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Federal safety law forced Chevrolet to give the 1973 Corvette a body-colored urethane nose while leaving its chrome rear bumper untouched, creating a one-year-only styling mismatch collectors still talk about. Quieter, smoother, and riding on its first-ever radial tires, this was also the year the Corvette began drifting from raw muscle car toward refined grand tourer. Here’s what changed under the skin — and why it still divides opinion.
In 1968, Chevrolet redesigned the Chevelle from the ground up to take on the GTO and 4-4-2, giving it a stiffer frame, a swooping new body, and a 396 big-block strong enough to survive decades of abuse. Today, that same durability is why builders still bolt on double superchargers and chase a sound the factory never intended. Here’s what made the SS 396 special — and why it still gets modified this hard.
AMC built its reputation on affordable cars, not horsepower wars, but its V8 architecture turned out to be tougher than anyone at the Big Three expected. Take a guess at what’s under the hood of this blue AMC, then find out why drag racers still build these engines to 700-plus horsepower decades after AMC itself stopped building anything at all.
The 1964 Pontiac Catalina Safari wagon shared its engine bay with Pontiac’s performance coupes, meaning a suburban family hauler could be ordered with the same 421 cubic-inch V8 found in Pontiac’s quickest cars that year. Here’s a look at the specs, seating, and surprising performance potential behind one of the era’s most overlooked full-size wagons, built for camping trips and stoplight surprises alike.
Somewhere on a rural property, a collection of Mopars has been sitting untouched for decades — fenders oxidizing, interiors drying out, engine bays growing dusty over VINs that collectors would pay serious money just to verify. This is Part 2 of that discovery, and it picks up right where the last one left off. The question is not whether these cars are worth saving. The question is how many of them actually are what they appear to be.
A full-size Pontiac sedan standing on its rear wheels at the drag strip isn’t something you’d expect to see today, but the 1962 Catalina 421 Super Duty made it a regular occurrence. Built to exploit NHRA homologation rules and driven by racing legends like Jim Wangers, here’s the story behind one of Pontiac’s most audacious factory sleepers, and why its official horsepower rating was almost certainly a lie.
There’s a reason photos of absurdly lifted trucks circulate endlessly through car culture, and it goes back further than most people realize. From WWII-era necessity to Baja desert racing to today’s SEMA showstoppers, here’s how raising a truck off the ground turned into one of the most recognizable movements in the automotive hobby, one dangling passenger at a time.
The 1979 Triumph Spitfire arrived near the end of a seventeen-year production run, carrying a bigger engine built to survive tightening regulations — and a reliability reputation that came with it. Here’s how Michelotti’s original 1962 design evolved through its final years, and what the black rubber bumpers on U.S. models reveal about the pressures that ended the Spitfire nameplate.
A motorcycle with a significant speed advantage, a pursuing police cruiser pushing its limits, and a crash nobody saw coming — this pursuit video covers a lot of ground in a short amount of time. The physics of what happens when a high-horsepower bike meets traffic and a determined officer in a sub-optimally configured interceptor are on full display here. Some of what unfolds is shocking even for a genre known for dramatic footage.
Fuel delivery systems have evolved, leaving carburetors reminiscing about their heyday. Fuel injection, the cool kid on the block since the ’60s, has taken over, offering precise power with fewer emissions. Carburetors, with their simple charm, can’t quite compete with injectors’ pressurized vapor party. Meanwhile, turbochargers and superchargers argue over who gives more oomph, while fuel injectors stand smugly, knowing they’ve got the muscle (car) edge.
In the early days of muscle madness, the 1970 Plymouth Superbird was the king of the asphalt jungle, flaunting a wing so big it could double as a dining table. Born in the era when carmakers decided that subtlety was overrated, the Superbird zoomed into the spotlight with a 426 Hemi under its hood. It was a time when horsepower was measured in smiles per gallon, and the Superbird delivered with a side of high-speed hilarity, leaving its competition eating dust and questioning their life choices.
Some cars are built for the track, some for the show field, and some for exactly one purpose: putting as much tire smoke in the air as physically possible for as long as humanly sustainable. This machine falls firmly into the third category, and it is very, very good at its job. Turn your volume up before you hit play.
Ever dreamt of owning a piece of muscle car history without breaking the bank? Enter the AMC Javelin AMX, a bargain hunter’s dream, blending futuristic flair with old-school power. This underdog outpaced the big three with its advanced features and affordable pricing. Whether you’re cruising with a 290 cu in V8 or the coveted “Go Pack” 390, you’ll be grinning as wide as the Javelin’s grill. Plus, with AMC’s vintage “Buyer Protection Program,” even your wallet gets a joyride!
Plymouth offered the Sport Fury GT with a 440 and a 426 Hemi in 1970, and almost nobody ordered one. That makes finding a real survivor in Alpine White — with this engine note — something genuinely rare. Full-size muscle cars have always been the underdog of the collector world, but cars like this one are starting to change that conversation in a hurry.
Austin-Healey built the 3000 Mark II for barely two years before quietly changing nearly everything about it — dropping the two-seat body, adding roll-up windows, and tweaking the carburetors along the way. With only 6,113 of the final roll-up-window BJ7s built out of 11,564 total Mark IIs, find out why certain Mark II variants have become some of the most sought-after Big Healeys among collectors today.