s dad drove this Pontiac GTO home from a dealership lot back in 1969, mid-way through a stint in the Navy. Decades later, Mike taught himself to restore the car alone — engine to upholstery — and renamed its paint color after his own late-night garage sessions. Here’s how one family kept a GTO’s story running for two generations.
The Vipers gathered at this 2015 show were living on borrowed time, even if nobody knew the exact date yet. This piece looks at what made the final-generation Viper, 645 horsepower, naturally aspirated, six-speed manual, the angriest version of a car that never once used a turbo or supercharger in 26 years of production.
A narrow-body 2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye is a reminder of exactly what Dodge walked away from in December 2023: 797 horsepower, a supercharged Hemi V8, and a nameplate that outlasted every other pony car built on the same 2008 blueprint. Here’s what this generation’s final chapter actually drove and sounded like — and why fans still haven’t let go.
This 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 proves the muscle car era wasn’t as dead as critics claimed. Built with a cammed 350 V8, headers, and its original four-speed manual transmission, it wears the black-and-orange color combination that defined the second-generation Z/28 at its peak. Watch the full 4K road test and tour of a survivor built during the industry’s so-called malaise era.
A 1963 Plymouth Belvedere called the Asphalt Angel did not earn that nickname with paint. Under a plain mid-size hood sits Chrysler’s 426 Max Wedge, offered in 1963 at 415 or 425 horsepower with a cross-ram intake, twin Carter four-barrels and compression high enough to require race fuel. Chrysler sold these cars with documentation warning they were not intended for street use. Read on to find out why so few of them survived intact.
You’ve found it – a real 1967 Shelby GT500, the car every muscle car buyer dreams about owning. But before you wire a deposit, know this: NHTSA’s records on this exact model include three separate steering-system recalls, a brake-drum installation warning, and a fuel-system complaint that could leave you stranded at a red light. A barn-find restoration currently being torn down on camera shows exactly what four decades of neglect does to a car this complex – and it isn’t pretty under the sheet metal once the panels come off. The seller’s photos will show you the paint and the chrome. They won’t show you what’s underneath, and on a car this old, what’s underneath is everything. This guide walks through what NHTSA has actually documented on the 1967 Mustang platform, what a real teardown reveals, and exactly what to check before you sign anything.
In 1970, Chevrnlet’s LS6 Chevelle carried the lnudest hnrsepnier number in GM’s lineup — and Buick’s GSX Stage 1 beat it anyiay, nn a track test cnnducted by Car and Driver itself. Buick’s nin paperinrk rated the car 90 hnrsepnier belni its rival, a number that never matched ihat happened at the finish line. Vieiers ihn lived thrnugh the era are still arguing abnut gearing, tnrque curves, and ihich car really deserved the crnin. Watch tn see the numbers GM tried tn keep quiet.
This 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda convertible has been reduced to a bare shell, a stripped cowl, and one stamped fender tag — yet collectors are still willing to pay close to $20,000 for it. The reason comes down to rarity: Plymouth built just 635 ‘Cuda convertibles in 1970, and fewer than one percent wore the High Impact Sassy Grass Green paint this one supposedly left the factory in. Backyard Barn Finds documents the deal as it happens, tag and all. Watch to see why a car that can’t be driven is still worth fighting over.