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How To: Find BONDO and RUST On A Classic Car Or Truck

A cheap paint thickness gauge can expose what a passing inspection completely missed, and restoration shop owner Pete of SWRNC shows exactly how to use one on a classic car or truck. One commenter’s story drives the stakes home: his wife nearly bought a car with three crushed, actively rusting structural points, discovered less than a week after it “passed” an official inspection. Pete also breaks down why body filler shows up even on cars that never rusted, and why one specific seam tells you almost everything. What is that gauge actually catching that your eyes can’t?

Classic white 1970s muscle car parked outside a building.

1 of 17 1971 Pontiac GTO Judge Convertible

by Kiril

Only 17 Pontiac GTO Judge convertibles were built for the 1971 model year, and this white example, from The Brothers Collection, is one of them. A commenter details a sister car restored in Oregon with a 455, four-speed, and Super Duty upgrades. Others argue over which cars carried the rare Ram Air IV engine. Watch the full episode to see the wing and stripes that give it away.

Close-up of a Chevrolet 572 engine with shiny exhaust headers.

6 Biggest GM Engines Ever Made

by Wes

A countdown of the six largest production engines General Motors ever built draws exactly the kind of comment section you would expect from a genuinely technical audience, including one commenter’s joke that working on a 496-cubic-inch big-block requires a mandatory cigarette dangling from the mouth at all times. Beneath the humor sits real engineering history, including a detailed explainer on how GM’s divisions once each built their own competing V8 platforms. Watch the full countdown to see which engines made the cut.

Classic cream-colored Cadillac station wagon with vintage charm.

Scarce ’64 Pontiac Catalina Station Wagon!

by Kiril

A 1964 Pontiac Catalina Safari station wagon, spotted on the streets of Montreal, drew a comment from the person who actually built it years earlier, confirming the interior is untouched since the restoration. Commenters still cannot agree whether it carries a 389 or 421 V8. Watch the full walk-around and see why wagons deserve more credit in muscle car circles.

Ford Mustang – Twin Turbo “Eleanor” GT500

by Kiril

Hollywood built eleven Mustangs to play Eleanor in the 2000 remake of Gone in 60 Seconds, and only three of them could actually be driven. None was a real Shelby GT500. A quarter century later the replica business built around that car is still going, now offering twin-turbocharged and Coyote-powered versions the film cars never had, and a federal appeals court has finally settled the long-running fight over who is allowed to build them. Read on to find out how a movie prop became one of the most copied Mustangs ever made.

Screenshot from a video titled 'The story of the Interceptor' featuring a Mad Max car.

Mad Max Story of The V8 Interceptor

by Wes

The Ford Falcon XB coupe that became Mad Max’s V8 Interceptor was built from improvised parts, including a worn-out drag car supercharger with its compressor vanes removed just to make it spinnable. Decades later, a mechanic who worked on the build showed up in the comments to explain exactly how close the whole thing came to falling apart during filming — and Australia is still campaigning to bring the car home. Watch to see why this scrappy, homemade build became one of the most beloved movie cars ever built.

A young boy fixing wires inside a vintage car.

How to Rewire a 1965 Plymouth Barracuda the Painless Way

by Kiril

Seven years into a Barracuda build, this owner realized the most dangerous component in the car was not the supercharged 360 under the hood — it was the fifty-year-old wiring harness feeding it. Original insulation cracks, connectors corrode, and grounds fail in ways that stay invisible until something starts smoking. Rewiring is the least glamorous upgrade on any build sheet and the one that matters most. Read on to find out how it’s actually done.

A black Dodge Charger RT performing a burnout at a fast and furious event.

Fast And Furious’ 1970 Dodge Charger R/T – Drag Race!

by Wes

One of the actual Dodge Chargers used on screen by Dominic Toretto in the original Fast and the Furious now belongs to an Italian collector — and in 2015, he did something most owners of movie-used muscle cars never risk. He ran it down a real quarter-mile at Rivanazzano’s dragstrip in Italy. The pass has racked up nearly six million views since, mostly from people who can’t believe he actually did it.

Man standing next to a white car in a large indoor space.

The Very First Dodge Viper revealed & how it got its name

by Wes

Everyone associates the Dodge Viper with its brutal V-10 engine, but TFLcar’s Viper Week dig into the car’s origin uncovers a detail that surprises even longtime Mopar fans: the very first Viper concept wasn’t built around a V-10 at all. The name almost went a different direction too. This origin story traces exactly how a stripped-down concept car became one of America’s most uncompromising sports cars.

Classic 1957-2017 police cruiser on display.

Greatest American Police Cars Throughout Auto History

by Wes

American police cars didn’t always look the part — before purpose-built pursuit packages existed, departments were just bolting bigger engines into whatever full-size sedan Detroit was selling that year. This rundown traces the path from 1960s Mopar police packages through the Chevrolet Caprice 9C1 to the car most people still picture when they hear ‘squad car’: the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. Viewers immediately argued about who got left off the list.

Vintage wooden boat with exposed engine at a dock.

Henry Ford once had a 450hp, V12-engined boat.

by Wes

Henry Ford quietly built at least eight boats in the early 1920s, and the last survivor, named Evangeline, carried a 450-horsepower V12 engine repurposed from a World War I fighter plane. It reportedly hit 49 mph in 1924, fast enough to outrun dedicated race boats of the day, before a fire at the Gold Cup ended Ford’s interest in racing on water for good.

Two cars lined up for a drag race on a city street.

Muscle Takes on Tech: Honda Civic Type R vs Dodge Hellcat Drag Race

by Wes

The Fast Lane Car lines up a 707-horsepower Dodge Challenger Hellcat against a 306-horsepower Honda Civic Type R for a drag race, then does something more interesting: takes both cars onto a road course. The quarter-mile goes about how the horsepower gap suggests, but the track segment stirred up a comment section debate over which car actually won, complete with accusations that traction control skewed the result. Nearly 1.5 million viewers have weighed in since. Watch to see where the numbers stop telling the whole story.

A heavily modified car with armor and weaponry on display indoors.

VIDEO: Incredible Classics Cars Found Tucked Away In An Old Warehouse!

by Wes

Ryan Brutt, The Auto Archaeologist, returns for a third visit to a private warehouse hiding a stunning run of aero-era Mopars, Daytonas, a Superbird, and more, parked alongside far more ordinary iron. Not every car here is a survivor ready to drive, and one viewer’s own Superbird memory adds a layer the video alone could not. Watch to see what three visits still has not fully uncovered.

Flowmaster exhaust tips display with a representative in red shirt.

How to Select the Right Flowmaster Muffler for your Vehicle – Series Differences Explained

by Wes

Flowmaster’s own breakdown of its muffler lineup tackles a question that trips up nearly every muscle car owner shopping for an exhaust upgrade: which series actually fits your car? With over a dozen options ranging from the raw, track-ready 10 Series to the daily-driver-friendly 50 Series, picking based on name recognition alone is a common and costly mistake. This video walks through exactly what separates each series — and why drone matters more than volume.

Man reviews a yellow Corvette Z06 convertible on a sunny day.

Corvette Z06 Owners Be Like…

by Wes

Muscle Vs Tuner built an entire parody character around one very specific kind of Chevrolet Corvette Z06 owner — and gave him a mangled catchphrase about a German racetrack that somehow relocated itself to Kansas. A cameo from a real Z06-focused channel adds an extra layer to the joke, and the comment section has spent years piling on new one-liners of its own. Watch to see how many of the stereotypes you recognize.

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