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Owner Jeffrey Filz grew up two blocks from the Kenosha plant that built this 1970 AMC Javelin SST Mark Donohue Signature Edition, and the comments below Lou Costabile’s video turn up an even wilder story: a commenter’s father, a former Spitfire pilot, briefly owned one himself. Watch the full walkaround and engine start.
Its billed as a barn find, but there isnt a speck of dust or a single flaw to be found on this 1967 Mustang fastback nicknamed Helleanor, a claim skeptical viewers might want to take with a grain of salt. Underneath sits a 402 cubic inch small-block pushed by twin turbochargers to a claimed 3,000-plus horsepower, running low-4-second eighth-mile passes while reportedly holding back another 1,500 horsepower in reserve. Between the staging precision and that unmistakable turbo whistle, its easy to see why this ones racked up over 1.6 million views. Just how much is this car really capable of?
Muscle cars aren’t just vehicles; they’re an attitude on wheels. Take Eleanor, the iconic 1967 Mustang from “Gone in 60 Seconds,” a true embodiment of muscle car spirit. These beasts, often powered by roaring V8 engines, dominated drag racing from the ’60s to ’80s. With insane torque and horsepower, they offer rides that’ll make your jaw drop—and maybe your toupee fly off. Thanks to innovations like Dodge’s all-wheel drive Challenger GT, driving these monsters isn’t just for sunny days anymore!
At first glance it looks like a flawlessly preserved 1969 Boss 302, chrome bumpers, shaker hood and all, until the modern stance gives away a secret hiding underneath. Filmed at Tennessees Pigeon Forge Rod Run, this fastback pairs a reproduction Boss 302 body with the chassis of a 2007 Mustang GT, blending Fords Trans-Am-bred styling with modern brakes and drivetrain reliability. Viewers, including admirers as far away as the UK, are asking why Ford never built this combination themselves. So whats really underneath that unmistakable 1969 skin?
This race-prepped Camaro isn’t just for sale, it’s a rolling piece of the pony car war Chevrolet started on purpose. When reporters asked what ‘Camaro’ meant, Chevy’s famous answer was ‘a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs,’ and the rivalry that followed pushed both brands into a genuine horsepower arms race. Decades later, this car still runs like it has something to prove.
Car News TV goes looking for the muscle cars everyone forgot, and the list includes a Mustang wagon that left viewers stunned it ever existed, a six-barrel Road Runner that sparked a comments-section correction, and a Studebaker Avanti nobody expected to see. Watch the full rundown and see how many you actually remember.
Ford quietly swapped engines mid-year on the 1968 Shelby GT500, and the change turned an already potent muscle car into a legend. Early cars carried the proven 428 Police Interceptor, good for a genuine 360 horsepower, before Ford dropped in the underrated 428 Cobra Jet and renamed the car GT500KR, King of the Road. Only 1,570 KR models were built that year, split between fastbacks and convertibles.
The first Shelby Super Snake was a 600-horsepower one-off built to promote Goodyear tires, and Ford turned down the chance to put it into production. Four decades later, Shelby brought the name back as a real conversion program, and this Las Vegas-built GT500 is one of the results. Here is the story behind the badge.
Get ready to rev up your engines with the 2013-2014 Mustang GT lineup, where speed meets style! The Shelby GT500 roars with a 5.8L Trinity V8, hitting 662 hp and a breezy 202 mph. Not a fan of shifting gears? No problem! Whether cruising in the Boss 302 or the GT, you’ll enjoy upgraded brakes, stability control, and even ambient lighting for those moody night drives. And don’t forget the essential USB plug for your road trip playlists. Buckle up; it’s going to be a wild ride!
1967 was the year Ford stopped playing it safe with the Mustang. A wider engine bay, beefed-up frame rails, and the debut of the 390-cubic-inch GT390 package turned Ford’s pony car into a legitimate muscle car contender almost overnight. Only 13,852 GT390 fastbacks rolled off the line that year, and clean survivors get harder to find every season. Here’s what made 1967 the Mustang’s turning point.
Mike O’Toole nearly sent this Tahoe Turquoise 1966 Mustang hardtop to the junkyard before deciding to restore it instead. It’s a survivor from a model year when Ford built over 607,000 Mustangs and hardtops made up more than 80 percent of them – a production pace that helped the Mustang claim over 7 percent of the entire U.S. car market. Here’s what made 1966 such a pivotal year for Ford’s pony car.
Car and Driver’s own testing crowned the 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 the quickest car of the 1960s at 4.3 seconds to sixty, edging out legends like the Hemi Charger and Corvette 427 further down the list. Period testing standards were far looser than today’s, with factory-tuned engines and sticky rubber skewing plenty of these numbers. Still, this list captures exactly how far a handful of cars pushed acceleration in a decade that had no rulebook for it yet.
A Mustang crossing into a barricaded construction zone, a driver who may have hit both pedals at once, and a comment section that has spent years trying to figure out exactly what happened — this brief dashcam clip punches well above its modest view count. One recurring theory blames pedal confusion; another blames the tires entirely. Watch the few seconds of footage and decide for yourself which explanation holds up.
1970 turned out to be the last real hurrah for Ford’s Mustang lineup before insurance companies, emissions rules, and a fuel crisis reshaped the whole muscle car world. Buyers that year could choose from a 428 Cobra Jet, a 499-unit Boss 429, or a Boss 302 – options that would mostly vanish within a couple of model years. A clean survivor like this one is a snapshot of Mustang at its absolute peak, right before everything changed.