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JD and his mentor Dalton already tried once to build JD’s first muscle car, and it didn’t go as planned. Now they’re back with a 1973 AMC Javelin that’s sat completely untouched for 34 years — no one has so much as turned the key in over three decades. Between the mechanical uncertainty and a mentorship dynamic viewers can’t stop talking about, this build is about a lot more than just getting an old AMC running again. Watch to see if three and a half decades of silence finally ends.
The Dodge Charger debuted in 1966 as a two-door-only muscle car with V8 power and a distinctive rotating-headlight grille, a formula it kept until the nameplate went dormant in the late 1970s. When Dodge revived it in 2006, the Charger came back as a four-door sedan, a shift that still splits opinion among Mopar loyalists decades later.
Everyone talks about the six-figure Hemi cars crossing the block at Mecum — but what does an actually affordable muscle car cost in 2026? Ultimate Muscle Car walked the Harrisburg auction floor pricing out Valiants, Novas, Catalinas, and Firebirds instead of the headline cars, and uncovered a real debate about who’s still buying these cars as the generation that grew up with them ages out of the hobby. Watch to see what real money actually buys right now.
This 1965 Chevy Nova SS wears a body Chevrolet never paired with a 406 cubic-inch V8, a Ford 9-inch rear end, or rack-and-pinion steering — all changes bolted on by a builder chasing quarter-mile performance over factory correctness. Sub-frame connectors, a trunk-mounted battery, and Mickey Thompson drag radials all point toward a car built to launch hard, not just look sharp at a cruise-in. RamblinAround walked through the full build with photos and receipts in hand at Fast Lane Classic Cars. Watch to see how far off the factory blueprint a serious Nova build can go.
We found 2 verifiable 1970 Chevelle SS454 listings across ClassicCars.com, Hemmings, eBay Motors, and more this month — a thin market, but here’s what’s genuinely available and what the LS5/LS6 market looks like right now.
Jay Leno takes his time with this 1966 Oldsmobile 442, and for good reason — only 54 buyers in the entire model year ordered the exact combination of options hiding under its hood. Original-owner documentation confirms what most surviving 442s can only claim, and a comment thread packed with firsthand family history adds even more depth to the story. One detail even traces back to the engineer who helped design the car’s air conditioning compressor. Watch to see why Jay calls this car a crown jewel.
Buick spent most of its history selling comfort, not speed — which made it stunning when Motor Trend called the 1970 GSX the quickest American car they’d ever tested. Built in just 678 examples with a Stage 1 package that delivered more torque than any rival muscle car of its era, the GSX remains one of the most underrated performance cars Detroit ever built. Most people who saw one on the street in period had no idea what they were looking at. Watch to find out why.
Pontiac stopped offering the 455 engine in 1976, meaning this 1978 Trans Am’s big-inch V8 isn’t a factory original, it’s the car’s numbers-matching 400 block, bored and stroked to 455 cubic inches during a full restoration. Edelbrock heads, a roller cam, and a rebuilt Quadrajet back up the added displacement. The result blends genuine muscle-era hardware with modern conveniences like Bluetooth audio.
We researched 5 top OBD2 scanner options on Amazon — here are the ones worth buying for your muscle car garage, ranked by ratings and real buyer feedback.
Ford rated the 1969 Torino Cobra’s 428 Cobra Jet at 335 horsepower — and admitted, in its own advertising, that the number was conservative. Muscle Car Of The Week breaks down exactly why the NHRA put the real figure closer to 380 horsepower, along with the NASCAR aerodynamics, data-plate history, and interior details that make this particular Cobra a genuine time capsule. Even the gas cap has a story worth correcting. Watch the full breakdown to see what Ford wasn’t telling buyers.
Tucked inside a private muscle car collection that almost never sees the light of day sits a genuine unicorn: a 1968 Mercury Cougar GT-E built with the 427, an engine Ford discontinued after just 357 cars. Backyard Barn Finds got rare access to the collector behind it, a hands-on enthusiast who’s spent years assembling some of the rarest American muscle still surviving. This isn’t a car you’ll see at your local cruise night. Watch to see what else is hiding in that garage.
Every classic muscle car owner has a story about the mistake that cost them an engine, a transmission, or a rear end — and the stories keep repeating because these cars share a handful of very specific weak points. From carburetor floods that can hydro-lock a cylinder to reproduction tires that shock-load a differential, here are the ownership mistakes that quietly ruin more muscle cars than any track day ever could.
A 1968 Shelby GT500KR in Acapulco Blue sits inside a Phoenix restoration shop with its original body and interior intact, but its 428 Cobra Jet engine has a story of its own — the factory motor was destroyed drag racing decades ago. Owner Tony Arme of American Legends Hot Rods is bringing it back to 1968 condition piece by piece. Find out why collectors still call this one of the most significant KR builds on the shop floor.
For its 50th anniversary in 2017, Shelby American didn’t throw a retrospective – it built the most powerful Super Snake the company had ever sold to the public, with an optional supercharger pushing past 750 horsepower. Here’s what separates the base and optional power packages, what the hardware underneath had to do to handle it, and how a limited 500-unit run turned a legendary one-off into something you could actually order.
This 1978 Chevrolet Corvette 25th Anniversary Pace Car turned up at Corvette Mike Midwest in Burr Ridge, Illinois, in the black-over-silver Indy 500 Pace Car livery that made it an instant classic the year the C3 finally got its wraparound fastback rear window. Dealership co-owner Bill Kotzum, who has specialized in Corvettes since 2004, walked through what makes this particular Pace Car edition worth seeking out. Watch to see why one fan spent forty years chasing this exact car after seeing it in a magazine.