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Classic vintage pickup truck in deep maroon color parked outdoors.

Ford Model A pickup restomod 1929 images

This 1929 Ford Model A pickup keeps its century-old shape but swaps everything underneath for modern Ford hardware: a 351 Windsor crate V8, a C6 automatic, and a Ford nine-bolt rear end, all tied together with four-wheel disc brakes. The all-Ford drivetrain is a deliberate choice in a restomod world where builders often mix brands freely. 1929 also marked the year Ford introduced the closed-cab pickup, quickly overtaking the open roadster body this truck wears. The result is a genuinely drivable classic built around one brand’s parts bin.

Classic black muscle car parked on a cobblestone street.

1969 Dodge Charger R/T: The Bumblebee-Striped Bruiser Behind the Legend

by Kiril

The 1969 Charger R/T is the car most people picture when they hear the name, and not only because of a certain orange stunt car. A 440 Magnum came standard, the Hemi was available to the very few who could justify it, and the R/T package brought suspension and brake upgrades to match. Here is what the R/T really included, what one honestly ran at the strip, and why documentation decides what a car is worth today.

Classic red 1970s muscle car cruising down the street with driver inside.

383 Stroker Chevelle Runs Up On a 2009 Mustang GT !!

by Wes

A 1970 Chevelle running a 383-cubic-inch small block crate engine lined up against a 2009 Mustang GT running little more than a cold air intake and a tune — and the Chevelle’s front end came off the ground before either car had gone ten feet. The comments turned into a full small-block-vs-big-block debate. Watch to see how the race actually finished.

Classic muscle car with glowing headlights at night.

Guys and Gears: New Technology Meets Vintage Muscle

by Wes

Filmed at the Mobil 1 booth during the 2014 SEMA Show, this segment follows a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS pro-touring build putting down a dyno-verified 464 pound-feet of torque to the wheels. Its exactly the kind of vintage-meets-modern build SEMA has become known for showcasing on its biggest stage. Viewers have plenty of opinions about how the story gets told, but not about the numbers. Watch to see what “new technology meets vintage muscle” actually looks like under the hood.

Classic bright orange muscle car parked outdoors.

The Cougar Eliminator: Mercury’s Answer to the Boss 302

by Kiril

Mercury launched the Cougar Eliminator in the middle of the 1969 model year, gave it a spoiler, a wing, a blacked-out grille, and access to the same Boss 302 and 428 Cobra Jet engines that made Mustangs dangerous, then killed it after two seasons. Roughly forty-five hundred were built in total, making it rarer than the Ford it was answering. Here is what separates the years, the engines, and the cars worth chasing.

Classic white vintage car parked on a grassy lawn.

Pontiac Bonneville 1959 Convertible

by Kiril

The 1959 Pontiac Bonneville convertible landed in the middle of a total reinvention: new bodies, twin fins, the first split grille, and a track widened five inches that gave the division its Wide Track identity for the next decade. Only 11,426 convertibles were built that year, and this one carries matching numbers along with nearly every power option Pontiac offered. Read on for why the wheels moved outward and what made 1959 Pontiac’s most important model year.

Vintage white muscle car with racing stripes during a test run.

vintage road test: 1969 AMX

by Wes

Shot as a period road test rather than a modern retrospective, this vintage clip follows a 1969 AMC AMX putting up numbers that still turn heads: 425 foot-pounds of torque and a 6.3-second 0-to-60 run. Built in far smaller numbers than its Big Three rivals, and equipped here with AMCs performance-focused Go package, this AMX makes the case that the smallest of Detroits manufacturers built a genuine giant killer. Watch the full period footage to see why AMC enthusiasts still wont let this car be forgotten.

Yellow vintage pickup truck parked outdoors.

ASVE Pickup 1974 images

by Ross Mills

ASVE isn’t a car brand you’ll find in any factory catalog, and that’s because it never was one. The designation shows up on titles for a specific category of vehicle that most buyers never think about until they’re staring at a title that doesn’t match anything in a VIN database. Here’s what ASVE actually means, and why a 1974-badged truck can legally wear it.

