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The Fox-body Mustang known as Dragonfly hides a 1,500-horsepower turbocharged 427 under its unassuming 1980s bodywork, and it puts all of it down through tiny small tires. The result is 200-foot power-wheelies, consistent seven-second passes, and a grudge to settle against a Supra. Built to run all day at the strip and still drive home with a passenger, it is grassroots drag racing at its most extreme. Watch to see whether the Dragonfly gets its revenge.
A vandalized Mustang Mach 1 becoming international news makes more sense once you understand what these cars are actually worth. Depending on the original engine, a well-documented Mach 1 can be valued anywhere from the mid-five-figures to well over $100,000, with rare Cobra Jet examples reaching $169,000 at auction. The Mach 1 package was so successful in 1969 that it effectively ended the standard Mustang GT. Here’s the history behind the car at the center of this story.
Ford engineers are out testing the next step in performance for the sixth-generation Mustang: the Shelby GT500. The new model will fill the void left by the previous generation’s Shelby GT500 and is confirmed for […]
This 1963 Corvette convertible looks like a museum piece, but under the hood sits a brand-new LS2 crate engine backed by an overdrive 200R4 automatic. A frame-off restomod completed around 2010 with just 3,500 miles since, it adds four-wheel disc brakes, power rack-and-pinion steering, and ice-cold air conditioning beneath a factory-correct interior. It keeps the timeless C2 shape while driving like a modern car. Watch to see one of the most usable classic Corvettes money can buy.
The 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo arrived in the final year of a body style Chevrolet had refined since 1973, and more than 411,000 buyers still wanted one even though the muscle car era was already over. Power came from a modest 305 or 350 V8 paired exclusively with an automatic. The real draw was comfort and style, not the quarter mile. Here’s what made this personal luxury coupe such a sales success anyway.
That satisfied grin after finishing a repair yourself instead of paying a shop isn’t just about pride — a recent survey found a third of DIYers save more than $1,000 a year on maintenance alone. For classic muscle car owners dealing with scarce parts and premium labor rates, the savings run even deeper. Here are the jobs worth tackling in the driveway, and the classic-car-specific habits that keep a numbers-matching engine healthy.
The drag racing footage that still circulates online today traces back to a genuine arms race between Detroit automakers in the late 1960s. Manufacturers weren’t just selling fast cars — they were building machines engineered to win on the strip and still function as daily transportation. That rivalry produced icons like the Dodge Charger R/T and Chevelle SS 454, and legends like Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney. Here’s how the golden era of muscle car drag racing actually came together, and why it ended so fast.
Before it became a footnote in “hot or not” debates, the Mercury Cougar beat every other 1967 Detroit product to the Motor Trend Car of the Year award. Built on a name originally floated for the Mustang, it stretched that platform three inches longer and dressed it in a genuinely upscale cabin. Engine options topped out with a 320-horsepower 390 V8. Here’s what made this pony car different from the one it was compared to constantly.
As many of you may already know, I LOVE Mustangs. As a happy Mustang owner, I am always happy to talk to anyone about the illustrious history of one of the most iconic cars ever […]
This week’s mystery car traces back to a Chevrolet compact that quietly became one of the best big-block sleepers of its era. Once the second-generation Nova borrowed its platform from the Camaro, a 396-cubic-inch V8 became available — and Chevrolet never even advertised it. Only 7,209 SS 396 Novas were built that model year. There’s also a wrinkle in this particular car’s body style worth a second look.
The 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Coupe wasn’t just a facelift — it rode on a reworked platform that was longer, lower, and 166,426 buyers strong in a single model year. Beneath the chrome headlight trim and two-tone paint sat an engine lineup that topped out with a dual-quad 283 V8 most showroom shoppers never even considered. Here’s what actually separated the ordinary Bel Air from the one collectors fight over today.
Muscle car owners joke about it, but the math behind a full restoration is no laughing matter. Between labor rates that average $125 an hour, parts bills that can top $10,000, and paint jobs running into five figures, a frame-off build can quietly climb past $100,000. The single biggest budget-buster is usually the one nobody sees coming: rust hidden beneath the surface. Here’s where the real money actually goes.
Hennessey Performance took a 6.2-liter Cadillac Escalade, added a supercharger, and turned a three-ton luxury SUV into an 800-horsepower drag machine. Then they lined it up against a stock 2018 Camaro ZL1 and its 650-horsepower supercharged LT4 V8. It becomes a pure power-to-weight battle: the Escalade has the bigger number but far more mass to drag down the strip. Watch to see whether Detroit’s most serious muscle car can hold off a supercharged land yacht.
A one-inch adjustment to the front suspension, developed quietly by Ford engineer Klaus Arning for Carroll Shelby’s GT350 and GT500 builds, remains one of the cheapest real handling upgrades in the classic Mustang world. No new parts are needed — just a drill and a willingness to relocate the upper control arm mounting point. The payoff is a measurable drop in body roll and a reshaped camber curve that keeps more tire on the road through a corner. Here’s how the Shelby Drop actually works and why it still matters.
The 2018 Camaro ZL1 1LE starts with a supercharged 650-horsepower LT4 V8, but power was never the ZL1’s problem. The 1LE package adds motorsport-grade Multimatic DSSV dampers, adjustable suspension, sticky Goodyear rubber, and serious aero to turn brute force into genuine precision. MotorWeek puts it to the test around the fast turns of Roebling Road Raceway, and the verdict is blunt: simply the best Camaro yet. Watch to see American muscle finally conquer the road course.