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Classic black 1959 Cadillac with red rims at a car show.

Caddy 1959 Convertible Custom

This 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible wears some of the most extravagant tailfins Harley Earl ever signed off on, only now it’s been dropped down low on an air-bag suspension for a custom stance nobody at GM would have approved in period. Just 11,130 of the roughly 70,736 Series 62s built that year were convertibles, making the body style itself a minority even before anyone touched the ride height. Factory power came from a 390 cubic-inch V8 in 325 or 345 horsepower tune, though this one’s clearly built for style over stock spec sheets.

A black Dodge Challenger with red racing stripes at a car event.

Big, Bad,…Customized 194MPH 2008 Dodge Challenger Superbird ‘GRIZZ’ With Over 1000rwhp!

by Wes

GRIZZ isn’t a real 1970 Superbird – it’s Joel Highsmith’s modern custom tribute build, and it’s chasing numbers no factory aero car ever touched: over 1,000 rear-wheel horsepower and a 194mph top speed. Gearhead Flicks’ feature has drawn nearly 725,000 views, plus a sharp-eyed comment correcting the car’s own naming and a wild detour involving a theft and recovery. Find out where GRIZZ is racing next.

A red car driving past a large illuminated 'DEMON' sign at night.

Dodge gets demonic with 840HP Challenger Demon!

by Kiril

Dodge didn’t just one-up its own 707-horsepower Hellcat, it built a Challenger so quick that NHRA’s own rulebook technically has a problem with it. The Demon’s 840 horsepower, 9.65-second quarter mile, and Guinness-certified wheelstand all come from a Hemi V8 that shares its bones with the Hellcat but carries 25 real engineering changes underneath. This is what happens when a factory stops holding back.

Classic blue 1960s Mercury Cougar parked outdoors.

The Overlooked Mercury Everyone Forgot Was a Real Muscle Car

by Kiril

The muscle car market took its hardest hit in decades after 2009, and recovery has been slow and uneven ever since. One of the quietest comeback stories belongs to a car most people forget was ever a muscle car at all: the Mercury Cougar Eliminator, built in numbers far smaller than the Mustang it was designed to beat. Here’s why collectors are paying attention now.

Yellow classic muscle car with sleek design in a showroom.

Ford Mustang 1972 Mach 1 429 Power

by Kiril

Ford discontinued the 429 Cobra Jet after 1971, and by 1972 tightening emissions rules had wiped both that big-block and the Boss 351 off the Mach 1 order sheet entirely, leaving the 351 Cleveland as the biggest engine on the menu. So why does this Screaming Yellow ’72 Mach 1 have a 429 under the hood? Read on to see the two explanations, and what it would take to prove which one is true.

Classic black muscle car parked on a sunlit road.

Muscle Cars – Cars With An Attitude

by Kiril

Muscle cars aren’t just vehicles; they’re an attitude on wheels. Take Eleanor, the iconic 1967 Mustang from “Gone in 60 Seconds,” a true embodiment of muscle car spirit. These beasts, often powered by roaring V8 engines, dominated drag racing from the ’60s to ’80s. With insane torque and horsepower, they offer rides that’ll make your jaw drop—and maybe your toupee fly off. Thanks to innovations like Dodge’s all-wheel drive Challenger GT, driving these monsters isn’t just for sunny days anymore!

Classic muscle car transformed from orange to sleek purple and chrome.

Epic 1970 Challenger Transformation: From Rust to Roaring Legend!

by Jack Harmon

A rotted-out 1970 Dodge Challenger becomes Project Ultra Violet in this POWERNATION Detroit Muscle build. The crew brings in chassis builder Jeff Schwartz for a full-frame conversion, grafts in a low-deck aluminum Hemi and a Tremec six-speed, and finishes it off with metallic purple paint and graphics from builder Chris Ryan. Watch to see how a shell most shops would have scrapped becomes a genuinely modern resto-mod.

