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Chevrolet Built Its Strongest Camaro Z28 in Six Years for 1980 — It Just Sold for Under $20,000

A 1980 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 carrying the strongest factory V8 the badge had worn since 1974 crossed the auction block at Mecum Indy for less than $20,000. Viewers singled it out as the standout of an entire episode built around auction bargains. Here’s why this specific model year matters more than its price tag suggests.

Mercury Built Only 285 of These NASCAR-Mandated Specials — One Just Surfaced an Ocean Away

by Jack Harmon

Mercury built just 285 Candy Apple Red Cyclone Spoiler IIs to satisfy a 1969 NASCAR rule, and most of the few survivors stayed close to home. One just resurfaced at a British car show, won Best in Show, and is presumed the only one in the UK.

Oldsmobile Toned Down the Cutlass Supreme in 1973 — Sales Nearly Doubled Overnight

by Jack Harmon

A quieter, less flamboyant redesign turned the 1973 Cutlass Supreme into Oldsmobile’s biggest seller ever, moving almost 220,000 coupes in a single year. Hidden inside that same lineup: a 1,097-unit Hurst/Olds built for anyone who still wanted the old formula.

A Kansas City Shop Bolted a Shelby GT500 Supercharger to a Fox Body Mustang’s Coyote V8 — It Now Outguns a Factory Hellcat

by Jack Harmon

A Kansas City shop swapped a supercharged Coyote V8 into a plain-looking 1980s Mustang coupe and dialed in roughly 820 horsepower — more than a factory Hellcat ever made. Then the owner asked for an automatic transmission so he could drive it every day.

Plymouth Built the Superbird With No Front Bumper — Owners Needed a Jack Nobody Else Did

by Jack Harmon

This 1970 Plymouth Superbird still rides with the two different jacks Chrysler had to invent because its aero nose cone left no room for a front bumper. See what else made Detroit’s strangest one-year muscle car both a NASCAR champion and a dealership oddity.

Chevy Snuck a Corvette Engine Into the 1966 Nova SS — Then Pulled It From the Order Sheet a Year Later

by Jack Harmon

Chevrolet quietly offered a 350-horsepower, Corvette-rated 327 in the humble 1966 Chevy II Nova SS. One year later the option vanished almost entirely. Here’s why documented survivors now outsell nearly every other Nova on the market.

A 1973 Camaro Was Supposed to Make Just 175 Horsepower — This Chicago Dealer Secretly Gave It 450 Instead

by Jack Harmon

Chevrolet’s 1973 Camaro brochure photographed a smiling couple next to a car that barely topped 175 horsepower. One Chicago dealer looked at that brochure, laughed, and quietly built something else entirely.

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

by Jack Harmon

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.

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