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Vanguard Motor Sales took this 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle — stock #5668, documented with over 100 photos and finished in a bold orange that’s winning over commenters — out for a real test drive instead of just a showroom walkaround. It’s a rare, transparent look at how a dealer actually vets a classic before it lists it. See how the Chevelle performs when the pedal goes down.
Jarred and his dad pulled the V8 out of a 1966 Ford Mustang and replaced it with a turbocharged Honda K24A engine, built with a 67mm turbo, a Nissan 350Z transmission, and standalone KPro tuning — all in their own garage. The swap has split viewers between calling it blasphemy and calling it genius. Watch the full build to see which side you land on.
“Tater,” Westen Champlin’s 1968 Dodge Charger, has taken plenty of abuse across his build videos, but stuffing a supercharged Hellcat engine rated near 1,500 horsepower into its 58-year-old unibody pushed things further than usual. The swap leans on aftermarket Holley EFI to run a powertrain that chassis was never designed for, and it shows almost immediately once real torque hits the driveline. Fans in the comments are already calling Champlin an honorary member of the Hemi brothers for what happens next. Watch how far belt slack and 1,500 horsepower can push a vintage Mopar before something gives.
Dalton pairs a rust-riddled 1967 Buick Skylark with a Pontiac LeMans engine on a strict $2,500 budget, turning what looks like scrap into a running muscle car. Pole Barn Garage’s low-buck formula has built a loyal following, including viewers who say the builds genuinely motivated them to get back to their own garages. Watch the full transplant come together.
This 1970 Chevrolet Impala, powered by a 350 small-block paired with a TH350 automatic, hadn’t run since 1993, 23 years of silence before this restart attempt. Using nothing more than a dwell meter, timing light, and decades of hands-on know-how, host Jonathan walks through exactly what it takes to wake up an engine everyone assumed was finished. Watch to hear how it sounds once it finally catches.
A stripped-down body, a monster engine crammed into an engine bay it was never designed for, and a build philosophy that traces back to the dry lake beds of 1930s Southern California – few cars wear the word badass as honestly as this one. Long before magazine spreads and car shows, young enthusiasts were racing homemade specials across the Mojave under makeshift rules, laying the groundwork for everything that followed. See what decades of backyard engineering look like when it is done right.