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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.
Project Henchman started as a bone-stock 1969 Pontiac GTO — the kind of car that never got the factory Judge treatment. A frame-off restoration and a 500-plus horsepower LS swap later, it looks every bit the part, but not everyone in the comments is happy about the engine choice. See the build, the backlash, and why one viewer is already using it as a blueprint for their own Pontiac Tempest project.
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.