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A pole barn near Pennfield holding seven or eight muscle cars caught fire, and the fuel stored alongside the cars kept the flames going for hours after crews arrived. Pole barns are the default storage for collector cars across rural America, but they offer almost none of the fire protection of a dedicated garage. Here is what happened, why these fires are so hard to contain, and what every owner storing a collection under one roof should change.
This mystery concept car offers no easy clues, no badge, no plaque, just a shape that clearly belongs to an era when auto shows were the only place to see a manufacturer’s wildest ideas. Concept cars like this trace back to events such as GM’s legendary Motorama tours of the 1950s. Take a close look at the proportions and styling details before scrolling past. Can you guess the year, make, and model before we reveal it?
Plymouth built the 440 into the 1970 ‘Cuda as one of its rarest, most serious performance options, and someone has now supercharged that same big block to a claimed 550 horsepower. This pro touring build backs that power with a completely reengineered chassis, big brakes, and modern tires, turning a fifty-year-old E-body into something that can actually use everything under the hood. Read on to find out what it took to get there.
The 1982 Corvette Collector Edition closed out the longest-running generation in Corvette history with two genuine firsts: it was the first Corvette to cross $20,000, and it brought fuel injection back after a seventeen-year absence. Only 6,759 were built, all in Silver Beige Metallic, all automatic. Here is why the most-mocked Corvette generation ended on a car that mattered more than its horsepower figure suggests.
A builder named Mike brought a Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt homage to /BIG MUSCLE that split its comment section into two camps: people who loved the nod to the 1964 original, and people who loved that it actually drives better than the 500-horsepower drag-only monster it’s based on. No oversized wheels, no carbon fiber, just a resto-mod built to be lived with — plus one scene-stealing dog.
American muscle cars have found an unlikely second home in Japan, thanks largely to one hot rodder’s decades-long effort to bring the culture overseas. The Mooneyes shows in Tokyo and Yokohama now draw tens of thousands of fans to see hundreds of vehicles and motorcycles each year. Wandering through the crowd, though, this video finds something that has nothing to do with Detroit at all. Here’s the story behind the show, and the oddity that stole the spotlight.
Street Speed 717’s Mike spent eight months living with a 707-horsepower Hellcat before deciding to sell — and this video walks through exactly why, from dealer visits to tire costs. Commenters push back hard, defending the drivetrain while blaming the decals, and one distills the whole debate into a fast-cheap-reliable trilemma. See what eight months of real ownership actually revealed.
In September 1985, a group of Mopar owners drove in convoy from Detroit to a car show in Columbus, Ohio — and somewhere on I-75, a Plymouth Superbird and a Cuda ended up racing side by side, countdown called over CB radio. Both cars are still owned by the same two friends today, now transformed into a Sox & Martin tribute build and a Hemi-powered Cuda. The story behind that afternoon is better than the race itself.
Road Test TV uncovered a 1970 Plymouth Road Runner that had been sitting since the ’70s — and the VIN tells a story most barn finds can’t match. Chassis 00015 makes it the pilot car for the entire 1970 model year, and it’s one of only 44 built with the 426 Hemi. Air Grabber hood, pistol-grip shifter, and a story decades in the making are all still intact under the dust.
Buick spent decades building its reputation on comfort and chrome, which turned out to be excellent cover for one of the quickest engines of the muscle car era. This 1969 GS Stage 1 convertible in triple black with a four-speed represents the combination almost nobody ordered, backed by a 400 cubic inch V8 whose official 345 horsepower rating was never taken seriously by anyone who drove one. Read on for what Stage 1 really added.
Muscle car fans have been arguing about what counts as ‘the future’ of the genre for over a decade, and the answer just got a lot more complicated. Back when the supercharged Hellcat represented peak muscle, collectors were paying top dollar for 1967-71 originals like they might vanish overnight. Now Dodge’s answer is an electric Charger that fakes engine noise through a patented speaker system. Here’s how the debate has evolved from Hemi displacement to decibels.
Vanguard Motor Sales put a 1970 Ford Torino GT on the showroom floor with something under the hood that Ford never actually sold in this body: a 460-cubic-inch big block backed by a heavy-duty C6 automatic. VIN 0R35H129548, photographed from over 100 angles, tells you this dealer wasn’t hiding anything. The question viewers keep asking is simple — what did a build like this actually sell for?
1953 marked the final year for Ford’s legendary flathead V8, a 239 cubic inch engine that had powered the brand for 21 years. This Customline, Ford’s mid-level trim slotted between the Mainline and Crestline, was one of 761,662 built that year. It’s a car that looked ordinary on paper but carried real automotive history under the hood. Here’s what made 1953 such a pivotal year for Ford’s V8 lineup.
The 1998-2002 Firebird and Trans Am get overshadowed by earlier generations, but a closer look turns up genuine rarities: a 255-unit Formula run, a discontinued paint color limited to just twelve cars, and a Ram Air WS-6 package that pushed output to 325 horsepower. Read on for the specification details that separate a valuable late-fourth-gen Firebird from an ordinary one.
A street-driven, twin-turbo Pontiac Trans Am takes on a big-block 1969 Chevrolet Camaro in an unscripted head-to-head run from Road Test TV, with the Trans Am finding traction while the Camaro’s torque spins its tires off the line. The Trans Am crosses at 7.89 seconds and 180 miles per hour, numbers that hold up against sanctioned strip runs. Watch to see exactly where the Camaro loses ground before either engine ever reaches full potential.