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Classic orange pickup truck with hood open at car show.

1972 Chevrolet C10: The Last of a Legendary Design Before Everything Changed

This orange C10 popped its hood at a car show, and it’s easy to see why it drew a crowd — 1972 was the final year of Chevrolet’s second-generation C/K design before a full redesign arrived in 1973. Engine options ranged from a humble inline-six all the way up to the 402 big-block, rated around 210 horsepower under the SAE net standard GM adopted for 1972. Values for clean, original examples have climbed steadily as the classic truck market has matured. Here’s what made the last year of the “Action Line” trucks worth holding onto.

1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS classic muscle car in gold.

First Chevrolet Camaro Built!

by Wes

Long before anyone treated it as historically significant, this was just a used Chevrolet Camaro passing between owners. Marque historians eventually traced its chassis back far enough to confirm what it actually was: the first Camaro Chevrolet ever built, GM’s answer to the Ford Mustang. It’s now preserved as entry No. 15 on the National Historic Vehicle Register, permanently archived at the Library of Congress. Watch to see how a first-year pony car earned a place among America’s most historically significant vehicles.

Classic orange 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Fastback parked in a driveway.

1969 Plymouth Road Runner For Sale

by Wes

This 1969 Plymouth Road Runner spent its early life as ‘Agent Orange,’ a Detroit-area drag car famous for popping wheelies at Milan Dragway. A decade-long rotisserie restoration and a NASCAR-built 500-cubic-inch six-pack engine later, it’s now a street-legal machine wearing its drag strip pedigree openly. See what a documented drag-strip pedigree and a 700-horsepower six-pack stroker look like on the same car.

Two high-performance sports cars racing on a track, showcasing speed and design.

McLaren MP4-12C vs 1970 Chevelle SS 396 – Joke Comparison & 1/4 Mile Drag Race – Road Test TV

by Wes

A $239,400 McLaren MP4-12C and its 616 horsepower twin-turbo V8 take on a stock, all-original 1970 Chevelle SS 396 that once sold for around $3,200. The video calls it a joke comparison, but the Chevelle runs a genuinely respectable 13.7 seconds and the comments turned it into something more interesting than a punchline. One viewer did the math: the McLaren has already lost well over half its sticker price while the Chevelle is worth many times what it cost new. Watch the run, then read why almost nobody in the comments picked the McLaren.

Front view of a classic orange muscle car parked outdoors.

The 1969 Pontiac GTO: The Year The Judge Showed Up and Raised the Stakes

by Kiril

Plymouth had just launched the stripped-down Road Runner, and Pontiac needed an answer fast. The GTO Judge arrived mid-1969 with loud graphics, an even louder name borrowed from television, and genuine Ram Air III or IV horsepower to back it up. Only 6,833 Judges were built that year, including just five ultra-rare Ram Air IV convertibles. Read on to find out how a marketing gimmick became one of Pontiac’s most respected nameplates.

A silver 1990 Ford Sport Mustang GT in a parking lot under a clear blue sky.

Jan. 27, 1999: Ford acquired Volvo for $6.45 billion.

by Ross Mills

In January 1999, Ford beat out Volkswagen and Fiat to buy Volvo Cars for $6.45 billion, folding the Swedish automaker into a new luxury division alongside Jaguar, Aston Martin, and Land Rover. Eleven years later, Ford sold Volvo to China’s Geely for a fraction of what it paid. Read on to find out why the deal made sense in 1999, and what finally unraveled it.

1935 Ford Cabriolet-images GM LS1 Crate 350 CID V8 GM 4l65E

by Ross Mills

In 1935, this body style helped Ford outsell Chevrolet for the first time using style and value alone – with roughly 820,000 built that year. The flathead V8 that originally powered it made just 85 horsepower; this particular car swapped that out for a modern LS1 crate engine, keeping the Depression-era looks and losing none of the drivability.

Classic white race car with sponsor logos and black wheels.

Guess the year, make and model!

by Kiril

This mystery muscle car is a Mercury Montego, a nameplate most fans forget even competed in the muscle car wars. Built on the same platform as the Ford Torino but wearing Mercury’s own badging, the Montego got a genuine performance package in 1972 with the potent 429 Cobra Jet V8 as its top engine option. Mercury sold the GT package for only two years and roughly 10,000 units, making surviving examples a genuinely rare find.

