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This 1929 Ford Model A wears its purple paint and white stripes like a period-correct hot rod, but under the hood sits a 350 cubic inch V8 and an automatic transmission — nothing Henry Ford ever intended, and exactly what generations of hot rodders have loved about this platform. These photos, courtesy of Gateway Classic Cars, capture a build made for cruising as much as showing off.
This 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 pairs a rare four-speed manual with a factory-correct Medium Garnet Red paint job, restored to a standard clean enough for both show judging and a summer cruise. Read on to find out what separated Chevrolet’s three versions of the 396 and why the manual gearbox matters so much to collectors today.
It started as trash talk at a Wednesday night cruise-in outside a Sonic in Omaha. It ended with a nitrous-fed, 500-horsepower Fox body lined up against a Yamaha R1, a Kawasaki ZX-10R, and a Suzuki GSXR600 on a public street. The ‘beater bomb’ name undersells exactly how serious this build actually is.
This 1965 Cutlass F-85 was cloned into a wicked 4-4-2 tribute, swapping the factory 400-cube V8 for a stroked 461 big-block built for autocross duty instead of concours judging. Read on to find out why a clone built to be driven hard can make more sense than a numbers-matching original.
Chevrolet’s Camaro ZL1 and Dodge’s Challenger Hellcat both pushed past 650 horsepower using completely different engineering paths, an Eaton-blown LT4 versus a larger IHI-blown Hemi, and ran almost identical quarter-mile times despite a 566-pound weight gap between them. Both nameplates ended production within days of each other in December 2023. Read on to find out which factory 700-horsepower icon actually deserved the crown.
A supercharged 500-horsepower Shelby GT500 and a naturally aspirated Corvette Z06 look like a mismatch on paper — until they actually line up at the drag strip. The Z06’s 700-pound weight advantage turns a 100-plus horsepower deficit into a genuine fight, with both cars trading blows in the 12-second quarter-mile range. Read on to find out which one actually crossed the stripe first.
Tom Lembeck has owned fourteen 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda convertibles, but this Jamaica Blue example with the 440 Six Pack still holds a specific title: the first big-block ‘Cuda he ever bought, back in 1997. Nearly three decades later, it still looks close to showroom-fresh. Watch to hear why, out of fourteen cars, this is the one Tom keeps coming back to.
Chevrolet’s 350 small-block went through four dramatically different personalities in barely a decade — from the 425-horsepower NHRA-rated LT-1 in 1970 to a computer-assisted, 190-horsepower L81 just eleven years later. Tracing the L46, LT-1, L82, and L81 in sequence lays out exactly how emissions rules and changing priorities reshaped one of GM’s most important engines. Read on for the full breakdown, casting numbers included.
Sherwin M. found his 1970 Ford XL through a classified ad with photos so bad the car was barely recognizable, which is probably why nobody else called first. What he found in person was a sixteen-year-dormant, numbers-matching survivor with its original 429 engine still intact. Read on to find out how a factory-correct rebuild turned this rare full-size Ford into both a daily driver and a genuine 14-second track car.
Italian drifter Federico Sceriffo takes a General Lee-liveried Dodge Charger R/T sideways in his first video with a new camcorder — no modern drift setup, just a heavy, decades-old muscle car chassis and a driver willing to find its limits. Commenters call it more exciting than watching an import do the same maneuver with more precision. Watch the full drift and hear that big-block V8 under load.
Rick Glickman has owned this Viking Blue 1972 Cutlass Supreme Convertible since 1997 — and he also happens to run the very car show where it’s being filmed. Twenty years of consistent ownership shows in every detail, from the paint to the sound of the 350 firing up. Watch to see what two decades with one car really looks like.
This 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback wears the GT500 look down to the stripes, but its VIN tells a more complicated story than the badge on the fender does. A 390-cubic-inch FE V8, Edelbrock heads, and a limited-slip 3.73 rear end back up the build, while a push-button C6 transmission has viewers picking sides in the comments. Watch to see the full walkthrough.
A Dodge Challenger wedged between a Prius and another hybrid in a Maryland parking lot raises a fair question: is there any version of this HEMI-powered muscle car that’s actually earned a spot in the hybrid section? The honest answer is no, every third-generation Challenger since its 2008 revival has run purely on gas, V6 or V8. This was pure parking-lot irony, not a loophole.
For the show’s 200th episode, V8TV sat down with three-time Indy 500 winner Bobby Unser next to the exact 1969 Ford Torino he drove to victory at Pikes Peak — a car built by Bill Stroppe, Holman & Moody, and powered by a Smokey Yunick-built Boss 429. Unser hadn’t seen it since 1969. Watch to hear him tell the story of a car, and a win, he clearly hasn’t forgotten.
In Queens, one owner has spent decades keeping his 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass alive, running, and racing through exactly the kind of environment that kills most classic cars: rock salt, potholes, and a driving culture built on aggression. MotorTrend’s House of Muscle profiles Eddie and the car locals call “AY OOH,” a nickname earned through years of street racing rather than a paint shop decal. Watch to see how a car this old survives New York City.