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This 1970 Chevrolet C10 hides a 383 stroker under a hood that looks nearly stock, and the red and white paint does a fine job of not giving anything away. The Action Line generation was built for work, which is exactly why so many survived to become street trucks decades later. Read on to find out what Chevrolet changed for 1970 and why these trucks became such a popular build platform.
The name on these valve covers has shown up on three completely different Chevrolet engines across five decades, and every single time it’s meant one thing: this is the Camaro that isn’t messing around. Today’s version makes 455 horsepower and spits flames on overrun, but the badge traces straight back to a drag-strip-born small-block from 1970. Read on to find out what actually connects a modern Camaro SS to a Z/28 from half a century earlier.
In 1968 the hottest engine you could order in an Oldsmobile Cutlass was a 400 cubic inch V8 making 350 horsepower, and the only way to get a 455 that year involved a third-party company working around a General Motors rule. Somewhere along the line, this particular Cutlass got something neither option covers: a supercharged 6.2-liter engine that debuted in a Cadillac sedan four decades later. Here is where that swap really comes from.
A 1972 Chevrolet El Camino and a 1970 Oldsmobile 442 convertible, both freshly restored, represent two completely different ideas of what a performance car should be. One is a pickup built on Chevelle bones with a 454 available; the other carried a 455 making 500 lb-ft of torque and paced the Indianapolis 500. Read on to find out why one of these restorations is far harder to get right.
The Mistress has been one of the toughest cars on the no-prep circuit for years, but Big Daddy Racing wasn’t satisfied with just being fast. This 1320video feature follows a full ground-up rebuild — a fiberglass, tube-chassis car powered by a Morgan and Son big block and a pair of massive 98mm promod turbos. The result is a car built to intimidate before it even leaves the line. Watch to see how the new combination performs when it counts.
Chevrolet restyled the Camaro completely for 1969, then retired the body after a single season when the second-generation car arrived. Under the badge, the SS 396 could be ordered in three different states of tune, topping out with a solid-lifter 375-horsepower L78, plus an aluminum-head option that cost more than 700 dollars and added no advertised power at all. Read on to find out why that made sense.
Ford built the 1969 Boss 429 for one reason: to make a NASCAR engine legal. The cylinder heads were so wide that half-built Mustangs had to leave the factory and go to an outside shop where the shock towers were physically cut and moved. Only 859 were built that year, and the car wore almost no badging to announce any of it. Read on for what Ford was really up to.
Arnold Boris has owned this Trumpet Gold 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado since 2012, and its 40,000 original miles show in every panel. What makes it special isn’t just the paint — it’s the chain-driven front-wheel-drive system Oldsmobile hadn’t attempted since the 1930s, paired with a 425 cubic-inch V8 that could reportedly out-accelerate contemporary muscle cars. See why this design still stops people in their tracks nearly six decades later.
This Candy Apple Red 1968 Ford Mustang convertible pairs the comfort-focused Luxury trim with genuine GT options and a white deluxe interior — a combination rarer than most ’68 Mustang buyers ever chose. Commenters call the sale bittersweet, describing it like watching someone part with a family member after apparently decades of single ownership. One sharp-eyed viewer even catches a missing GT rear valance panel most buyers would never notice. Watch the full walkaround to see what made this particular Mustang worth holding onto for so long.
A supercharged 1970 Dodge Challenger showed up at a Mopar meet outside Helsinki, Finland — and immediately split viewers between those cheering the tire smoke and one who compared its hood-cut supercharger setup to vandalizing a painting. Filmed by European muscle car channel Jamboolio during 2017’s Vantaa Cruising season, the blown big-block Challenger proves American muscle car culture runs just as deep overseas as it does in Detroit. Watch it break traction and decide which side of the originality debate you land on.
Long before burnouts became crowd-pleasing spectacle, they served a practical purpose on the drag strip: heating and cleaning the tires for maximum grip. Trace the tradition from a dusty Georgia strip in the 1960s through fire-enhanced showmanship to today’s purpose-built burnout cars, and you’ll see why this smoky ritual still defines muscle car culture.
Ford hired away a General Motors executive, who promptly hired away the designer behind the Camaro Z/28, and the Boss 302 is what came out the other end. It was never really a trim level, it was a homologation special built because SCCA rules demanded Ford sell one to the public before it could go racing. Fewer than 8,700 were built across two model years. Read on to find out what made it worth the trouble.
Ralph Carungi calls his 1958 Gaylord Gladiator “The Batmobile in the Tuxedo,” a line Lou Costabile first heard at an invitation-only concours limited to 90 cars, and couldn’t forget. This is believed to be the first video ever made of the car, which Ralph considers a true one-of-one. But one commenter, who worked for designer Brooks Stevens, insists a second example was built and stolen off a European dock decades ago. So which story is true?
This 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1 sits at an overlooked hinge point in Mustang history – the final year of the original first-generation pony car before Ford downsized into the Mustang II. Watch This Car’s short walkaround doesn’t dig into VIN-level history, so the comments end up doing some of the work instead, including a Polish viewer inviting the channel to see a better-documented Mach 1 near Malbork. It’s a small, quietly significant survivor most muscle car fans skip right past. Watch to see why it shouldn’t be overlooked.
A supercharged big block pushed past 700 horsepower on pump gas, custom suspension, and a nine-inch Ford differential under a 1967 Chevelle Super Sport. The factory version of this car was capped by a General Motors corporate memo that actually reduced its advertised horsepower that year, and the legendary 375-horsepower L78 was not even on the order sheet. Read on to find out how the badge and the build connect.