Dramatic crash of a Dodge Hellcat captured in a fail compilation.

NEW 2017 DODGE HELLCAT CRASHES FAILS COPS COMPILATION

by Wes

This CasualRacing compilation strings together some of the most expensive mistakes made behind the wheel of a 707-horsepower Dodge Hellcat. From a bystander offering body shop directions before the dust even settles to a dealership salesman sprinting clear of a demo drive gone wrong, these are the moments Hellcat owners hope never make it online. Watch to see just how fast that much power can turn a green light into a very public lesson.

1968 Chevrolet Impala SS in metallic green with custom wheels on display.

1968 Chevrolet Yenko Super Camaro in Green & 427 Engine Sound

by Wes

George and Carol Edwards spent part of their honeymoon drag racing this 1968 Yenko Super Camaro — and more than fifty-one years later, George still owns it. Lou Costabile caught up with the original owner and his numbers-matching 427 at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in Rosemont, Illinois. Watch to hear the engine run and find out how a Camaro became part of a marriage.

49 Cars Chased a $12,000 Purse at Ohio’s King of Columbus Backside Battle — And the No-Prep Racing Got Wild

by Jack Harmon

Forty-nine of the fastest small-tire cars in the country lined up at Darana Raceway chasing a $12,000 purse, and the results didn’t go the way anyone expected. ProTreeVideos captured the entire King of Columbus Backside Battle from the pit walk through the finals, including an upset that had the comment section arguing for days. No-prep racing rewards driver skill over raw horsepower, and this event proved exactly why. Watch to see which cars actually made it to the winner’s circle.

1969 AMC AMX GT350 performing a burnout at a drag race event.

Ram Air IV GTO vs Chevelle SS 454 LS6 – 1/4 mile Drag Race Video and Massive Burnout – Road Test TV

by Wes

A 1969 GTO Ram Air IV, one of only 759 built that year, takes on a 1970 Chevelle SS454 LS6, Chevrolet’s most powerful factory big block of the era, in a quarter-mile pass that ends in a burnout as memorable as the race itself. An original LS6 owner in the comments confirms the car’s biggest weakness was never power, it was getting that much torque to the pavement. The Ram Air IV gives up 80 horsepower on paper but does not give up the fight. Watch the full run to see how it closes the gap.

How to Restore a 1970 Chevelle SS: Key Issues and Where to Start

by Jack Harmon

This 1970 Chevelle 396 Super Sport spent thirty years sitting untouched before Backyard Barn Finds got the call to bring it back to life. Between flat-spotted tires, a fuel system full of decades-old gas, and an engine nobody has heard run since the Carter administration, there’s no guarantee this big-block survived its long sleep intact. What starts as a routine barn find turns into a genuine test of patience and mechanical nerve. Watch to see whether three decades of silence finally comes to an end.

The 1966 Chevelle SS396 Was Chevrolet’s Second Shot at Beating the GTO — Here’s Everything a Buyer Needs to Know

by Jack Harmon

Classic Car Studio compresses a full 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle rebuild into ten fast-paced minutes, but the real story is in the details the footage moves past quickly. Not every SS396 badge that year meant the same engine — Chevrolet offered three distinct versions ranging from a mild 325-horsepower L35 to a solid-lifter 375-horsepower L78 that almost nobody ordered. Understanding which one a given car actually left the factory with is exactly what separates a documented original from one of the many SS396 clones still circulating today.

Classic black Pontiac Trans Am in a showroom.

Little Known Facts about American Muscle Cars: You Will Love Number 3

by Kiril

Everyone knows the Corvette skipped a model year and the Daytona’s wing was built for speed — but fewer people know that wing height was also a trunk-lid compromise, or that a handful of Dodge dealers once built the only production car to wear factory Cragar wheels. This rundown digs past the four facts every muscle car list repeats to the trivia that actually surprises collectors. Read on to find out which 1970 Super Bee variant was rarer than the Six Pack.

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