Front view of a red Chevrolet Camaro with a black racing stripe.

2017 Chevrolet Camaro in the Best Shape of its Life Even at 50 Years Old!

by Kiril

Chevrolet marked the Camaro’s fiftieth birthday in 2017 with a commemorative edition available three completely different ways: a 275-horsepower turbocharged four, a 335-horsepower V6, or the 455-horsepower LT1 V8, all wearing the same Nightfall Gray paint and orange stripes. It was a styling package rather than a performance one, which raises a fair question about what a fiftieth anniversary should actually celebrate. Read on for what the package included and what these cars are worth now.

Classic blue muscle car parked outside a house with wooden garage doors.

WWE Stars With Their Classic Muscle Cars – Here Are Our Best Picks

by Kiril

John Cena’s 1966 Dodge Hemi Charger is not just famous because he owns it. Dodge built only 468 Chargers with the 426 Hemi that first year, making it one of the rarest first-generation Chargers in existence. Cena has kept it unmodified, running its factory 425-horsepower specification more than half a century later. His collection also reveals a pattern common among WWE stars: a preference for loud, powerful American iron over European exotics. It’s a collecting style that mirrors the persona built in the ring.

Classic green vintage car with hood open on display.

Chevrolet C/10 1965 “Boosted Bertha”

by Kiril

Boosted Bertha is a 1965 Chevrolet C10 wearing a supercharger and a stance that puts the rocker panels within an inch of the pavement, but the reason a build like this works starts with a decision Chevrolet made back in 1963. Underneath the boost sits a coil-sprung chassis that was already better than anything else in the segment, plus a small-block architecture that takes to forced induction easily. Read on for what Chevy actually sold in 1965 and what these trucks bring now.

Jaguar XKE Series I-1961 to “68

by Ross Mills

Enzo Ferrari reportedly called it the most beautiful car ever made, and the Museum of Modern Art keeps one in its permanent collection, which is not something most sports cars can claim. The Series I E-Type ran from 1961 to 1968 on a 3.8 liter twin-cam six with triple SU carburetors, and the earliest cars have identifying details worth serious money. Read on for what separates a flat-floor car from everything that followed.

Red sports car doing a burnout on the track, smoke billowing around.

Which Cars Have the Most Horsepower per Dollar?

by Kiril

A recent horsepower-per-dollar ranking crowned the Chevrolet Camaro the best value on sale, fitting, since the ranking landed during the models final production year. From the 455-horsepower Camaro to unexpected contenders like the Tesla Model 3 Performance, here is where cheap horsepower lives now, and how it compares to the muscle car bargains collectors still chase today.

Classic maroon muscle car parked outdoors near a building.

The Torino Ford Stretched Six Inches to Beat the Mopars

by Kiril

Facing Dodge’s aerodynamic Chargers in 1969, Ford stretched the Torino’s nose roughly six inches, cut down a rear bumper to serve as a front air dam, and rolled the rocker panels to sneak the car closer to the ground. Then it built about 754 of them for the public with a bench seat, a black hood, and three colors. Here is what the Talladega changed, why the street cars and race cars used different engines, and why it is still underpriced.

Classic 1969-1970 Plymouth Fury in shiny red with distinctive rear design.

Uniquely Elegant 1969-1973 Plymouth Fury

by Wes

Plymouths fuselage-era Fury, produced from 1969 through 1973, gets its own spotlight here, and the comment section has turned into something like a family reunion. Viewers trade specific memories of mothers Autumn Copper Sport Furys, grandmothers 440-powered two-doors, and drivers ed cars with back seats “like a limousine.” Its proof that not every beloved Mopar had to be built for the dragstrip. Watch the full styling breakdown and see which detail — including that famous hidden headlamp option — sparks your own memory.

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