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Two men driving a vintage 1966 Buick Skylark on a sunny day.

Joyride in an 11 second 1968 Buick Skylark

This 1968 Buick Skylark runs an 11-second quarter mile thanks to a stall converter and valve train work — but the real story showed up in the comments, where a man claiming to be the car’s first owner describes getting it from his parents in 1975, catching air on gravel roads, and sliding it into an impossibly tight parking spot while showing off for a girl he later married. It is a joyride video that accidentally became a decades-long love story. Watch the full clip and read the comment for yourself.

Two dusty vintage cars covered in cobwebs in a dimly lit garage.

The Barn Find of Mopars Hidden for Decades: Secret Stash

by Wes

Auto Archaeology returns to a hidden Mopar collection split between an abandoned auto parts showroom and a barn buried into a hillside — a find significant enough that Hot Rod magazine covered it separately. One commenter adds real depth on Chrysler’s High-Impact color program, explaining how Plymouth’s Moulin Rouge, In Violet, and Vitamin C matched Dodge’s differently-named Panther Pink, Plum Crazy Purple, and Go Mango. See what else the second visit uncovers.

A vintage car driving on a street in daylight.

Mercury Comet 1963

by Kiril

This 1963 Mercury Comet was bought new at a Tyler, Texas dealership in May 1963 and driven by the same owner into her nineties, accumulating just 45,000 miles along the way. What makes it genuinely uncommon is not the mileage but the order sheet: a base sedan optioned with both the 260 V8 and air conditioning, a combination almost nobody chose. Read on to find out why that pairing was so rare and what it means today.

Close-up of a classic Ford Thunderbird emblem on blue car paint.

Founder of Roadrunner, GTX Co-Creator Passes At Age 94

by Pat C

Plymouth’s Road Runner nearly died in a hallway argument at Highland Park, killed off by a stylist who swore no cartoon bird would ever wear his sheet metal. The man who saved it was a product planner named Jack Smith, a former Studebaker engineer who also helped create the GTX and who died recently at 94. He never claimed the idea as his own. Read on for how a $3,000 budget bomb beat every projection Plymouth had for it.

Filling all five tires with concrete for a unique challenge.

What happens when you FILL TIRES with CONCRETE?

by Wes

Garage 54’s mechanics have built a channel out of answering questions nobody else bothers to ask, and this time the question was whether a torn tire could survive a full concrete pour instead of compressed air. The build gets messy fast, the shop cat makes an appearance, and the result says more about unsprung weight and tire engineering than most people expect from a shop-floor experiment. Watch to see exactly how the concrete held up once the wheel actually had to roll.

Classic blue and white vintage car parked on a sunny day.

Chevrolet Bel Air 1955 Custom Sedan

by Kiril

This show-quality 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air has covered just 42 miles since its restoration, and almost nothing under the skin is what General Motors installed. A 1969 Corvette 350 replaced the original small block, an overdrive automatic sits where a Powerglide once did, and the car now stops on power front discs it never had. The result is a Tri-Five that looks period-correct and drives like it was built this decade. Read on to find out what changed and why it matters.

Mechanic working on a bright orange engine in a workshop.

Rebuilt and Dyno Tested! – 440 from a 1970 Coronet R/T Convertible

by Wes

Nick’s Garage rebuilds the 440 big-block pulled from a rare 1970 Dodge Coronet R/T convertible, reassembling it piece by piece before pushing it to redline on the dyno. Comments praise the channel for teaching the process rather than just showing results — one viewer even shares finishing their own 440 stroked to 506 cubic inches. Watch to see whether the rebuild holds up under full load.

Classic black convertible car with sleek design and glowing headlights.

Chevrolet Chevelle 1969 Twin-Turbo 540 Big-Block

by Kiril

This 1969 Chevelle looks like a clean pro-touring build until you notice the pair of 76mm turbochargers feeding an all-aluminum 540-cubic-inch big block. Underneath sits a Roadster Shop chassis and Detroit Speed suspension, because a fifty-six-year-old body shell cannot handle this kind of power on factory bones. The combination points to four figures of horsepower in a car that still wears its original silhouette. Read on to find out what it takes to build one.

Two muscle cars racing side by side on a sunlit road.

Street Racers VS Police FAIL & WIN BEST COMPILATION 2017

by Kiril

A viral compilation of street racers colliding with police, some clips pure comedy, others carrying real consequences, has racked up over 11 million views and just as many arguments in the comments. One driver challenges an unmarked Dodge Challenger without realizing it. Another incident, a commenter says, ended in an eight-year prison sentence. Watch to see which moments are funny and which ones are not.

Close-up of a classic V8 muscle car engine with bright orange and black detailing.

5 Best Vintage V8 Muscle Car Engines

by Wes

This video ranks five of the greatest V8 engines from the golden era of American muscle cars, opening with a key distinction: the 426 Street Hemi’s factory-warrantied 10.25:1 compression versus its race-only cousin. One commenter adds real-world proof of the era’s staying power — a 1970 Mustang Mach I he’s owned since 1977, now making 425 horsepower after a 351 Cleveland rebuild. See which five engines made the list.

Mercury Cougar Eliminator 1970 – Boss 302 Powered!!

by Kiril

Ford built the Boss 302 engine to satisfy a rulebook, not a showroom, and almost everyone remembers the Mustang that carried it. Far fewer remember that Mercury put the same engine in a Cougar, wearing an Eliminator badge and built in numbers small enough that most enthusiasts have never seen one in person. Read on to find out why Mercury’s version stayed in the shadows.

A red Formula 1 car driving on a public road.

F1 CAR IN TRAFFIC!!!!

by Wes

Roadkill’s David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan take delivery of a 707-horsepower Challenger Hellcat, a 707-horsepower Charger Hellcat, and a 645-horsepower Viper GT straight from Dodge, then head for a motocross track with zero regard for what any of these cars were actually built to do. With guest appearances from Motor Trend, Dirt Every Day, and a professional drifter, this episode marked the start of Dodge’s sponsorship — and it shows exactly why the partnership worked. Watch to see 2,059 combined horsepower meet terrain built for dirt bikes.

Chevrolet El Camino 1959 and 1960

by Ross Mills

Chevrolet had an El Camino prototype drawn up in 1952 and then let it sit untouched for seven years. What finally pushed it into production was watching Ford get rewarded for the same idea. The car that resulted wore Bel Air trim over a Biscayne interior, carried a corrugated steel bed floor, and in its hottest form ran a 14-second quarter with a tri-carb 348 under the hood. Two model years later it was gone. Read on to find out what killed it.

A bright yellow classic muscle car with its hood open at a car show.

Mercury Cougar Eliminator: The Trans-Am Racer Mercury Almost Didn’t Build

by Kiril

Mercury had a problem in 1968: everybody thought the Cougar was a Mustang for people who wanted leather seats and a quieter ride. The Eliminator was the answer, and it was not subtle. Competition colors, a blacked-out grille, a rear spoiler, and an engine list running from a Boss 302 to a pair of 428 Cobra Jets. Mercury built it for only two model years and roughly 4,500 total. Read on for the Trans-Am racer Mercury almost did not build.

Classic green muscle car parked on a sunny street.

1970 Chevy Nova 355 V8 Four-speed

by Kiril

Jeff Tittle kept his 1970 Chevrolet Nova looking exactly like the plain granny car it was built as, while quietly stuffing a 355 small block, a Super T-10 four speed, and a 9 inch Ford rear underneath. RamblinAround caught the car at a local show, and the moment it fires up, the sleeper act falls apart fast. Watch to hear just how much noise a car this unassuming can actually make.

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