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Classic red and white vintage pickup truck parked outdoors.

Chevrolet C10 1969 396 Big Block

1969 marked the last year Chevrolet ever dropped a genuine 396 big block into a C10 pickup before emissions rules changed everything the following year. This Texas truck carries that rare factory combination, dressed up with a mild custom interior and show-quality paint without losing its working-class roots. Optioned with power brakes, power steering, and posi-traction, it was built to work all week and run like a muscle car on Saturday night. One-year-only combinations like this don’t come around twice.

Ford Motors V8 supplement FE & FT 2 of 4

by Ross Mills

Introducing the legendary Ford V8 engines, where horsepower meets horsepower! Kicking off in ’57 with the Edsel’s brand new FE 361 engine, Ford revved up the excitement. Need speed for your ride or a power-packed pickup? Meet the FT 360 with its torque-tastic performance. And don’t miss the 390—perfect for the Mustang, with horses under the hood to match. Enter the 406, a short-lived racing legend, soon to be replaced by the iconic 427. Ford’s V8 engines are the real horsepower heroes!

Red muscle car speeding through a race gate on a sunny day.

V8Builds: A Great Car Show Amongst Car Shows

by Kiril

V8Builds, presented by Air Flow Research, pairs a traditional show-and-shine with a genuine SCCA autocross course – turning a static parking lot event into something builders can actually drive hard. The second installment at Auto Club Speedway topped its debut at Willow Springs with a bigger crowd and deeper car count. Classic muscle, modern muscle, resto-mods, and pro touring builds are all welcome. Here’s what set it apart from a typical car show.

Red Ford Mustang on an assembly line in a factory.

Ford Mustang gt350 Holes in Engine Explained, Brands Invests for Wind Tunnel Facility

by Kiril

A pair of drain holes near the exhaust tips had GT350 owners convinced Ford had cut a corner – until the real explanation surfaced: they’re a deliberate piece of an engine built to survive an 8,250 rpm redline on track. The Voodoo 5.2-liter V8’s flat-plane crankshaft is unlike anything else Ford has bolted into a Mustang, and keeping it alive under sustained abuse took more than just horsepower.

Green sports car speeding on a mountainous road.

The 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE Is a Track-Ready Sports-Car Bargain

by Kiril

Chevy’s 1LE package comes in two flavors, a 335-horsepower V-6 and a 455-horsepower V-8, and both get the same Brembo brakes, Magnetic Ride Control, and electronic limited-slip differential that make this one of the best track-day bargains Chevrolet has ever built. Here is why the “budget” V-6 version might actually be the smarter buy for a lot of drivers.

Shiny black classic muscle car with open hood at a car show.

Chevrolet Nova 1969 Pro Touring Pigeon Forge Rod Run

by Kiril

This ’69 Nova pairs a Detroit Speed chassis and Wilwood brakes with paint deep enough to get lost in, but the platform underneath has always punched above its weight class. From the factory-built Yenko 427, of which only 37 were made, to this modern pro-touring build, find out why the second-generation Nova keeps drawing builders who want more than a trailer queen.

Junkyard-Rescue 1969 Mustang Mach 1!

by Wes

David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan head to a Colorado junkyard with roots back to 1959 and walk straight into a genuine rescue project: a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 that had been sinking into the same spot since around 1980. Thirty-seven years of neglect usually means a car is done for good — this one had other plans. The team’s approach to getting it running again is classic Roadkill. Watch how far a nearly-forgotten Mach 1 can go.

White sports car with red racing stripes parked outdoors.

The Fastest New American Muscle Cars on the Road

by Kiril

Modern muscle cars like the Hellcat twins hit numbers the original 1960s and 1970s era never touched, but they get there through supercharging and computer control instead of big cubic inches and low compression. Here’s a closer look at how Detroit’s horsepower war came back in the 2010s, and what changed in the engineering between the original muscle car boom and its modern revival.

Plymouth Barracuda

by Ross Mills

The Plymouth Barracuda beat the Ford Mustang to market by two weeks in April 1964, yet spent the next decade being remembered as the follower rather than the pioneer. Across three generations – from its Valiant-based origins with the largest rear window ever fitted to a production car, to the dedicated E-body platform that could be ordered with the 426 Hemi – the Barracuda repeatedly reinvented itself before the 1973 energy crisis ended its run after 1974.

Classic 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 in blue with aggressive styling and polished wheels.

1970 Ford Mustang Mach I Fastback 351C Start Up, Exhaust, and In Depth Review

by Wes

Saabkyle04 gives the 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 the same in-depth, first-person treatment he brings to everything from vintage Impalas to Lamborghinis — start-up, exhaust note, and a full walkthrough of what changed when Ford swapped in the 351 Cleveland V8. One commenter’s memory of staring at his brother-in-law’s Mach 1 for hours in 1972 says as much about this car’s legacy as any spec sheet could. Watch the full review to hear that exhaust note for yourself.

Classic car body on a lift in a garage workshop.

1966 Dodge Charger Spends 40 Years in Storage—Including 20 on a Lift!

by Kiril

One phone call in 1966, about a yellow Charger sitting on a used car lot in Shelby, North Carolina, set off a story that kept the car in one family for 40 years, 20 of them spent parked on a lift. It was the Charger’s very first model year, introduced with rotating hidden headlights unseen on a Chrysler product since the early 1940s. Here’s the rest of Steve McCraw’s story, and what made 1966 Chargers so distinctive.

Classic white Pontiac Firebird parked indoors.

The Amazing Stories Behind the Unrestored Original Cars at the 2016 Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals

by Kiril

The Vintage Certification program at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals rewards owners for preserving originality instead of restoring it away. The 2016 display included an 11,000-mile Hemi ‘Cuda given to a high schooler for good grades and a 1968 Camaro SS350 with just 7,000 original miles. These low-mile survivors offer something no restoration can: an unfiltered look at exactly how these cars left the factory.

A white car crashes into a black truck during a chase in a park.

HERO RAM DRIVER SAVES THE DAY: HE RAMMED HIS TRUCK INTO A SPEEDING CAR, ENDING A DANGEROUS HIGH-SPEED CHASE!!!

by Wes

When a stolen car barreled back toward a crowded park, one father in a lifted diesel truck did not wait for police — he drove straight into its path. The split-second collision, caught on multiple cell phones and picked up by HLN, ended a dangerous chase involving a 14-year-old joyrider in seconds flat. Online, the internet split between calling it reckless and calling it heroic, while comment sections debated whose vehicle came out looking better. Watch to see exactly how close it came to going wrong.

Classic black Chevrolet Camaro parked outside a garage.

Camaro Z28 Carb Dyno Tune: Making a Legend Scream!

by Jack Harmon

International Dyno Authority walks a rough-idling 1969 Camaro Z28 through a full carburetor tuning session, chasing a damaged choke plate, float adjustments, and jetting changes one dyno pass at a time. The result: a 20 percent horsepower gain and 12 percent torque gain, entirely from tuning — no new parts required. It’s a clear, step-by-step reminder of how much power a poorly adjusted carburetor can quietly hide.

Front view of a classic blue muscle car with prominent grille and license plate.

5 Vintage Convertibles You Can Score for Under $10,000

by Kiril

Under-$10,000 classic convertibles aren’t a myth — Alfa Romeo Spiders, droptop Beetles, and even 1970s-80s Mercedes SLs regularly sell for less than a new economy car. The catch is knowing which cars are genuinely affordable to own versus which just look that way on the price tag, and a pre-purchase inspection is the cheapest insurance you’ll ever buy.

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