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Only 3,754 of the 1967 Corvettes built came with Chevrolet’s L71, a solid-lifter 427 fed by three two-barrel Holley carburetors and rated at 435 horsepower. Buyers who wanted it had to skip automatic transmissions and air conditioning entirely, Chevrolet built this engine for drivers, not cruisers. This test drive takes a numbers-matching L71 Sting Ray out to hear what made it the most uncompromising Corvette of 1967.
Hagerty’s Redline Rebuild series opens with the engine that arguably needs no introduction: the Chevrolet small-block V8, in continuous production for sixty years and installed in everything from base Chevys to Corvettes, trucks, and boats. Filmed at Thirlby Automotive in Traverse City, Michigan, and compressed into a silent, sped-up teardown and rebuild, the episode has pulled in over ten million views without a single line of narration. Sponsored by RockAuto.com, it set the template for an entire series built on watching skilled hands do familiar work at an impossible pace. Watch to see sixty years of engineering come apart bolt by bolt.
Muscle cars have always been about power, but traction? Not so much. Enter the 2017 Dodge Challenger GT, breaking the mold as the first AWD muscle car. No more blaming the rear-wheel-drive when you fail to impress at the lights—now you can conquer snowy streets with the same gusto as dry asphalt. Who knew muscle could also mean control? It’s like giving a bodybuilder a pair of ballet shoes and watching magic happen.
Every muscle car engine gets the glory, but horsepower means nothing until it reaches the pavement through the transmission standing between the crankshaft and the rear wheels. An animated breakdown of exactly how that transmission works, dog clutches, synchronizer rings, and all, earned praise from a self-identified automotive engineer as the clearest explanation they had ever seen. It even required its own creator to issue a correction. Watch to see what most drivers get wrong about their own gearbox.
This meme leans on a decades-old car culture habit: turning an innocent mechanical term — in this case “blower” — into a punchline. It only works if you already know a supercharger by that nickname and recognize the setup as a joke rather than anything literal. The humor functions as a kind of insider handshake for anyone who’s shopped for forced-induction parts. Here’s what’s actually behind the joke, and the part itself.
A slipping automatic transmission usually starts subtly, a delay between throttle and acceleration, or an RPM flare before the next gear catches. Mechanic Scotty Kilmer, with fifty years of hands-on experience, walks through why old or contaminated transmission fluid is often the real culprit, and how a DIY fluid change can resolve it before it becomes a full rebuild. Watch to see the fix in action.
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.
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.
When Fiat Chrysler quietly renewed its trademark on the ‘Cuda name, it reignited a rumor that had simmered for nearly a decade: a modern successor to one of Mopar’s most legendary nameplates. The Cuda and Barracuda trademarks have a messier history than most fans realize, and the renewals have kept coming for years without a production car to show for it. Here’s the real story behind the paperwork.
It’s still not quite finished, and that’s exactly what makes it interesting. ScottieDTV catches up with a 1966 Chevrolet Nova Chevy II street machine mid-build at Steve Holcomb Pro Auto Custom Interiors, an LT1 under the hood and fresh wheels on order, proof that the most compelling build videos are the ones that catch a car before the paint has fully dried on the story.
A homemade video shot at a small Michigan dragstrip in 2001 captures something the big-budget car shows almost never do: what grassroots Mopar racing actually looked like when nobody was performing for a camera crew. Pat Muscle Car Fan’s footage from Ubly Dragstrip is a time capsule of a scene that shaped how an entire generation of Mopar owners learned to race.