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Legens Hot Rods took a 1960 Ford pickup and gutted everything a straight-six workhorse used to be, dropping in a 5.0-liter Coyote V8 topped with a stacked, individual-runner injection setup borrowed straight from vintage racing. The build made the SEMA Show floor in 2016, with a custom interior and deep red paint built to match the ambition under the hood. See how a sixty-year-old work truck became a genuinely quick street build.
This 1967 Chevrolet Nova SS hides a 565 cubic-inch Dart Pro M aluminum big block reportedly making 900 horsepower — a number that has nothing to do with anything Chevrolet built for this body style. A narrowed 9-inch rear on ladder bars, a transbrake, and a tubbed six-point cage all point toward serious quarter-mile intentions, while custom Indigo Blue paint and stainless trim keep it show-worthy too. Gateway Classic Cars documented every part on this Chicago showroom build. Watch to see what a full Pro Street transformation of a compact muscle car actually looks like.
This Prowler wears one of the last Plymouth badges Chrysler ever built — the brand was discontinued the same year this car rolled off the line. Underneath its hot-rod-inspired body sits a modern 3.5-liter V6 making 253 horsepower, paired exclusively with a 4-speed automatic. Here’s what made this odd, low-volume roadster such a strange and memorable send-off for one of Detroit’s oldest names.
This 1978 Pontiac Firebird Formula shows just over 47,000 miles and still wears its factory interior, which is no small thing for a car built during Detroit’s smog-choked malaise era. Formula buyers that year actually had a real decision to make between three different V8s, and this car’s 350 split the difference between the base 305 and the range-topping 400. Read on to find out whether that choice was actually the smart one.
A widebody Mustang notchback render from designer Chris Cyrulewski went looking for investors instead of a dealership, landing right in the middle of a niche that’s been building momentum for years. The notchback body style has quietly become a favorite canvas for exactly this kind of aggressive, tuner-inspired transformation. Read on to find out where the widebody look actually comes from, and why concept renders like this one shape real garage builds.
The Camaro was born as Chevy’s rushed answer to the Ford Mustang, rolling off the line months ahead of schedule just to compete. Fifty years, six generations, and more than five million cars later, it has become an American institution in its own right. Here’s how Chevrolet marked the milestone, and how a car built to catch up ended up setting the pace.
A first-generation Ford Mustang fastback shouldnt be able to disappear into silence, yet the build nicknamed the Zombie 222 does exactly that, hiding a reported 800-plus horsepower behind a fully electric powertrain. Shown on the GoodGuys Rod & Custom circuit years before EV conversions became a mainstream corner of the classic car world, it split viewers between purists mourning the missing V8 and converts stunned by what they saw in person. Was this the moment the electric muscle car stopped being a joke?
V8TV does not re-run the quarter-mile for this countdown, it pulls the quickest elapsed times magazines actually published in 1970 and pairs each ranking with a real survivor from the Brothers Collection. Hemi Challengers, an LS6 Chevelle, a 455 Stage 1 Buick GSX, and a stripped-down Road Runner all make the cut. Watch to see which car actually topped the list, it is not the one most people assume.
Ford’s 2018 Mustang GT reached 0-60 in the high 3-second range using nothing but a naturally aspirated 460-horsepower V8 and a new 10-speed automatic transmission’s Drag Strip mode. That number matched cars costing far more just a few years earlier, without a supercharger or turbocharger anywhere under the hood. Read on to see how the transmission, not just the engine, made the difference.
The 1935 Ford Model 48 was the car that finally killed off the old four-cylinder Model A for good, replacing it with a 221 cubic inch flathead V8 that powered nearly 800,000 units sold that year. Here’s why this humble flathead sedan, out-selling Chevrolet in the process, makes such a compelling restomod platform today.
Pontiac built only eight 1969 Trans Am convertibles, and V8TV’s Muscle Car of the Week caught up with the very first one ever produced — RAIII 400 power, a rare blue interior, and options like power windows that were unusual for a car built primarily as an SCCA homologation special. Restorer Gary Riley walks through the car’s history from the floor of the 2015 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals. Even in the comments, collectors still disagree on the exact production numbers. Watch to see what makes this one of the rarest Trans Ams ever built.
There were two 327s in the 1967 Chevelle — the 325-hp L79 everyone remembers, and the milder 275-hp L30 this Gateway Classic Cars survivor carries with its Powerglide automatic. GM deliberately underrated the L79 so it wouldn’t outgun the SS 396 on paper, and honest driver-grade Malibus like this are quietly becoming the smarter buy.
ScottieDTV’s teaser shows exactly one thing: an 850 horsepower second-gen Camaro backing out of Greening Auto Company, no burnout, no dyno pull, just an engine note loud enough that commenters said it “almost spilt my drink.” A full feature was promised for the following week, and the reaction here proves the wait is already killing fans. Watch the clip to hear what has second-gen Camaro owners this worked up.
The 2018 Dodge Durango SRT pairs a 475-horsepower 6.4-liter HEMI V8 with an 8,700-pound tow rating, a combination no other three-row SUV in its class attempts. Dodge’s engineers built a family hauler that reaches 60 mph in roughly 4.4 seconds while still handling weekend towing duty without missing a beat. Read on to see how a vehicle built for cargo and carpools ended up outrunning dedicated sports cars.
The 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T could be ordered with four completely different V8s, from a torque-heavy 383 Magnum all the way up to the legendary 426 Hemi — and each one sounded nothing like the others. Only a few hundred Hemi and Six Pack cars were ever built. Read on to find out which engine actually made the best case for itself.