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Only 3,754 Corvette buyers in 1967 checked the box for the L71, Chevrolet’s 435-horsepower Tri-Power 427. Ordering one meant giving up the automatic transmission and air conditioning entirely, as though Chevrolet were daring buyers to prove they meant it. This example pairs it with a Muncie four-speed, a Positraction rear end, and side exhaust. Read on for why the L71 is still the C2 collectors chase hardest.
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.
The 2017 Dodge Challenger GT quietly did something none of its muscle car ancestors ever managed: it put real power down on wet and snow-covered pavement without sacrificing the long hood and retro fastback shape that make a Challenger a Challenger. Built around a V6 rather than a Hemi and borrowing all-wheel-drive hardware already proven on the Charger and 300, it opened the pony car up to a buyer who’d never seriously considered one before. Read on to find out how Dodge pulled it off.
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 hard into a double entendre built around ‘blower,’ hot rod slang for a supercharger that dates back to 1950s and ’60s drag racing culture. The joke only really lands if you already know what a Roots-style blower does to horsepower and torque — which is exactly the point. Read on to find out where the nickname came from, and why gearhead slang keeps generating jokes like this one.
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.
Pontiac never built a watered-down engine lineup for its 1964 Catalina Safari wagon, meaning a suburban family hauling kids and camping gear could order the same 421 cubic-inch V8 available in the flashier Catalina coupe. Roughly 33,000 found buyers that year. Read on to find out why these quiet family haulers have become genuine sleeper collectibles today.
A truck lifted so high that boarding it looks like its own kind of stunt is a familiar sight in car culture, and the joke photos built around it circulate endlessly online. But the story behind why trucks got this tall traces back to WWII pickups, Baja racing, and a 1970s aftermarket boom. Read on to find out how a practical modification became a full-blown lifestyle statement.
Fiat Chrysler’s decision to renew its trademark on the Cuda name reignited a rumor that has refused to die for the better part of a decade: that Dodge might resurrect one of Mopar’s most storied nameplates. The renewal alone proves nothing, since automakers routinely protect names they have no plans to use. Read on to find out what the paperwork actually reveals, and why the speculation keeps coming back.
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.