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2011 Nickey Performance Stage III S 427 Camaro

V8TV steps outside its usual 1960s and 70s territory for episode 206, profiling a 2011 Nickey Performance Stage III S 427 Camaro from The Brothers Collection. Nickey isn’t a modern marketing invention; it’s a real Chicago dealership that built factory-adjacent big-block Camaros back in the 1960s, and this build carries that name forward with four-digit horsepower you don’t need a racetrack to use. One commenter admits it’s the modern muscle car that finally got an old-school purist thinking. Watch to see why.

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Retro Looking 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat

by Kiril

V8TV’s Muscle Car Of The Week pulls a 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat from The Brothers Collection, shot with only 35 miles on the odometer. Viewers can’t stop talking about the supercharged whine, with one owner admitting he still smiles every time he starts his up months later. The comments turn into a running debate over Hellcat versus Camaro, versus a 392 Scat Pack Shaker manual, and even a look ahead to the Demon that hadn’t arrived yet. Watch to hear what 707 horsepower actually sounds like from the outside.

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FORD F100 1970 RANGER XLT 428 7.2l V8 COBRA JET BIG BLOCK!

by Kiril

A Ford F-100 badged Ranger XLT should be running a mild truck engine, not the same 428 Cobra Jet that powered some of the era’s quickest Mustangs and Torinos. Ford never factory-installed that engine in a pickup, which raises the obvious question of how this one got under the hood. The answer says a lot about how enthusiasts turn work trucks into sleepers.

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Chevrolet Corvette 1966 Coupe

by Kiril

Chevrolet built the 427-cubic-inch big-block into the Corvette for the first time in 1966, directly answering Carroll Shelby’s dominant 427 Cobra. Buyers could choose a milder 390-horsepower version or the race-bred 425-horsepower L72, of which Chevrolet built only 5,258 examples. Take a tour of this 1966 Corvette Coupe and see what made the first big-block Sting Ray such a serious performance statement.

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Plymouth Valiant V8 – Tire-Shredding Burnout

by Kiril

A Plymouth Valiant was never supposed to be a burnout car, but Chrysler’s compact-fit 273 V8 changed the compact sedan’s reputation the moment it arrived in 1964. From a modest 180-horsepower debut to the hotter 235-horsepower Commando 273, this small-block became the foundation of Chrysler’s entire LA-series V8 family. Watch what happens when that engine gets asked to do something Chrysler never intended.

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Chevrolet Corvette 1967 427 Big-Block Test Drive

by Kiril

Only 3,754 of the 1967 Corvettes built came with Chevrolet’s L71, a solid-lifter 427 fed by three two-barrel Holley carburetors and rated at 435 horsepower. Buyers who wanted it had to skip automatic transmissions and air conditioning entirely, Chevrolet built this engine for drivers, not cruisers. This test drive takes a numbers-matching L71 Sting Ray out to hear what made it the most uncompromising Corvette of 1967.

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Ford Thunderbird 1957

by Kiril

A Dusk Rose 1957 Ford Thunderbird takes on the Black Hills of South Dakota and the climb to Mount Rushmore, powered by the 245-horsepower Thunderbird Special 312 V8 Ford built to sharpen the car’s sporting edge. Equipped with both a porthole hardtop and a folding soft top, this two-seat classic represents the final year of the original Thunderbird before Ford supersized it into a four-seater. See how it handles the mountain roads six decades later.

Chevrolet Camaro 1967 – Test Driving the 502 Big-Block

by Kiril

A modern Chevrolet ZZ502 crate engine promises factory-fresh reliability with big-block torque, but does it actually suit the personality of a 1967 Camaro? This test drive puts the numbers to work, from a hydraulic roller cam tuned for low-end torque to a Holley 870 carburetor and forged internals built to take daily abuse. Find out why this combination has become a go-to swap for first-gen Camaro resto-mods.

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Ford Mustang BoostedGT – HELMET CAM!

by Kiril

Helmet cam footage from a Street Outlaws No Prep Mayhem run puts you inside BoostedGT’s Ford Mustang as it lines up against Flaco’s twin-turbo LSx S10 on an unprepped Wichita track. With no traction compound to keep the tires hooked, every foot of the run comes down to raw car control. See how two very different combinations, big-inch turbo Ford power versus a swapped LS truck, handle a track with zero grip.

1968 Dodge Dart GTS 440 V8 Four-Speed at Passing Lane Motors

by Ross Mills

Dodge never intended the compact Dart to carry a 440-cubic-inch big block, but a small number of 1968 GTS buyers ordered exactly that combination anyway. Paired with a four-speed manual, it’s one of the rarest engine-transmission combos Mopar ever built into an A-body. Here’s what makes this particular Dart worth a closer look.

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1969 Buick Electra 225 Convertible in Gold Paint

by Kiril

Pete Calandra has owned this 1969 Buick Electra 225 convertible for forty-five years, ever since buying it in the middle of a snowstorm. Now restored in gold paint and shown at World of Wheels in Rosemont, Illinois, the car has been preserved to a condition its owner intends to keep far away from winter roads for good. As Buick’s full-size flagship, the Electra 225 was built for comfort and presence rather than speed, and this one carries a rarer credential than horsepower: a single owner for nearly half a century. Watch to hear the story behind one of the longest-held cars on the show floor.

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1962 Chevrolet Z11 at Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals

by Kiril

In the early 1960s, when factory racing was not technically supposed to exist under General Motors’ own corporate policy, a handful of very specific cars still rolled off assembly lines built almost entirely for the drag strip. This 1962 Chevrolet is one of them, and if you did not know to look for it, you would swear it was just another Impala. The debate over exactly what engine it is hiding still is not fully settled. Watch to see why even longtime owners disagree.

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Handmade 1970 Plymouth Superbird Tribute Racer

by Kiril

Real 1970 Plymouth Superbirds are nearly impossible to buy — Plymouth built fewer than 2,000 to satisfy NASCAR’s homologation rules, and survivors now sell for prices most enthusiasts will never reach. So The Brothers Collection built their own from a plain 1970 Plymouth Satellite, recreating the wing car’s nose cone and towering rear wing on a more attainable platform. Featured on V8TV’s Muscle Car of the Week, the build raises a real question about what a tribute car needs to get right to earn respect. Watch to see how close a handmade Superbird can get to the real thing.

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Chevrolet Camaro 1969 Pace Car Convertible

by Kiril

Chevrolet turned pace car duty at the 1969 Indianapolis 500 into one of the most collectible RPO packages of the muscle car era. Every Z11 Camaro left the factory in the same Dover White and orange houndstooth livery, but the engine underneath varied wildly. Here’s what separated the small-block replicas from the rare big-block, four-speed pace cars true collectors still hunt for.

Chevrolet Chevelle 1969 – SS 396/454 Restoration Video

by Kiril

Despite what a lot of listings say, Chevrolet never actually put a 454-cubic-inch big block in the Chevelle SS during the 1969 model year, that engine arrived a year later. The biggest option in ’69 was the 396, offered in three horsepower tunes topping out at 375. The ‘396/454’ label usually shows up because so many of these cars end up as 454 swap platforms. Here’s what the factory actually built versus what most of these cars are running today.

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