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This episode of the long-running documentary series turns its attention to the 1969 Dodge Dart GTS, the compact A-body that Chrysler quietly loaded with 340 and 383 big-block power while keeping curb weight hundreds of pounds under its Charger and Coronet siblings. Overshadowed for decades by its Hemi Dart cousin and the flashier E-body Challenger, the GTS built a devoted following on handling alone. Watch to see why period road testers ranked it Chrysler’s best-driving muscle car of the era.
A handful of factory Mopars slipped through Mecum Kissimmee 2026 for prices that left the room stunned — a letter-series 300 for around $30,000, a 440-powered ‘Cuda, a Coronet R/T one viewer called the best deal of the weekend. Dealers noticed first, and they’re already marking these cars up. Which ones got away, and what should have sold for twice as much?
A genuine, numbers-matching 1969 Chevrolet Impala Custom SS doesn’t show up often – especially one wrapped in LeMans Blue paint and packing a real 427. Owner Arnold Boris has kept this big-block full-size Chevy since 2007, and Lou Costabile’s Chicago-area feature captures a restoration so clean it looks factory-fresh. Viewers are already debating just how rare cars like this actually were. Find out what sets a real SS 427 apart from the badge-engineered pretenders.
A 1967 Pontiac Firebird sat rotting behind a Georgia dragstrip for sixteen years before Mike Finnegan pulled it out and gave it a nickname: the rubber duck. Six years later, this milestone episode finds the car running genuine six-second eighth-mile passes at the very track it used to sit behind. There’s also a quieter moment involving an emotional ride and a woman named Otto’s wife reliving old memories. The full-circle version of this story is better watched than described.
Owner Curt Richards restored this 1969 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am back to its original prototype specification, and the comments confirm why it matters: only two of these were ever built, and the other one no longer exists. Commenters call it the holy grail of Pontiac collecting. Watch the full walkaround with Lou Costabile.
Jamboolio’s 2018 muscle car sound reel skips the reviews and interviews entirely, letting eight cars speak for themselves — from a nitrous-fed 1,000-horsepower 1967 Camaro to a supercharged 572 Hemi Challenger. It is pure cold-start-to-redline audio, the kind that racked up more than 4.4 million views without a single word of narration. Viewers call it the best kind of white noise. Watch to hear what all the fuss is about.
A 1970 Dodge Charger R/T nicknamed “Street Shaker” showed up at Detroit Autorama 2013 with a spoiler most ’70 Chargers never wore from the factory — and somehow made it look right. Commenters argued color combinations, debated originality, and one self-described Chevy fan admitted the Mopar won him over. See what tipped the scale.
A real 1967 Shelby GT500 sat gutted in a Nebraska barn for forty years before anyone dared touch it. Then a stranger spent $141,000 to bring it back — not to trailer it to shows, but to actually drive it, following a philosophy that’s since become the video’s most quoted line. Nearly 15 million viewers have watched the transformation unfold. What’s left is finding out exactly where all that money went.
A 472-cubic-inch Hemi doesn’t appear in any 1969 Dodge brochure, which makes this Super Bee’s engine bay an instant mystery. Was it a factory fluke, a stroker build, or something else entirely? Read on to find out how far Mopar builders have gone to chase more cubic inches than Chrysler ever offered from the factory.
A Monte Carlo SS sat buried under twenty years of dirt, mold, and neglect before a detailing crew decided to bring it back to life. What they didn’t expect was how much the reveal would mean to the family behind it — an 81-year-old father, a daughter thrilled to see her family’s story go global, and losses the family had carried for decades. The restoration itself is a masterclass in undoing two decades of decay. But it’s the moment the owner sees his car running again that stays with you.
Muscle Car Of The Week usually reaches decades into the past for its features. This week it barely reaches back at all, spotlighting a 2012 Ford Mustang BOSS 302 carrying a designation most viewers have never encountered, Tooling Tryout Number 1, a label reserved for cars used to validate factory production tooling before a model reaches dealers. Built as a direct descendant of the original 1969-1970 BOSS 302, this modern revival turns out to be faster than nearly everything else in the collection. Watch to find out why.
Five muscle cars and dragsters in this roundup share one trait: their engines refused to stay hidden under the hood. One entry, a supercharged coupe nicknamed the “Screwed Coupe,” even had its own model year corrected by sharp-eyed viewers in the comments. Behind the spectacle is a real engineering reason these hood-through supercharger setups exist, tied directly to the gasser and nostalgia-drag scene’s history. Find out why builders cut through sheet metal on purpose, and just how much boost these vintage chassis are being asked to survive.
Most restored Chevelles come with a history full of guesswork. This 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS does not, its original 396 V8, TH400 transmission, and 12-bolt posi rear end are all numbers-matching and documented, complete with the factory build sheet that specified them from day one. Finished in the uncommon factory color Burnished Brown and treated to a full frame-off restoration, this California car has the paper trail most restored muscle cars only claim to have. Watch to see what a fully documented survivor actually looks like.
Jarred and his dad pulled the V8 out of a 1966 Ford Mustang and replaced it with a turbocharged Honda K24A engine, built with a 67mm turbo, a Nissan 350Z transmission, and standalone KPro tuning — all in their own garage. The swap has split viewers between calling it blasphemy and calling it genius. Watch the full build to see which side you land on.
Vice Grip Garage’s 1973 Plymouth Duster is losing its famously indestructible slant six and weak 904 automatic, but what Derek drops in their place isn’t the Mopar-correct choice anyone expected. A 351-based stroker, paired with a heavy-duty 727 TorqueFlite, sends this budget-performance fastback in a direction that’s already sparking debate among Mopar loyalists in the comments. Longtime fans are also reminiscing about their own Duster and Dart memories along the way. See exactly what Derek chose to build this Duster around, and why it’s dividing the Mopar faithful.