Posts Tagged: Evergreen
This 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda convertible has been reduced to a bare shell, a stripped cowl, and one stamped fender tag — yet collectors are still willing to pay close to $20,000 for it. The reason comes down to rarity: Plymouth built just 635 ‘Cuda convertibles in 1970, and fewer than one percent wore the High Impact Sassy Grass Green paint this one supposedly left the factory in. Backyard Barn Finds documents the deal as it happens, tag and all. Watch to see why a car that can’t be driven is still worth fighting over.
Ford built the 1968 Torino GT to go head-to-head with the GTO and the Chevelle SS, and for owners who actually drove one, it delivered — right down to a 428 Cobra Jet option that could win a stoplight race outright. Yet the car never became a household name the way its rivals did. King of Classic Cars digs into why a genuinely competitive muscle car slipped out of the conversation, drawing on decades of owner stories along the way. Watch to find out what got left out of the history books.
This 1963 split-window Corvette spent two decades buried in a barn before the team at WD Detailing brought it back into the light — dirt, mold, and all. It’s the only model year Chevrolet ever built with that iconic split rear window, a design detail that makes this car one of the most sought-after Corvettes in collector circles. Comments under the video suggest there’s more to this car’s story than just neglect. Watch to see what twenty years of dust was hiding.
Mark Donohue built his reputation on spotting a bad race car in seconds, and by his own account, AMC’s first Trans-Am Javelin nearly failed that test completely. This 1970 AMC Javelin SST Trans Am, one of just 100 street versions built to homologate the race car for SCCA competition, carries the 325-horsepower 390 V8 and 4-speed manual that made it road-legal. Its story includes an owner who kept it for thirty years and a debate over what SST even stands for. Watch to see how a car once dismissed as a mess helped AMC finish second in points.
Nostalgia Drags 2026 filled Meremere Dragway with straight-axle Gassers, Wild Bunch doorslammers, and a nitro Funny Car throwing demo burnouts — a scene mainstream drag racing left behind in the 1970s. Here’s the real story behind the raised-nose look, and why this corner of New Zealand refuses to let it go.
For the 2022 Dodge Challenger SRT Jailbreak, Dodge scrapped its usual color-and-trim restrictions and let buyers build almost any combination they wanted — on top of an 807-horsepower supercharged HEMI. Here is what made the last of Dodge’s rule-breaking Challengers such a standout, and why it is already one of the more collectible late-era Hellcats.
This 1969 Pontiac Firebird sat forgotten for years, its factory 400 engine buried under rat nests and grime, until the Turnin Rust crew finally got it running — and the exhaust blew out a literal dust storm in the process. Built originally for strip use, the car earned its Dirty Bird nickname on the spot. Watch to see what years of neglect actually did to a genuine factory 400-powered Firebird, and how much of it is still worth saving.
Filmed while the third-generation Trans Am was still brand new, this MotorWeek retro review evaluates the third-generation Trans Am completely on its own merits — new styling, real road performance, and an engine that didn’t quite live up to its own marketing. Watch the car exactly as period reviewers judged it, before it became KITT.
Oldsmobile officially rated its 1970 442 W-30 at 370 horsepower — a figure many enthusiasts believe underrated the real output by roughly 30 horsepower. Raiti’s Rides walks through the car’s cold-air hood, upgraded rear axle, and factory performance package, making the case for one of GM’s most overlooked muscle cars. Watch to see what the numbers on paper never fully told you.
It feels responsible to fire up a stored muscle car through the winter to keep the oil circulating — but Muscle Car Solutions brings actual oil analysis data suggesting that habit can cause more engine wear than it prevents. The video makes the case for a battery charger instead of repeated cold starts. Watch to see what the oil report actually revealed.
Before waking a GT350 or GT500 up from winter storage, there’s a thirty-second engine step that even experienced Shelby owners admit they’d never heard of. Enthusiasts Garage walks through the full process of getting both cars ready for summer, from storage prep to that first critical start. Watch to see the priming trick that has longtime owners rethinking their own routine.
Long before buyer’s guides and forum threads existed, Chrysler trained its own salesmen with an internal film explaining exactly how to sell a 1970 Road Runner, GTX, Satellite, or Belvedere. Uploaded by Mopar archive channel MyMopar.com and viewed over 83,000 times, it doubles today as an unintentional spec sheet for anyone chasing one of these cars. Watch to see what Chrysler wanted its own salesmen saying on the showroom floor.