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Test Driving 1964 Dodge Polara 426 Max Wedge

This 1964 Dodge Polara isn’t numbers-matching — and one commenter says that hasn’t stopped it from being “worth every penny” of its roughly $39,000 asking price. Under the hood is a full crossram 426 Max Wedge with dual four-barrels and fender-exit headers, backed by a four-speed and a 4.11-geared Dana 60 built purely for launching hard. A full-size sleeper with a well-preserved original interior, it’s the kind of Mopar that collectors chase for substance over paperwork. Watch the walkaround and hear it run.

Classic muscle and pony cars race on a highway for epic test drives.

Epic Test Drives – Muscle Cars and Pony Cars

by Wes

Fast Lane Classic Cars in St. Charles, Missouri turned driver Tom Abbett loose on a rotating lineup of Ford, Chevy, Buick, Pontiac, and Plymouth muscle for nearly fifteen straight minutes — no superchargers, no turbos, just big American V8s including a 572 Hemi and a 427 Corvette viewers still praise for its sound alone. It’s less a single car review than a moving soundtrack of what Detroit and Fast Lane’s shop floor sound like together. Watch to hear which engine note sticks with you longest.

Old, dusty car covered in debris inside a cluttered garage.

Epic Barn Find in Midwest, Superbird, Talladega, Charger 500 and MORE.

by Wes

Ryan Brutt, The Auto Archaeologist, finds a Midwest barn holding not one but several rare NASCAR aero cars — a Superbird, a Charger Daytona, a Charger 500, and a Cale Yarborough-linked Cyclone — all sitting in decades of dust and neglect. Nearly two million viewers have watched, and more than a few admit the Superbird alone brought them close to tears. These cars were built in the hundreds, not thousands. See what’s been hiding behind closed doors.

A customized Chevrolet Camaro with vibrant paint and open doors in a garage.

1967 Chevrolet Camaro “V12 LS” 2017 NSRA Street Rod Nationals

by Wes

Mike bought his 1967 Chevrolet Camaro at nineteen with a plan he couldn’t yet execute — a build centered on an engine most Camaro owners have never heard of. Nearly two decades later, Quality Custom Rides finally sourced the specialty V12LS motor he’d been waiting for, and wrapped it in suicide doors, an air-ride stance, and custom paint. The plan now is simple: drive the wheels off it. See what a V12 swap actually looks like under a first-gen Camaro’s hood.

A detailed 1:18 scale model of a 1969 Ford Mustang with figures inside and on top.

10 Cool 1970 Ford Commercials (Maverick, Thunderbird, Mustang, Torino, Grabber)

by Wes

This compilation strings together ten vintage television commercials for Ford’s 1970 lineup — Maverick, Thunderbird, Mustang, Torino, and the performance-focused Mustang Grabber — straight from period broadcast masters. Watching them back to back reveals exactly how Ford pitched five very different buyers in a single model year, from budget compacts to muscle car performance. It’s a snapshot no modern retrospective fully replicates. Watch to see 1970 advertising exactly as audiences originally saw it.

Three men with three classic cars in Portland for a $3K project.

Project Portland: 3 Guys, $3K, 3 Classic Cars

by Wes

Hagerty sent three of its own editors onto the streets of Portland with $3,000 apiece to find the best classic car that budget could buy, and came back with an Alfa Romeo, a Volkswagen Beetle, and a rotary-powered Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE. Commenters didn’t hold back — questioning the RX-7’s shift points, disputing the Beetle’s model year by its taillights, and side-eyeing the Alfa’s flame paint job. Watch to see whether $3,000 really stretched as far as the video claims.

A classic gold Pontiac Firebird Trans Am driving on a road.

Pontiac Trans Am 1978 455 V8

by Kiril

Pontiac stopped offering the 455 engine in 1976, meaning this 1978 Trans Am’s big-inch V8 isn’t a factory original, it’s the car’s numbers-matching 400 block, bored and stroked to 455 cubic inches during a full restoration. Edelbrock heads, a roller cam, and a rebuilt Quadrajet back up the added displacement. The result blends genuine muscle-era hardware with modern conveniences like Bluetooth audio.

1968 blue Shelby Mustang GT500 parked on pavement with a V8 engine.

