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Don Yenko Found a Loophole in Chevrolet’s Own Paperwork to Build a 427 Camaro GM Refused to Make — It Just Sold for $1.815 Million

A 1969 Chevrolet Camaro built purely as a test mule just became the most expensive Camaro ever sold at auction. The reason it exists at all says more about a crack in Chevrolet’s own paperwork system than it does about horsepower.

Mercury Buried Ford’s 428 Cobra Jet Inside a Car So Rare Only 91 Were Built Like It

by Jack Harmon

A Competition Orange 1969 Mercury Cyclone CJ hides the same 428 Cobra Jet V8 that made the Torino famous — and its Marti Report proves it’s 1 of just 91 built this way. Here’s why this overlooked Mercury is finally getting its due.

Roadkill Hid an Illegal Race Car Inside a 1970 Chevy Monte Carlo — Then Almost Lost It on the Freeway

by Jack Harmon

A banned oval-track racer with no VIN gets a second life wearing a 1970 Chevy Monte Carlo body on MotorTrend’s Roadkill. The fix worked almost too well — right up until something nearly let go at highway speed.

Oldsmobile Brought Back the 442 Name in 1985 — On a Car That Broke Every Rule of the Original

by Jack Harmon

Bob Evans Classics went hunting for a 1985 Oldsmobile 442 G-Body, a car that spent decades as a true sleeper before G-body values started climbing across the board. What they found was a rare survivor with a story of its own, tangled up with rising interest in the whole G-body family — Monte Carlo SS, Buick Grand National, and now this often-overlooked Olds. The chase says as much about the market as the car itself.

Pontiac Finally Gave the Trans Am Its Biggest Engine Ever in 1971 — Only 2,116 People Got One

by Jack Harmon

The 1971 Trans Am hid Pontiac’s biggest engine ever behind a shaker scoop and honeycomb wheels, arriving the same year GM capped every engine’s compression to survive new fuel rules. Just 2,116 people bought one that year — here’s what made it special.

A Four-Door Nova Just Out-Roared a Hemi Challenger at This Muscle Car Meet — Here’s Why Sound Still Wins

by Jack Harmon

A 2025 highlight reel of car-meet burnouts and exhaust notes is going viral for an unlikely reason — a plain four-door Nova stealing the spotlight from a 425-horsepower Hemi Challenger. Here’s what actually made the crowd favorites roar, and why a spec sheet rarely predicts which car steals the show.

This Barn-Find Trans Am Wears the Bandit’s Colors — It Sat Untouched for 34 Years Before Anyone Opened the Doors

by Jack Harmon

A black-and-gold Pontiac Trans Am dressed in the Bandit’s own colors spent 34 years hidden in a barn before anyone cracked the doors open. The reveal split viewers between nostalgia and disappointment over what came next.

Pontiac Built Only 108 GTO Judge Convertibles in 1969 — The Seller Says This Black One Is 1 of Just 3

by Jack Harmon

Pontiac sold more than 6,800 GTO Judges for 1969, but only 108 of them were convertibles. This Starlight Black example carries a four-speed, the standard Ram Air III V8, and a claim from its seller that only two other Judge convertibles share its paint. Here’s what separates the rarest Judge body style from the rest of the pack.

Plymouth Beat Ford to America’s First Pony Car by 16 Days — Then Watched the Mustang Outsell It in a Single Day

by Jack Harmon

Plymouth had a sporty fastback on sale before the Mustang even existed, complete with the biggest curved window Detroit had ever tried to build and a trunk big enough for a pair of skis. Here’s how beating Ford to market turned into one of the pony car era’s strangest footnotes.

A Detroit Police Officer Secretly Street-Raced This Hemi Challenger for Decades — It Just Sold for $1,072,500

by Jack Harmon

Godfrey Qualls kept a secret from almost everyone who knew him: his numbers-matching 1970 Hemi Challenger wasn’t just a daily driver, it was one of Detroit’s fastest night racers. Decades later, the Black Ghost’s hidden history helped it sell for more than a million dollars.

Ford Killed the Shelby Mustang in 1970 — It Took 37 Years and 760 Horsepower to Bring It Back

by Jack Harmon

From a 36-car race-only GT350R to a 760-horsepower GT500, the Shelby Mustang’s six-decade story includes a near-death gap most fans don’t know about. Here’s the real timeline, generation by generation.

These Nose-High Willys Coupes Ran 9.93 at 141 MPH on Pump Gas – Then NHRA Erased Their Class Entirely

by Jack Harmon

Gassers ran on pump gas, rode on solid front axles, and pointed at the sky for one blunt reason: physics. This is the full story of the 1960s Gas class – the Willys coupes, the 9.93-second grudge match at Lions Drag Strip, and the rule changes that wiped the category off NHRA’s books by 1972.

AMC Secretly Partnered With Hurst to Build a 340-HP Street Fighter — Then Killed It After Just 2,326 Were Sold

by Jack Harmon

In 1970, the smallest of Detroit’s automakers built a flag-painted, hood-tach muscle car with help from a secret partner — then pulled the plug after a single model year. Here’s the story behind one of the rarest AMCs ever sold.

Plymouth Only Built 824 Convertible Road Runners in 1970 — Then Killed the Ragtop for Good

by Jack Harmon

Plymouth built only 824 convertible Road Runners for 1970 before killing the body style for good. A clean survivor hardtop, featured in a recent walk-around, carries all the same oddball 1970-only details: a licensed cartoon bird, a vacuum-actuated hood scoop, and a facelift that lasted exactly one model year.

GM Claimed the 1970 Chevelle SS LS6 Made Just 450 HP — Quarter-Mile Times Proved Otherwise

by Jack Harmon

Chevrolet rated the 1970 Chevelle SS LS6 at 450 horsepower, but quarter-mile times and dyno arguments from owners suggest the real number was closer to 500. Here’s why GM undersold its own engine — and why only 4,475 were ever built.

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