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Introducing the legendary Ford V8 engines, where horsepower meets horsepower! Kicking off in ’57 with the Edsel’s brand new FE 361 engine, Ford revved up the excitement. Need speed for your ride or a power-packed pickup? Meet the FT 360 with its torque-tastic performance. And don’t miss the 390—perfect for the Mustang, with horses under the hood to match. Enter the 406, a short-lived racing legend, soon to be replaced by the iconic 427. Ford’s V8 engines are the real horsepower heroes!
The Ford Flathead V8, the engine that made hot rodders’ hearts race faster than their cars, rolled out between 1932 and 1953. It became the go-to powerplant for speed enthusiasts, despite its quirks. Known for its simplicity and affordability, this iron beast could be tuned to reach 300 mph. While overheating and narrow exhausts were its Achilles’ heels, backyard mechanics loved it. With clever tinkering, even a crankshaft from the Mercury Division could turn these engines into speed demons!
The Black Ghost was a Detroit street racing legend that some people assumed never actually existed — a black 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T with a 426 Hemi, built and raced by a police officer who kept beating everyone who challenged him. His son Gregory Qualls now owns the car and finally tells its full story at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals. It’s since been named car #28 in the National Historic Vehicle Register.
A freshly rebuilt 1969 Yenko Camaro — over 500 horsepower and 550 lb-ft in a car that weighs just 3,500 pounds — gets its first real pull down the road, and the tires lose the argument almost immediately. Built with an M21 four-speed and 4.10 gears, this is not a car designed for gentle acceleration. Watch what happens when patience runs out.
WeBe Autos walks through a sprawling Pennsylvania property packed with classic and muscle cars that have sat untouched for decades — from half a dozen 1966 Mustangs to a rare 1958 Ford Retractable hardtop and even a 1914 Model T. Every car here has a price and a story, and most have not moved in twenty-five years or more. Take the walk and see what’s still waiting to be saved.
Step back in time to 1959 when the Chevrolet Impala got its own nameplate, shedding its Bel Air disguise. This second-gen beauty was a chameleon, offering a range of body styles with fins that could make a fish jealous. The Impala embraced the ‘bigger is better’ motto with its massive rear deck and tail fins that practically screamed, “Look at me!” For those who liked their cars like their pizza—loaded—the Turbo-Thrust V8 delivered a spicy 315hp. And who could resist the 1960 model’s chrome flair?
At the 2013 Pigeon Forge Rod Run, a white 1967 Dodge Coronet R/T packing the rare 426 Hemi option stopped show-goers in their tracks. It’s the first model year Dodge ever used the R/T badge, and Hemi-equipped Coronets from that year are seriously scarce. Take a walk around one of the ones that survived.
Rich Kent’s 429-cubic-inch, E85-fueled 1962 Mercury Comet takes on a 707-horsepower 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat at RT66’s Test N Tune — and the results aren’t what the horsepower numbers alone would predict. With the Hellcat spinning off the line and the Comet launching wheels-up, this grudge match has sparked debate for years. Watch it play out and decide for yourself who really won.
MuscleCarOfTheWeek tracks down a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Hemi wearing the ultra-rare N94 fiberglass hood — one of only four ever built, and reportedly the only surviving Hemi-powered example left. From The Brothers Collection, this bright red Challenger claims a rarity status most muscle cars can only dream of. See what makes this one nearly impossible to replace.
The Chevrolet Bel-Air 1957 was the cool kid on the block, boasting a snazzy dashboard and secret air ducts hidden in its headlight pods. With its sleek 14” rims and classic fins, this car was a collector’s dream. Packing punchy engines like the “Turbo-Fire” V8, the Bel-Air could zip away in style. It came with high-tech (for 1957) options like power brakes, a “surround sound” radio, and even an optional electric razor – because who doesn’t want a clean shave on the go?
Owner Stacy Walters Rossi fell in love with Corvettes at age seven, the moment an orange example “winked” at her. Now she owns and drives this 1954 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster in white, one of the earliest examples of the model ever built. Photographed at Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville, Illinois, this car represents Corvette history before the small-block V8 changed everything. Hear her tell the story herself.
At the Mecum Auction in Schaumburg, Illinois, restorer Tim Wilhelm walks through a numbers-matching 1970 Dodge Challenger RT/SE Special Edition built around the legendary 426 Hemi. From its Canadian-spec build codes to a factory options list that reads like a wish list, this Challenger was restored down to details most owners would never think to chase. See just how deep the documentation goes.