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Cars Garage skips the dyno-pull theatrics and shows the entire assembly of a Chevrolet Corvette 6.2L supercharged LS9 — the engine that once made the ZR1 the fastest production car GM had ever built. Every torque spec, every forged component, every step from bare block to finished 638-horsepower engine is on camera. Watch to see what actually separates a factory-grade rebuild from a shortcut.
Fred Mandrick’s 1968 Oldsmobile FWD 442 Toronado, nicknamed the Fouranado, is the only one of its kind, born from a Hurst/Olds engineering experiment in the program’s very first year. The previous owner kept it for 42 years before Fred took over in 2012, and it later stood as the featured car at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals. Watch to hear how a one-off prototype survived five decades intact.
Automotive Territory rounds up ten classic American muscle cars rebuilt with modern engines, transmissions, and brakes — machines its host argues could outperform today’s supercars. Builders like Ring Brothers show up on the list, and the comments have turned into a running debate over whether a restomod still counts as a real muscle car. Watch to see the full ten and decide for yourself.
The ‘Unicorn C5’ twin-turbo Corvette already put down 980 horsepower on the dyno once, then spent three months getting torn apart, rebuilt, and delayed by broken parts before the team at 1320video could chase the number again. Tucking a pair of turbochargers into a C5’s notoriously tight engine bay is never simple, and this build proves it. The team found a few more horsepower along the way and plans to push it further still.
At its 2017 Detroit Auto Show press conference, Ford officially confirmed the return of both the Bronco SUV and Ranger pickup, built on a shared body-on-frame platform at its Michigan Assembly Plant. Details were scarce, but the timeline was clear: Ranger for 2019, Bronco for 2020. DPCcars covers the announcement that turned two decades of rumors into an actual product plan.
Nearly five minutes long and first aired on NBC’s American Dreams to launch the redesigned 2005 Mustang, this commercial tells the story of a Marine coming home to a driveway surprise from his father. The comments reveal a twist the ad never states outright, plus a running debate over whether it even counts as a true Ford commercial rather than just a Mustang one. Even self-described Chevy loyalists admit it’s hard to dislike. Watch to see why it still gets shared more than fifteen years later.
This widebody 1973 De Tomaso Pantera hides a serious trick under its flared fenders: a Ford GT front end grafted onto an Italian mid-engine body, backed by a 351 Cleveland V8 and a ZF five-speed transaxle. Ford sold the Pantera through Lincoln-Mercury dealers for just a few years before an oil crisis and warranty headaches ended the partnership. Read on to find out what it took to merge two very different Fords into one genuinely double-take build.
Fifty years after breaking Ferrari six-year stranglehold on Le Mans, Ford is putting that victory back on the road with a heritage-liveried GT. This gloss red, red-stitched special edition ties back to one of the greatest underdog wins in racing history. See how Ford turned a decades-old Le Mans triumph into a modern tribute.
In 1969, Oldsmobile faced a conundrum that would tickle any marketer’s funny bone: how do you convince a youthful crowd to buy a car with “OLD” in its name? As the century rolled onward, General Motors’ upscale buyers were starting to show their age, leaving Oldsmobile’s sales team sweating bullets. But rather than let their brand become a relic, they embraced the irony, trying to flip the script and turn Oldsmobile into the “Youngmobile.” After all, who doesn’t love a good underdog story?
Only eleven Hemi ‘Cuda convertibles left Chrysler’s factory in 1971, and this is one of just two built with both the 426 Hemi and a 4-speed manual. Kevin Oeste and the V8TV crew tracked it down inside a private collection viewers call the “Hemi E-body kings.” One commenter even recalled a rumored 2.2 million dollar sale price, though nobody can confirm it. How does a car this rare end up missing a tachometer?
A supercharged Corvette photographed on move-out day at a 2012 Chicago muscle car show did something most modified cars can only pull off at full throttle, it broke its own rear tires loose just idling in the parking lot. Surrounded by Dodge Daytonas, Plymouth Superbirds, and COPO Camaros, this flame-painted build still managed to steal the spotlight from cars with far bigger reputations. The sound alone had onlookers stopping mid-conversation. What does it take for one car to out-shout a lot full of legends?
A 2016 Ford Mustang GT 5.0 and a 2015 Dodge Challenger R/T 5.7L line up for a Los Angeles street race that reignites the manual-versus-automatic fairness debate. Modern Muscle’s host takes on car owner @chefyork_s550 across several runs, including one unscripted moment in a tunnel that’s been quoted in the comments for years. Viewers remain split on which car actually deserves the win. Watch to see how the runs play out.
A 1970 Dodge Coronet with a six-cylinder and a stock rear end really was pretty pedestrian by today’s standards – but that’s not the whole story. Order the same car as a Super Bee with the 426 Hemi and the right gearing, and documented runs put it in the 12-second quarter mile bracket at well over 100 mph. Factory horsepower ratings from that era were also notoriously conservative, hiding just how much these engines actually made. Here’s the case for why “muscle cars were slow” doesn’t hold up once you look past the average car.
The AMC Javelin SST arrived for 1968 with safety features its bigger-budget rivals hadn’t even considered yet, plus a 343 V8 that could be ordered with a performance-oriented “Go Pack” four-barrel carburetor. It’s a pony car that out-engineered the competition in ways period buyers rarely noticed, and one that’s genuinely restorable thanks to shared GM parts. Read on to find out exactly what made AMC’s underdog pony car worth a second look.