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NHRA #50 Elmer Trett Top Fuel Record Breaker

by Pat C

Elmer Trett was the first motorcycle drag racer to break 200 miles per hour, then the first past 210, 220, and 230, setting the Top Fuel record fifteen times on bikes he built himself over a career that ran nearly thirty years. He died on September 1, 1996, at the same Indianapolis event where the 200 barrier had fallen, two weeks after a 6.06-second run that put a five-second pass within reach. Thirty years later, here is why the NHRA ranked him among its fifty greatest drivers. Read on to find out what made him so hard to catch.

Classic 1969 Ford Ranchero 428 Cobra Jet in blue and white.

Breakdown/Review: 1969 Ford Ranchero GT 428 Cobra Jet Video

by Wes

This 1969 Ford Ranchero GT hides a 335-horsepower 428 Cobra Jet Ram Air V8 under its Brittany Blue hood, wrapped in white GT stripes and chrome wheels courtesy of The Brothers Collection. One former owner of a nearly identical example says he used to beat 454-powered Chevelles with it. Watch to see what made this coupe utility a genuine muscle car in disguise.

Classic blue Corvette Stingray with sleek curves and sporty design.

Chevrolet Corvette 1971 LT1 350

by Kiril

Chevrolet built 21,801 Corvettes for 1971 and only 1,949 carried the LT-1 small block, split 1,306 coupes and 643 convertibles. New low-lead fuel rules cut its compression to 9.0:1 and its rating from 370 to 330 horsepower, yet it still ran to sixty in about six seconds. It could not be ordered with an automatic or air conditioning, and just eight cars got the ZR1 package. Read on for why it stayed special.

Rear view of a red muscle car with flames in the background.

2018 Dodge Demon Outstanding Perfomance and Upgraded Features from the Best Muscle Car

by Kiril

The 2018 Dodge Demon made 840 horsepower on race fuel, ran a certified 9.65-second quarter mile, and lifted its front wheels 2.92 feet off the ground, a Guinness-certified first for a production car. Dodge had Nitto build it a street-legal drag radial, rerouted the air conditioning to chill the supercharger, and deleted the passenger seat, selling it back for a dollar. Only 3,300 were built. Read on for what went into it.

A turquoise car performing a dramatic wheelie on a racetrack.

Ford Mustang 1400hp Turbo Foxbody Flying

by Kiril

A Fox-body Mustang never made more than 235 horsepower from the factory, and that was the 1993 SVT Cobra R. This teal example runs a forged 5.3-liter LS with twin 76-millimeter turbos making roughly 1400, after starting life with a single-turbo 6.0 combination. Getting there took a fuel system, a chassis, and a cage that cost more than the engine. Read on for what a build like this actually requires.

Classic black vintage car parked on the street.

Plymouth Suburban 1959 Station Wagon

by Kiril

Plymouth built well over 120,000 Suburban wagons for 1959, split across Deluxe, Custom, and Sport trims, with the mid-range Custom alone accounting for 53,869 units. They rode a wagon-specific 122-inch wheelbase with torsion-bar front suspension, came standard with a 132-horsepower flathead six, and could be ordered with a 305-horsepower Golden Commando V8. Almost none survived, because families used them up. Read on for what made the Big Fin wagons worth a second look.

Classic white convertible car driving on a road.

Ford Mustang 1967 GT Convertible 289

by Kiril

Ford built 472,121 Mustangs for 1967, and fewer than five hundred of them carried the K-code Hi-Po 289 with its solid lifters, 10.5:1 compression, and 271 horsepower at 6,000 rpm. This Wimbledon White convertible claims to be one, wearing a GT Equipment Group that was real hardware rather than a stripe kit. Telling a genuine car from a convincing tribute comes down to one character in the VIN. Read on for what to look for.

Shiny maroon vintage car with whitewall tires in a showroom.

Chevrolet Coupe 1941 IMAGES

by Ross Mills

The 1941 Chevrolet Master Deluxe and Special Deluxe carried Harley Earl’s Royal Clipper design, hidden running boards, recessed headlights, and a lower, wider stance meant to echo Buick at a Chevrolet price. Both trims shared a 216.5-cubic-inch six making 90 horsepower, differing mainly in interior trim and brightwork. Chevrolet built over 400,000 Master Deluxe examples that year, unknowingly closing out its last full production year before World War II production took over.

Classic red muscle car parked on green grass under a clear blue sky.

Plymouth GTX 1970 440+6 4 Speed in Tor Red

by Kiril

Tom Bright had owned this Tor Red 1970 Plymouth GTX for exactly three weeks when he brought it to the 26th Annual Belvidere MOPAR Happening in Illinois, and strangers were already giving him thumbs up before he had finished parking. It carries the 440 Six Barrel and a four-speed, a combination far scarcer than most of the people walking past it realized. The GTX was Plymouth’s gentleman’s muscle car, positioned above the Road Runner. Read on for what makes this specific configuration so hard to find.

Ford Mustang Shelby GT350: A Carroll Shelby Legacy

by Kiril

The 1965 Shelby GT350 only exists because SCCA rules demanded a minimum run of street cars before Ford could go racing in B Production. What Carroll Shelby handed back had no rear seat, one paint color, side-exit exhaust, and 306 horsepower from 289 cubic inches. Roughly 562 were built that first year before the formula softened. Read on for what made the first-year cars different from everything that followed.

Two muscle cars racing side by side on a street at night.

2 FAST 2 FURIOUS – Pink Slip Race (Eclipse & Evo vs Camaro & Challenger)

by Wes

Four cars line up for a pink slip race in 2 Fast 2 Furious, and the build sheet behind each one is more accurate than most movie car scenes ever bother to be. Brian O’Conner’s Evo VII wears taillights from the newer Evo VIII, Roman Pearce’s Eclipse Spyder kept its stock engine under a wide-body kit, and the Camaro squaring off against a 426 Hemi Challenger is actually a period-correct Yenko replica built just for the film. See which build holds up best once the lights turn green.

Classic blue and white vintage race car on display.

Ford GT40 teaches Dodge Hellcat How to properly Race.

by Wes

A Ford GT40 — the car built specifically to humiliate Ferrari at Le Mans — lines up against a modern 707-horsepower Dodge Hellcat on an Illinois airstrip in this 1320video matchup from Omega Motorsport’s NoFlyZone Midwest. Sixty years of engineering separate these two cars, but only a quarter-mile separates them on the pavement. Watch to see which era comes out ahead.

Dashcam footage shows a white car ahead on a multi-lane road during sunset.

Mustang And GTO Race Ends BADLY For The Mustang

by Wes

A wet road in Grand Prairie, Texas turned into a cautionary tale when a Mustang driver challenged a GTO to an impromptu race – and the GTO driver said no. What happened next, caught entirely on dashcam, has racked up nearly 600,000 views and sparked a running debate over what the Mustang driver should have done differently. The GTO driver, meanwhile, earned respect for staying out of it and stepping in afterward. See how quickly a bad decision on slick pavement can unravel.

A sleek black sports car driving on a mountain road under clear skies.

14 Things We Learned Driving the Amazing Three-Wheel Vanderhall Venice

by Kiril

The Vanderhall Venice is neither motorcycle nor car, and that ambiguity is exactly the point. Built around a turbocharged four-cylinder and a lightweight composite body on an aluminum chassis, this American-made three-wheeler trades a fourth wheel for a driving experience most sports cars cannot match. Read on to find out what actually separates it from the trikes of decades past.

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