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This CasualRacing compilation strings together some of the most expensive mistakes made behind the wheel of a 707-horsepower Dodge Hellcat. From a bystander offering body shop directions before the dust even settles to a dealership salesman sprinting clear of a demo drive gone wrong, these are the moments Hellcat owners hope never make it online. Watch to see just how fast that much power can turn a green light into a very public lesson.
George and Carol Edwards spent part of their honeymoon drag racing this 1968 Yenko Super Camaro — and more than fifty-one years later, George still owns it. Lou Costabile caught up with the original owner and his numbers-matching 427 at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in Rosemont, Illinois. Watch to hear the engine run and find out how a Camaro became part of a marriage.
A 1969 GTO Ram Air IV, one of only 759 built that year, takes on a 1970 Chevelle SS454 LS6, Chevrolet’s most powerful factory big block of the era, in a quarter-mile pass that ends in a burnout as memorable as the race itself. An original LS6 owner in the comments confirms the car’s biggest weakness was never power, it was getting that much torque to the pavement. The Ram Air IV gives up 80 horsepower on paper but does not give up the fight. Watch the full run to see how it closes the gap.
Everyone knows the Corvette skipped a model year and the Trans Am’s T-tops leaked. Fewer know that a Southern California dealer scheme got Dodge to build the only production car ever sold new with factory Cragar wheels, or that the fearsome 440 Six Pack wasn’t even the rarest engine you could order in a 1970 Super Bee. Two more little-known muscle car facts worth knowing.
The Ford V8 engine saga continues with the 410 cu in powerhouse, delivering a punchy 345 hp and 475 ft-lb of torque, initially found in the short-lived Edsel. The mighty 430 cu in engine, dubbed the “Bulldozer,” made waves in Lincoln and Mercury models, hitting a historic 400 hp in ’58. Even yachts and race cars couldn’t resist its allure, with Bertram Yachts and dragsters flaunting its raw power. By ’66, the 430 bowed out, making way for the MEL 462, proving Ford’s engines were always ahead of the curve.
Tom Cotter tracks down a car so rare only 85 were ever built in Episode 16 of Hagerty’s Barn Find Hunter — one carrying a seven-figure valuation despite needing a full restoration. Hagerty’s own description dares viewers to guess what it is before watching. What makes the find real, rather than just valuable, is a detail casual viewers might miss: most of the original parts are apparently still there.
Ken Katarynchuk drove his 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T SE hundreds of miles from Canada to Carlisle Events wearing a factory Panther Pink paint job most Mopar buyers never dared to order. Under the pink and magenta stripes sits a 383 four-barrel V8 and a 4-speed manual — a combination that has kept this car light, quick, and unmistakably his for nearly two decades. Watch to see why a stuffed Pink Panther riding shotgun might be the most honest tribute this Challenger could get.
Fifty years of dust could not hide what was parked in this rural Indiana barn: a 1969 COPO Camaro powered by the legendary 427 L72, one of the 201 COPO cars Don Yenko claimed out of roughly 1,015 built. This particular car goes further still — one of only 30 built with an automatic transmission, and one of just seven finished in Fathom Green. Watch to see how a car this rare stayed hidden in plain sight for half a century.
Long before customers ever saw a 1971 Plymouth Satellite, Road Runner, or GTX on a showroom floor, Chrysler’s own salesmen were trained on exactly how to sell them — using this internal film from the Master Technician Service Conference series. It breaks down engine options from economical slant six to the 440 Six-Barrel, explains what separated the budget Road Runner from the upscale GTX, and captures Plymouth’s B-body lineup right at the peak of the muscle car era. Watch to find out what Chrysler wanted its own people to know.
Tim Allen’s 1968 Camaro isn’t a movie prop — it’s a 505-horsepower 427 COPO build from Bodie Stroud, constructed to be exactly the car Allen wanted as a teenager and couldn’t afford. Jay Leno gets behind the wheel to see if it lives up to the hype, and Allen’s face during the burnout says everything words couldn’t. This is car-guy comfort food.
Rev up your engines, classic car enthusiasts, because we’re diving into the wild ride of the third generation Corvette (1968-1982), inspired by the Mako Shark concept. This ‘Vette had a “T” roof, a new 350 cu in engine, and an optional ZL1 big block that roared louder than a lion with a megaphone! Despite horsepower setbacks thanks to emission regulations, the Corvette kept its muscle, and by 1978, it was pacing the Indy 500. Fast, flashy, and a bit cheeky, this Corvette generation truly left rubber on the road and hearts racing.
A 1965 Ford F100 sat forgotten under a stand of trees for years before its new owners realized what they’d inherited with the property. No brakes, a stubborn shifter, and decades of neglect should have meant a dead truck — instead, the old six-cylinder fired right up. Find out what kept it alive for half a century.
The Pontiac Trans Am from 1970-1975 was a muscle car with a flair for drama—think swooping body styles and engines named like action heroes, such as the Ram Air III and IV. The ’74 SD-455 was the muscle-bound heavyweight, boasting an engine so strong it could almost bench press the car itself. By ’75, the Trans Am got a facelift with a wrap-around rear window, but emissions regulations were like a diet plan for the engine, slimming down those power gains. Who needs horsepower when you have style, right?
Pontiac built fewer than 700 first-year Trans Ams in 1969, and this white-with-blue-stripes example, restored by a specialist shop and shown at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals, is one of the survivors. Owner John Steger walks through what made the earliest Trans Am different from everything that came after. It’s a rare look at where the nameplate actually began.
Everyone knows the GTO and the Chevelle SS, but Car News TV went looking for the muscle cars history left behind — and found seven, including a Buick Wildcat whose custom wheels have viewers arguing in the comments to this day. One commenter even jumped in to defend his own 401-cubic-inch, four-speed AMC Javelin AMX as faster than half the cars on the list. Watch to see which forgotten machines made the cut.