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Plymouth Built the Classiest Muscle Car of 1971 — Only 2,942 People Wanted One

Plymouth paired a 440 Super Commando V8 with the kind of trim and insulation you’d expect from a luxury coupe. The GTX nameplate didn’t survive past that single model year. Here’s the story behind the rarest, most refined muscle car Plymouth ever built.

Dodge Reworked the Super Bee’s Face for Just One Year in 1970 — Then Hid a 390-HP Weapon Behind It

by Jack Harmon

This 1970 Dodge Super Bee wears a front end Dodge built for exactly one model year. Under the hood, a 440 running three carburetors was engineered to chase Hemi-level bragging rights for a lot less money. Here’s the story behind both decisions — and why neither one stuck around.

Dodge Built the Demon to Win the Quarter-Mile Every Time – A Corvette Z06 Just Proved That Wrong

by Jack Harmon

Dodge built the Demon to dominate the quarter-mile every time. So when carwow lined it up against a Ford Mustang Dark Horse and a naturally aspirated Corvette Z06, the result was supposed to be a formality. It wasn’t. See how a flat-plane-crank Corvette and NASCAR driver Jessie Iwuji upended the expected outcome — and why fans are already demanding a rematch.

A 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Vanished Into a Shop in 1991 — Its 440 Six-Pack Just Woke Up 32 Years Later

by Jack Harmon

A black 1970 Road Runner sat sealed inside a building from 1991 until a Pacific Northwest restorer finally pulled it out. Under the hood: a numbers-matching 440 Six Barrel rated at 390 horsepower, backed by a Dana 60 built for exactly the abuse this car saw at the strip.

Carlisle’s Legendary Car Swap Meet Just Turned 52 — And a 19,134-Unit AMC AMX Still Showed Up for Sale in the Grass

by Jack Harmon

A storied Pennsylvania swap meet now in its 52nd year keeps turning up real rarities parked beside everyday classics. See which AMC two-seater split the comment section and why its tiny production run makes it the car worth knowing in this lineup.

Dodge Called the Coronet the Charger’s Plain Cousin — Then Snuck Its Rarest Hemi Into One Anyway

by Jack Harmon

A 1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee is heading to auction with its original fender tag intact — one of a scarce handful built with the 426 Hemi and a four-speed stick. Here’s why Dodge’s supposedly plain muscle car hid one of its rarest engines, and why that final Coronet year mattered.

Everyone Swaps Out a Barracuda’s 318 for Something Bigger — This 1968 Mopar Kept Its Original Small-Block Instead

by Jack Harmon

A 1968 Plymouth Barracuda was supposed to get a simple 318 refresh. Instead, the small-block’s hidden problems forced a full drivetrain removal — and turned a routine job into one of the more unusual builds on the channel.

Don Yenko Found a Loophole in Chevrolet’s Own Paperwork to Build a 427 Camaro GM Refused to Make — It Just Sold for $1.815 Million

by Jack Harmon

A 1969 Chevrolet Camaro built purely as a test mule just became the most expensive Camaro ever sold at auction. The reason it exists at all says more about a crack in Chevrolet’s own paperwork system than it does about horsepower.

Pontiac Finally Gave the Trans Am Its Biggest Engine Ever in 1971 — Only 2,116 People Got One

by Jack Harmon

The 1971 Trans Am hid Pontiac’s biggest engine ever behind a shaker scoop and honeycomb wheels, arriving the same year GM capped every engine’s compression to survive new fuel rules. Just 2,116 people bought one that year — here’s what made it special.

A Detroit Police Officer Secretly Street-Raced This Hemi Challenger for Decades — It Just Sold for $1,072,500

by Jack Harmon

Godfrey Qualls kept a secret from almost everyone who knew him: his numbers-matching 1970 Hemi Challenger wasn’t just a daily driver, it was one of Detroit’s fastest night racers. Decades later, the Black Ghost’s hidden history helped it sell for more than a million dollars.

Plymouth Only Built 824 Convertible Road Runners in 1970 — Then Killed the Ragtop for Good

by Jack Harmon

Plymouth built only 824 convertible Road Runners for 1970 before killing the body style for good. A clean survivor hardtop, featured in a recent walk-around, carries all the same oddball 1970-only details: a licensed cartoon bird, a vacuum-actuated hood scoop, and a facelift that lasted exactly one model year.

GM Claimed the 1970 Chevelle SS LS6 Made Just 450 HP — Quarter-Mile Times Proved Otherwise

by Jack Harmon

Chevrolet rated the 1970 Chevelle SS LS6 at 450 horsepower, but quarter-mile times and dyno arguments from owners suggest the real number was closer to 500. Here’s why GM undersold its own engine — and why only 4,475 were ever built.

Ford Built the Most Powerful Mustang It Had Ever Made in 2022 — Then Killed the Shelby Name a Year Later

by Jack Harmon

The 2022 Shelby GT500 packed 760 horsepower from a supercharged V8 nicknamed Predator, making it the most powerful Mustang Ford had ever built. It also turned out to be the last Shelby Mustang the company would make.

A Mouse Was Running This 1967 Mustang’s Warehouse for 40 Years — Then Two Brothers Brought It Back From the Dead

by Jack Harmon

A 1967 Ford Mustang fastback disappeared into an East Texas warehouse for four decades, and the only resident who kept it company was a mouse. When two brothers finally hauled it out, they skipped the narration entirely and let a tired 289 do all the talking.

GM Slashed the Buick GSX’s Compression in 1971 — 124 Buyers Still Wanted the Meanest Skylark in America

by Jack Harmon

Buick built only 124 examples of the GSX in 1971, the year GM stripped two full points of compression from its 455 V8 to meet new fuel standards. This numbers-matching survivor, shown at the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, proves some buyers wanted the car anyway.

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