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A supercharged Coyote 5.0 sits under the hood of this ’67 Mustang fastback, wearing an Eleanor-inspired stance and running its entire interior through a single iPad instead of a factory gauge cluster. Copper-centered wheels and a custom build free of traditional switches push it well past tribute-car territory into something closer to a rolling art project. Read on to find out why builds like this one split car show crowds right down the middle.
This 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T convertible pairs a numbers-matching 383 with the iconic Hurst Pistol Grip four-speed, factory disc brakes, and a heavy-duty suspension package, all wrapped in a restrained blue-over-black color combination. Read on to find out what makes a matching-numbers manual convertible like this one so hard to find today.
A 1968 Dodge Charger with a Hemi is a familiar story. This one hides a twin-turbocharged 8.0-liter Dodge Viper V10 making 1,300 horsepower, roughly triple what the engine produced in a factory RT/10. Getting a V10 that was never designed for boost to survive that kind of power takes forged internals, a billet intake and a fuel system built for E85. Read on to find out why the 1968 Charger keeps getting picked for swaps like this.
This 1977 Chevrolet Malibu has survived nearly 45 years with just 44,000 original miles and a dashboard that’s somehow never cracked — a rarity for any GM product from this era. Filmed at Country Classic Cars in Staunton, Illinois, it’s the kind of straight, unmolested survivor that malaise-era collectors are only now starting to chase. Viewers are already debating headlight trim details across Malibu model years in the comments. Watch to see what 44,000 careful miles really looks like.
Only 3,939 Ford Torino GT convertibles were built in 1970, and this one adds a rare M-code 351 Cleveland engine, factory air conditioning, and a deluxe interior on top of that already-thin production number. Read on to find out what made the Cleveland worth chasing and why so few buyers ordered the open-air version at all.
A big-block 1967 Mustang fastback can be one of two very different cars — a genuine Shelby GT500 or a standard 390 GT that looks nearly identical from across a parking lot. The difference comes down to a 428 Police Interceptor V8, a handful of interior details, and a VIN that either matches Shelby American’s registry or doesn’t. Read on to find out what actually separates the two.
A rear-wheel-drive production car shouldn’t be able to put down 840 horsepower fast enough to hit 1.8 g’s of acceleration — but Dodge’s Challenger SRT Demon does exactly that. Engineering Explained breaks down the actual physics behind the feat, down to the equation governing tire grip, while also unpacking a rollout-measurement detail that makes the Demon’s 2.3-second 0-60 time even more impressive than it looks. Dodge’s own executives confirmed the correction directly to the Detroit News.
The 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger built its reputation on a 340 small-block that punched well above its weight class in a lightweight A-body, despite the Dart nameplate’s humble slant-six reputation. This particular example takes a different road, running a heavily built 318 with an aggressive cam and a stout rear end. Read on to see what the build actually delivers on the street.
A high schooler in 1964 who never forgot the sound of an identical car lighting up his street. An Air Force veteran turned away by dealers who wouldn’t sell him one. A rumored history running moonshine through the Georgia mountains. V8TV’s Muscle Car of the Week tracked down a Raven black 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 packing the rare R-code 427 rated at 425 horsepower and a 4-speed manual. What was actually bolted under that unassuming black hood?
This hugger-orange 1971 Chevelle SS wears a Baldwin-Motion badge — proof it passed through one of the strangest, most aggressive dealer-tuner partnerships of the muscle car era. Built around a 350 small-block and a Muncie four-speed rather than a big-block, it tells a different story than the factory spec sheet ever could. Read on to find out why that badge matters.
This Plymouth Gran Fury spent its factory life as a police interceptor, running a durable 440 big-block built for pursuit duty rather than bragging rights. A tunnel-ram intake punching through the hood has since turned that quiet workhorse into a full-blown street machine. Read on to find out what made the factory engine special in the first place.
This 1970 Chevelle SS454 isn’t just numbers-matching — it’s optioned with the range-topping 450-horsepower LS6, finished in special-order Hugger Orange, and believed by its owner to be one of the very first LS6 Chevelles built. Commenters are already calling it the greatest American muscle car ever produced. It’s easy to see why: the engine, the color, and the production story all point toward the same rare car. Watch the full walkaround to see the documentation behind the claim.
This 1966 Ford Mustang 289 convertible looks like every other first-generation droptop until you read the fifth character of its VIN. Ford offered the 289 three completely different ways that year, from a mild 200-horsepower two-barrel to the solid-lifter 271-horsepower K-code, and the cars are visually identical from the curb. Only 72,119 convertibles were built out of 607,568 Mustangs. Read on to find out what separates a cruiser from a genuine performance car.
A turquoise 1967 Nova wagon isn’t supposed to be the fastest thing at Drag Week, but a 540 cubic-inch twin-turbo big-block turned this family hauler into a seven-second wheelie machine. It even kept its air conditioning running for the long highway stints between tracks, unlike most dedicated race cars. Read on to see how the build actually pulled it off day after day.
The 1969 Dodge Charger and Super Bee shared Chrysler’s B-body bones but chased two completely different buyers — one wanted a boulevard cruiser, the other wanted the cheapest ticket to a 13-second quarter mile. A mid-year option turned the budget car into the one that actually embarrassed its fancier sibling at the strip. Read on to see how the math worked out.