1968 Shelby Mustang GT500 KR in Acapulco Blue & 428 Engine Sound

by Wes

A 1968 Shelby GT500KR in Acapulco Blue sits inside a Phoenix restoration shop with its original body and interior intact, but its 428 Cobra Jet engine has a story of its own — the factory motor was destroyed drag racing decades ago. Owner Tony Arme of American Legends Hot Rods is bringing it back to 1968 condition piece by piece. Find out why collectors still call this one of the most significant KR builds on the shop floor.

Classic orange muscle car parked in driveway.

Could Be the Most Original 1971 Plymouth Hemi ’Cuda on the Planet

by Kiril

In February 2013, two brothers went looking for one very specific car: an unrestored 1971 Hemi ‘Cuda in a screaming factory color, with its original build sheet, a four-speed, and one owner from new. Plymouth built only 114 of these for the entire model year, and just 7 convertibles. What the brothers found inside three weeks turned out to be exactly what they were chasing. Read on to see how rare this car really is.

Classic white and maroon vintage car showcased indoors.

Buick Super Riviera 1957 Hardtop

by Kiril

Long before Riviera meant a swoopy two-door coupe, Buick used the name on this formal, chrome-heavy 1957 Super four-door hardtop, powered by the distinctive 364 cubic-inch Nailhead V8. Small styling cues like four VentiPorts per fender and chrome rear chevrons quietly told other drivers exactly how much Buick they were looking at. Read on to find out how Dynaflow made this Super feel smoother than any geared automatic of its era.

Close-up of a black Suzuki car's front grille and emblem.

FASTEST Cadillac CTSV in the World – 106mm TURBO!

by Wes

A Cadillac CTS-V owner ripped out the factory supercharger and replaced it with a 106 millimeter turbo, roughly tripling the car’s horsepower and putting it into low 7-second quarter mile territory. This run was the setup’s maiden voyage, bugs and all, and the video does not hide that. Comments have zeroed in on the turbo’s jet-engine presence and the fact that the interior is still mostly intact despite the radical power increase. Watch the run and see what 1,600-plus horsepower looks like in a car that still has a back seat.

A man loading a red tractor onto a flatbed trailer in a grassy area.

Unbelievable Corvette Barn Find … Not 1 But 2

by Wes

When Kim Walker towed two decades-forgotten Corvettes into the 2017 Corvettes at Carlisle show, he figured they’d be an afterthought next to a building full of million-dollar L88s. Instead, these two overgrown Pennsylvania survivors — one still wearing the vegetation that had grown on it for years — became one of the show’s most talked-about attractions. Read on to find out how a barn find beats a restoration, and why Walker’s wife spent four days watering a car.

Muscle Car News: A golden find: One-owner muscle car heads to estate auction

by Jack Harmon

“It’s especially amazing that a muscular muscle car would turn up in a lady’s garage in Bristol,” said a bemused onlooker. The ’68 Firebird, a 5.7-litre V8 with under 84,000 miles, is heading to auction with its one-owner story intact. Meanwhile, muscle car mania is revving up elsewhere: million-dollar beauties strut their stuff at car shows, Kumho V8s roar into the Muscle Car Masters, and a camouflaged 2017 Camaro ZL1 sneaks around in stealth mode. Who knew muscle could be so charmingly mysterious?

A row of classic cars displayed indoors behind a red rope barrier.

Cars Of Shelby at Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals 2017

by Kiril

At the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals, V8TV’s Kevin tracks down Chuck Cantwell, Shelby’s program manager during the original GT350’s development, for a firsthand account most Shelby documentation never captures. Episode 196 pairs that interview with multiple Shelby cars unveiled on the show floor, presented alongside coverage from The Brothers Collection and Reliable Carriers. It’s a rare chance to hear engineering decisions explained by the person who actually made them.

A classic muscle car burning rubber on a drag strip.

Inside the 15th Annual NHRA Holley National Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend

by Kiril

The fifteenth NHRA Holley National Hot Rod Reunion brought vintage front-engine dragsters, Funny Cars, and gassers back to Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, along with a Thursday thunderstorm and a weekend of brutal heat. The covered bleachers filled anyway. What keeps a nostalgia crowd this loyal to a small-town strip, and why does the NHRA Motorsports Museum keep bringing its living-history event back here? Read on to find out.

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