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Hagerty’s Driveway Finds crew already built an awesome muscle car out of a 1972 Nova found rotting in the dirt — on a $5,000 budget. Then they doubled it, dropped in an LS engine, and drove straight to LS Fest to see how hard a sleeper barn find can really launch. Watch to see whether a second $5,000 budget was enough to hang with cars that cost ten times as much.
Barry White thought he knew what he was buying when he picked up a gutted 1969 Camaro shell from a wrecking yard. Hidden rust, a supercharger that wouldn’t fit, an engine bay fire, and a run of bad luck earned the car its nickname: Christine, after Stephen King’s killer Plymouth. With $40,000 on the line at auction in Jackson Hole, and a rival Camaro selling for far less, watch to see whether the curse finally breaks.
The RestoMods team spent two years turning a clean 1969 Chevelle into their 22nd giveaway build — and this one went further than most, with a supercharged 427, a six-speed twin-disc manual, and Wilwood brakes built for something twice its weight. Whoever wins it can take the car or $100,000 in cash instead. Watch to see what two years and no shortcuts actually produces.
In 1967, Chevrolet borrowed a primetime sitcom witch to help sell a brand-new Camaro that, ironically, was mostly bought with a base inline-six and a three-speed. The commercial folds Bewitched’s magic into GM’s era-defining options culture, where practically everything on the car was a paid extra. It’s a strange, charming piece of Detroit advertising history.
A Procharger-blown C7 Stingray and a nitrous-fed, stroked 455 C6 Z06 lined up on a public street in Mexico for a 60-to-190-mph roll race, and the gap between them stayed close for nearly the entire run. Built and driven by 1320video regular StangKiller, the C7 represents the newer chassis and forced-induction school of Corvette tuning, while the C6 leans on raw cubic inches and instant nitrous torque. Watch to see which small-block philosophy actually crosses the line first.
An $8,500 asking price on a 1969 Chevelle SS 396 barn find sounds like a steal — until a 40-year restoration veteran breaks down exactly what it actually costs to finish, and what the market will actually pay once it’s done. The gap between those two numbers is bigger than most buyers expect. Watch to see the full math and decide whether this one is a deal or a trap.
Chevrolet rated the 1969 Camaro Z/28’s DZ 302 at just 290 horsepower — a number dyno testing later proved wildly conservative, with real output closer to 400. Built from a hybrid 327/283 combination specifically to slide under SCCA Trans-Am’s 305-cubic-inch limit, the small-block powered Chevrolet to back-to-back championships against Ford’s Boss 302 Mustangs. Read on to find out how a rulebook loophole became one of the most respected engines Chevrolet ever built.
One of these two Chevrolets could be ordered by nearly anyone with the cash; the other required knowing about a hidden engine code most dealers had never heard of. Both hid more horsepower than their factory ratings admitted to. Here’s how a mass-produced 450-horsepower Chevelle and a nearly unobtainable 69-unit Camaro both earned a permanent place in muscle car history.
In the early ’60s, Oldsmobile unveiled the F-85 & Cutlass, aiming to blend practicality with pizzazz. With a unibody design, this compact wonder sported a lightweight 215-cubic-inch V8 engine, perfect for those who wanted speed without breaking the bank—or the speed limit! Despite its charm, critics found its suspension as soft as a marshmallow. The Cutlass grew in popularity, especially with the turbocharged Jetfire, which offered a thrilling ride, albeit with a few reliability hiccups.
Backyard Barn Finds sits down with Joe Cool of Joe Cool’s Shop for a full breakdown of what an LS swap actually takes — and the comments split hard between viewers calling it the most honest advice they’ve seen and viewers convinced a shop owner will always push the pricier option. Watch to see both sides of the LS swap debate before you spend a dollar on your own build.
The 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 came with two very different big-blocks — the 360-horsepower LS5 and the race-bred, 450-horsepower LS6 — and disputed production numbers that still fuel debate at auction. Viewer comments add their own family history, from a Fathom Green LS6 to a rumored Corvette-swapped ’67. Few muscle cars generate this many personal stories fifty years later.
Over a thousand cars showed up to a fountain-side park in Fountain Hills, Arizona, and somehow a Lamborghini Miura still wasn’t the car everyone in the comments wanted to talk about most. Vipers, a genuine Ferrari Testarossa, and a rare Aston Martin continuation car all made appearances, but it’s the sheer variety packed into one Arizona morning that keeps viewers coming back to this exact upload every year.
A Monte Carlo SS sat buried under twenty years of dirt, mold, and neglect before a detailing crew decided to bring it back to life. What they didn’t expect was how much the reveal would mean to the family behind it — an 81-year-old father, a daughter thrilled to see her family’s story go global, and losses the family had carried for decades. The restoration itself is a masterclass in undoing two decades of decay. But it’s the moment the owner sees his car running again that stays with you.
Most restored Chevelles come with a history full of guesswork. This 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS does not, its original 396 V8, TH400 transmission, and 12-bolt posi rear end are all numbers-matching and documented, complete with the factory build sheet that specified them from day one. Finished in the uncommon factory color Burnished Brown and treated to a full frame-off restoration, this California car has the paper trail most restored muscle cars only claim to have. Watch to see what a fully documented survivor actually looks like.
A 1970 Corvette that spent years abandoned and neglected has been torn down to bare fiberglass and rebuilt from the ground up — chrome, engine bay, and all. This was one of the lowest-production years of the entire C3 generation, and it still carries the last full chrome face before federal bumper rules changed the car’s look for good. What started as a write-off ends up looking, and running, like it never sat still at all. Watch to see just how far this transformation goes.