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Musclecars Universe returned to Masterton Motorplex for Wild Bunch NZ vs. The World, an outlaw doorslammer showcase running old-school drag cars and hotrods head-to-head for bragging rights. An hour of footage covers everything from rotary-powered underdogs to Top Alcohol cars chasing five-second passes. It’s proof New Zealand’s grassroots drag scene rivals anything happening stateside.
This Old Car digs up a 1970 Motor Trend test of the redesigned Torino Cobra 429 Super Cobra Jet — numbers fast enough to beat a 1970 Pontiac GTO 455 in period testing. Ford’s aircraft-inspired redesign added five inches of length and real performance credibility most muscle car fans have since forgotten. The data alone makes a case for reconsidering it.
This 1969 Shelby GT500 footage from the Monterey Motorsports Festival captures why Carroll Shelby’s 428 Cobra Jet-powered Mustang still anchors muscle car conversations more than five decades later. The long-nosed silhouette and racing stripes announced its intentions before the engine ever did. Viewers call it drag-strip ready on sight — and the history backs that instinct up.
A 1,025-horsepower Dodge Demon 170, a C8 Corvette, a Hellcat, and a current Camaro SS all line up against vintage Detroit muscle in this head-to-head drag video — and the old cars, especially a 1970 Plymouth Duster viewers keep singling out, do not go quietly. Watch to see which era actually backs up its reputation on the strip.
Rick DeVino of Middlebury, Connecticut skipped the GTO and bought a 1969 Oldsmobile 442 instead — and CT Insider’s My Ride segment treats it as a daily-driven performance car, not a trailer queen. The comments reveal a fiercely loyal, family-rooted Oldsmobile following built around the Rocket V8 and “Cutlass country” neighborhoods. Watch to see why 442 owners think this badge deserves more credit than it gets.
Dodge built the A12-package 1969 Super Bee to deliver near-Hemi drag strip performance for a fraction of the Hemi’s cost — a triple-carbureted 440, a raw fiberglass hood, and, on this particular restored example, the Butterscotch color enthusiasts single out as the best A12 shade available. Fewer than two thousand were ever built. Watch to see why Mopar specialists still treat this package as a genuine engineering achievement.
Dennis Collins has turned a weekly cup of coffee and a walk through his Texas warehouse into appointment viewing, but episode 201 of Coffee Walk revealed something even his regular audience hadn’t seen: a personal collection built entirely around American muscle, with zero exotics in sight. Watch to see what’s been kept under wraps.
A Mustang GT Premium walks into a Jacksonville Ford dealership and walks out wearing a Shelby badge, a supercharger, and a sticker price above $175,000. This 830-plus-horsepower Super Snake build raises an obvious question: does it actually deliver supercar performance in a genuinely usable American package, or is the badge doing most of the heavy lifting? Watch the full walkaround to decide for yourself.
Nineteen million views and counting: a drag racing compilation pits Hellcats, a Tesla, a Porsche, a factory Shelby GT500, and a Corvette ZR1 against a lineup of home-built project cars, including a Chevy Nova rebuilt from the ground up. One viewer joked about losing to “half Optimus Prime.” Watch to see whether money or obsession wins at the strip.
A 1970 Oldsmobile 442, bought for $1,500 in 1994 and simply driven like any other used car, sits at the center of a story about how undervalued genuine muscle car iron once was. With its W-30 forced-air induction package and a 455 rated at 370 horsepower, this was Oldsmobile’s peak performance statement before insurance pressure forced Detroit to pull back. Watch to hear the secrets most fans never heard.
A movie-pedigree Eleanor tribute, a one-of-503 NASCAR homologation Daytona, and a heavily customized Road Runner all crossed the same Mecum Las Vegas stage in one weekend, selling for a combined $995,500. Each car represents a different reason bidders pay six figures instead of five — provenance, rarity, or pure taste. Watch to see which one drew the fiercest bidding, and which one is still splitting opinion in the comments.
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.
Julia parked her 1970 Plymouth Barracuda convertible in 2003 after a minor fender bender left her too overwhelmed to deal with the repairs — and it sat for twenty-three years. When Hagerty’s Driveway Finds crew finally got the call, the durable 318 small-block came back to life faster than anyone expected. What didn’t come back so easily was Julia’s reaction to seeing it running again. Watch to see her response.
Barrett-Jackson has a reputation for record-breaking six and seven-figure sales, so Flying Wheels’ Craig set himself a strict $10,000 budget at the West Palm Beach auction to see what’s actually still affordable. Between overlooked models, movie-pedigree Jeeps out of budget, and buyer’s fees nobody warns you about, the answer isn’t as simple as it sounds. Watch to see exactly what $10,000 bought.
A 1970 Ford Mustang SportsRoof gets a complete heart transplant on PowerNation’s Detroit Muscle, swapping its original small-block for a supercharged 5.0-liter Coyote V8 paired with a Tremec TKX five-speed transmission. The build leans on ARP fasteners, Detroit Speed headers, and a custom belt-drive system to make the modern powerplant fit a decades-old engine bay. Viewers in the comments debated the real cost of the swap, with one builder pricing out a $305 header alternative to the show’s $3,500 name-brand set. The result is a classic fastback built to run with cars its original engineers never had to worry about.