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Casey Underdahl’s G-Machine 1969 Chevrolet Camaro is a Jack-of-All-Trades!

by Kiril

Casey Underdahl’s 1969 Camaro was built for the Super Chevy Muscle Car Challenge, a competition that scores cars on autocross handling and braking as strictly as it judges paint and fit. That dual standard is what separates a true pro-touring G-Machine from a car that just looks the part, and it put this father-and-son build up against factory-backed efforts from shops like Detroit Speed and Total Cost Involved. Getting there meant undoing years of hidden rust damage before the real work could even start.

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Will the Dodge Challenger Demon Only Have One Seat?

by Kiril

When rumors surfaced that the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon might ship without a passenger seat, it sounded too extreme to be real, until Dodge confirmed it. Deleting the front passenger and rear seats helped shave more than 200 pounds off the car, part of a broader plan built entirely around quarter-mile performance. Buyers could still add the passenger seat back for a symbolic one dollar, tools included. It remains one of the boldest weight-saving decisions any factory muscle car has shipped with.

Red sports car drifting, smoke billowing from tires.

Dodge Let Us Drive One of the Most Powerful Muscle Cars Ever Produced and It Blew Us Away

by Kiril

Dodge’s own numbers back up the swagger: the 707-horsepower Challenger Hellcat ran 0-60 mph in 3.6 seconds and the quarter mile in 11.2 seconds at 125 mph, all on stock tires. When those figures landed in 2014, no other American production car had ever gone that quick from the factory floor. The Mustang GT and Shelby GT350 comparisons in this piece are not just talk; the strip numbers back them up.

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Classic Cars Roll into Santa Barbara for State Street Nationals Premier Car Show

by Kiril

The State Street Nationals began in the 1990s as a small fundraiser for Santa Barbara’s Page Youth Center and has since grown into one of California’s largest downtown car shows, drawing 300-plus vehicles across roughly ten city blocks. Because every worker volunteers their time, 100 percent of the proceeds reach the charities involved. The cars are the draw, but the mission is what keeps it running.

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Sunshine & Muscle Cars Dominate Inline Tube 2017 Open House

by Kiril

What turns a brake-and-fuel-line manufacturer’s parking lot into one of the season’s most anticipated car gatherings? Inline Tube’s annual open house has grown from a modest shop event into a magnet for restorers and muscle car owners across the Detroit area, drawing bigger crowds than some sanctioned shows. The appeal isn’t trophies — it’s the chance to talk shop with the people who built the parts holding your restoration together.

Rear-side view of a red sports car with black rims indoors.

How I Ruined All My Cars

by Kiril

I’ve managed to ruin quite a few cars, each in its own unique, disastrous way. From overzealous engine mods that left me stranded, to paint jobs that looked more like abstract art gone wrong, my automotive adventures have been a series of unfortunate events. Take my Dodge, which went from roaring beast to a sputtering mess after a DIY turbo install. Or the time I tried to give my old Civic a lowrider look, only to end up with a suspension that had more bounce than a trampoline. Ah, the memories!

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Building a LS1 Engine for Performance and Reliability

by Kiril

Chevrolet’s LS1, introduced in 1997, replaced the iconic small-block V8 with an all-aluminum design that debuted at 345 horsepower in the C5 Corvette. Its light weight and compact OHV layout have made it one of the most popular engine-swap choices for classic muscle car builds decades later. Properly maintained, a stock LS1 can run well past 300,000 miles – a reliability record that helped cement its reputation among builders.

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Could This 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 Be a Pilot Car that Escaped the General Motors Crusher in 1969?

by Kiril

This 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 carries a remarkable claim: that it’s a factory pilot car which somehow avoided the crusher GM used on most of its pre-production prototypes. Specialists like the Pilot Car Registry authenticate these claims by searching for factory stampings hidden beneath a car’s paint. One documented 1970 Chevelle LS6 pilot car even carries a handwritten note on its build sheet.

A vintage police car with a mounted siren and a fish sculpture on the hood.

take a look muscle cars meets in sweden

by Wes

Shot with a GoPro at one of Sweden’s largest gatherings of American muscle cars, this walk-around video captures a scene most people would not expect to exist outside the U.S. Stockholm’s classic car culture has quietly built one of Europe’s most dedicated American muscle followings, sourcing and maintaining these cars an ocean away from their factories. Watch to see just how far the obsession has traveled.

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1970 GTO Dies in Junkyard

by Pat C

Back in 1977, a 15-year-old Larry F. embarked on his automotive journey with a $400 purchase of a 1970 Pontiac GTO. Despite needing a bit of love, it roared to life and even survived a Cardinal red makeover. Fast forward to a heartbreaking day in a GTO junkyard, where Larry and his son stumbled upon the skeletal remains of his beloved car. Missing its bumpers, engine, and more, it was a sad sight. Larry joked about almost shedding tears, with his son confirming, “I thought you were going to cry too.”

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Unthinkable Opportunity: Challenger SRT Demon With All-Wheel Drive!

by Kiril

Dodge broke an unwritten rule of muscle car culture for 2017, offering the first all-wheel-drive American muscle coupe. It was not actually the SRT Demon wearing AWD, but the two cars arrived the same year for very different reasons. Here is what Dodge actually built, and why the mix-up made sense anyway.

A 1970 red Dodge Challenger car illustration with evolutionary sketches.

Watch the Evolution of the Dodge Challenger from 1970 to 2018 !!

by Wes

From the original 1970 R/T and T/A homologation cars through a strange multi-decade disappearance and back into the Hellcat and Demon era, the Dodge Challenger’s history is stranger and more compressed than most fans realize. Cars Evolution animates nearly five decades of the nameplate in one continuous sequence, tracing every major trim along the way. The jump from muscle car revival to 800-horsepower factory drag car happens faster than you’d think. Watch the full evolution to see exactly where it turns.

A vintage car undergoing restoration with mismatched body panels.

This Hellcat-Swapped 1969 Dodge Charger Is a Muscle Car Fan’s Dream

by Kiril

Cleveland Power and Performance did something most restomod builders wouldn’t dare: they grafted a real 1969 Dodge Charger body onto a 2016 Challenger SRT Hellcat chassis. The result hides a 707-horsepower supercharged V8 under sheet metal that looks completely period-correct. Dubbed ‘Reverence,’ the build debuted at SEMA 2018 to plenty of double-takes. It’s one of the more convincing arguments that a factory muscle car body and a modern supercharged chassis were always meant to meet.

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