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Muscle Cars – Australia vs United States

Filmed for a Unique Cars magazine feature and aired on Australia’s Today Show back in November 2011, this video lines up American muscle against Australia’s own homegrown V8 legends – and the rivalry it sparked in the comments is still going strong. The Ford Falcon, a car Ford never officially sold in the U.S., squares off against the Mustang, while Holden’s VR Commodore SS and Chrysler’s Valiant Charger make the case for Australian engineering. So which country actually builds the better muscle car?

1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 parked outdoors with a yellow paint job.

Breakdown/History: 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28

by Wes

A 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 in Butternut Yellow gets the spotlight in Muscle Car Of The Weeks 131st episode, and the story behind its high-revving 302 has less to do with horsepower bragging rights than a racing rulebook. Comments dispute the factorys conservative power rating, pointing to numbers well above the advertised figure. Pulled from a private collection, this Z/28 hides several rare, order-only details most restorations miss entirely. The reason it was built at all comes down to a Trans-Am regulation most casual fans never learn.

A red 2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R racing alongside a blue 2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1 on a track.

2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R vs. 2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1

by Wes

Kelley Blue Book pits the naturally aspirated Shelby GT350R, making roughly 100 horsepower per liter without a turbo or supercharger, against the supercharged Camaro ZL1 on both street and track. Viewers calling it one of the best Mustang-versus-Camaro comparisons ever filmed still can’t agree on a winner, with plenty admitting they’d happily own both. See which engineering philosophy — high-revving naturally aspirated power or supercharged torque — actually wins when both cars hit the same road.

Orange 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am parked outdoors with a classic design.

11 Reasons Why The 1970-1981 Pontiac Trans Am Is So Awesome

by Wes

Born during the worst years for American performance cars, the second-generation Pontiac Trans Am somehow became a genuine pop culture icon, starring as KITT in Knight Rider and stealing scenes in Smokey and the Bandit. Commenters add their own chapters, from a family that helped build them at Fisher Body Norwood to an owner who restored a $2,000 example with parts still in the trunk. See all eleven reasons — and the one detail commenters say the list missed.

Classic black Ford Mustang parked on a cobblestone street.

These legendary MUSCLE CARS are safe from Hurricane Irma

by Kiril

Every month, without fail, a market square in central Helsinki fills with American muscle cars, classics, hot rods, and the occasional Japanese oddball — all gathered for a meet that has nothing to do with Detroit, SEMA, or any American car culture hub. This Jamboolio video captures the September 2017 Cruising Night at its liveliest, from a 1967 Mustang commenters called “perfect” to a Death Proof-inspired Nova prowling the crowd. It’s proof that the sound of a V8 translates in any language. Watch to see what shows up next.

Two classic muscle cars ready to race on an empty road.

Sick American Muscle Cars Drag Racing!

by Wes

Long before viral quarter-mile clips, the same spectacle played out live on drive-in parking lots and staging lanes across America — and it was arguably more dangerous. See how a drag racing boom forced Detroit to build cars that could actually back up their advertising.

Person holding a car part, possibly a brake caliper, inside a vehicle.

Low-Buck Handling Tech: How To Do The Shelby Drop

by Kiril

The Shelby Drop is the rare classic Mustang upgrade that costs nothing but a drill bit, an afternoon, and a willingness to put a permanent hole in an original shock tower. It relocates the front upper control arm about an inch lower, rewriting the camber curve and cutting body roll on a chassis Ford tuned for boulevard comfort. Shelby American did it to every GT350 and GT500 of the era, and Ford’s own assembly line never followed. Read on for what it actually changes, and what it cannot.

Classic blue and white muscle car on display at a car show.

Dodge Challenger and HEMI Dart – LOUD Mopars!

by Kiril

A 1970 Dodge Challenger and a 1968 Hemi Dart share an engine family and almost nothing else. One was Dodge’s upmarket answer to the pony car wars, sold at dealerships nationwide with everything from a slant six to a 426 Hemi. The other was built off-site by Hurst because Chrysler refused to sanction it, in a run of just 80 cars. Read on for how both came to exist, and why they sound nothing alike.

Classic silver convertible car with red interior on display indoors.

Are These Cars The Embodiment Of The 1960s Classic Muscle Car Culture?

by Kiril

Five cars defined 1960s muscle car culture, but two of them have wilder backstories than most people realize: a GTO that exploited a GM loophole to become a 32,450-unit phenomenon, and a Barracuda so rare its Hemi convertible now sells for millions. Here’s what made these five cars the icons they became.

Dodge Charger R/T: Forgotten Muscle Legend—Rare Features, Raw Power & Untold History!

by Jack Harmon

By 1977, the Dodge Charger nameplate barely resembled the fastback muscle car that made it famous a decade earlier — and the R/T badge on this particular car raises a question most muscle car reviews skip entirely: was it still earning that name, or just borrowing it? AutoMastersHQ digs into the specs, the styling, and the restoration realities of a Charger most collectors overlook. Watch to find out what got lost, and what actually survived, in the decade between 1968 and 1977.

Man reading a newspaper in a vintage office setting with 'HISTORY' text overlay.

Rev Up Your Engines: Uncover the Thrilling Evolution of American Muscle Cars!

by Jack Harmon

Gas Gears and Glory’s short documentary “The Complete History of American Muscle Cars” traces the genre from its 1960s birth through the decades that nearly killed it and the modern era that brought it roaring back. It’s the kind of overview that names names — Mustang, Camaro, Challenger — while asking what actually made these cars matter beyond their horsepower figures. Watch to see how the story gets told this time around.

Classic 1970 Ford F100 pickup truck with a sleek blue finish.

Restoring a Classic: 1970 Ford F100 Transformation | Built VS Bought

by Jack Harmon

This fully restored 1970 Ford F100 pickup, featured on Built VS Bought, blends vintage American muscle with a modern touch — sleek body lines, a redone interior, and the kind of attention to detail that has viewers calling it one of the most tastefully done F100 builds they’ve seen. It isn’t a patina show piece or a garage-queen trailer find. It’s a truck built to be driven, admired, and argued about in the comments. Watch to see what “Built, Not Bought” really means in practice.

Top 10 wheels featured on Muscle Car of the Week.

Hot Wheels: Top 10 Wheels From Muscle Cars

by Wes

Inside The Brothers Collection, one of the largest privately held muscle car archives in the country, Muscle Car Of The Week ranked ten factory wheel designs that defined the era — from Yenko’s Atlas aluminum wheel to the Mopar A12’s no-frills steel 15-incher. One comment on the episode sums up the era’s logic perfectly: stamped steel wheels with dog-dish caps usually meant the money went into the engine instead. Watch to see which design took the top spot.

Classic red cars on display at an outdoor car show.

Car club hosts Cruise Night and car show

by Kiril

A Friday night cruise through downtown Muskogee doesn’t require a trailer or a six-figure restoration, just show up and, in the club president’s words, ‘jump right in.’ Here’s the story behind the 25-plus-year-old Cruis’n Angels Car Club, its Broadway cruise nights, and the community-focused car show that’s outlasted plenty of flashier events.

A camouflaged prototype car undergoing testing on the road.

Spy Photos Tease Return of Shelby GT500 Mustang

by Kiril

A camouflaged Mustang mule caught testing on public roads turned out to be hiding a supercharged version of Ford’s 5.2 litre Voodoo V8. Three years later the production Shelby GT500 landed with 760 horsepower, no manual gearbox, no convertible and no sunroof. Here is what the spy shots were actually pointing at, and why Ford made every one of those decisions on purpose.

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