Ford Thunderbird 1962 Images

by Ross Mills

Ford’s 1962 Thunderbird Sports Roadster used a clever fiberglass tonneau cover to disguise a genuine four-seat convertible as a two-seat sports car, right down to spoke wire wheels and special fender badges. Check the right option box and Ford would add Tri-Power carburetion to the 390 V8, bumping output to a genuine 340 horsepower — but only 120 buyers ever did, out of 1,427 Sports Roadsters built that year. Historians estimate barely 40 of those M-code cars survive today, making this one of the rarest factory options of the entire early Thunderbird generation.

Sleek white sports car with yellow racing stripes and black accents.

The Saleen Championship Commemorative Edition Mustang Makes 730-HP

by Kiril

Thirty years after Saleen’s race team swept the Driver’s, Manufacturer’s, Team, and SCCA Escort Endurance Championships in a single dominant 1987 season, Saleen built a Mustang to mark it — and brought back General Tire, the partner that helped secure that win, to do it. Just 30 examples of this Black Label-based Commemorative Edition exist, each packing a supercharged 5.0-liter V8 tuned to 730 horsepower for the street or 750 for the track. It’s proof that some anniversaries deserve more than a badge.

Two vintage dragster cars with drivers preparing to race on a track.

Who is the Greatest Drag Racer of all Time? NHRA’s 50 Greatest

by Pat C

NHRA’s 50 Greatest Drivers list wasn’t slapped together as clickbait – it came out of a genuine blue-ribbon panel debate for the sanctioning body’s 50th anniversary, weighing everything from national event wins to the sport’s technological history. Don Garlits sits at number one, with John Force, Don Prudhomme, Bob Glidden, and Shirley Muldowney rounding out a top five that basically built modern drag racing. Decades later, NHRA even expanded it into a Top 75 list for its 75th anniversary. So who’s your pick for the top spot?

Classic black 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Convertible in pristine showroom condition.

1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Convertible For Sale

by Wes

A factory mix-up put an SS badge on this 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu convertible — and when it was restored decades later, the family that had owned it since new put the mistake right back on, badge and all. The story was even verified and published in the Grand Rapids Press back in 1996. Watch to find out why a factory error became part of the car’s identity instead of something to correct.

Ford Thunderbird 1957 images

by Ross Mills

Most 1957 Thunderbird buyers never knew Ford quietly built America’s first production supercharged V8 that same year. Roughly 200 F-code cars left the factory rated at 300 horsepower — though Paxton itself claimed the real number was closer to 360. Here’s the story behind Ford’s rarest personal luxury car of the decade.

Classic white muscle car with black racing stripes at a car show.

First of only 8 1969 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Convertibles

by Kiril

Pontiac built exactly eight 1969 Firebird Trans Am convertibles, and V8TV has now featured every single one of them, including this fourth car, the one with the lowest VIN sequence number of the group. The eighth car in the set went missing for years before finally surfacing and getting restored in 2016. See what makes this particular Trans Am worth a second look inside an already impossibly rare set of eight.

Classic black and orange muscle car in a showroom.

1000HP 1968 Plymouth Road Runner “Old Runner”

by Kiril

When Dennis Ermi bought this 1968 Plymouth Road Runner in 2009, it needed serious paint and engine work before it earned the nickname “Old Runner.” Today it runs a supercharged 472 cubic-inch engine producing roughly 1,000 horsepower under a pearlescent orange-and-black finish. One commenter recognized himself standing next to it in the video and left a promise instead of a caption: “till death do us part.”

Speedometer showing 25 mph in a 1972 Plymouth GTX.

1972 Plymouth GTX / Roadrunner Vs. 1994 Impalla SS with 20’s

by Wes

A 1972 Plymouth GTX and Road Runner running a modified 318 small block, re-sleeved to accept 340 pistons, takes on a 1994 Impala SS riding on chrome 20s and a factory 260-horsepower LT1. Comments from nearly two decades of viewers confirm the budget build held up long after the cameras stopped rolling. Watch to see why the Impala’s driver stopped smiling by the end of the run.

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