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Classic vintage pickup truck in deep maroon color parked outdoors.

Ford Model A pickup restomod 1929 images

This 1929 Ford Model A pickup keeps its century-old shape but swaps everything underneath for modern Ford hardware: a 351 Windsor crate V8, a C6 automatic, and a Ford nine-bolt rear end, all tied together with four-wheel disc brakes. The all-Ford drivetrain is a deliberate choice in a restomod world where builders often mix brands freely. 1929 also marked the year Ford introduced the closed-cab pickup, quickly overtaking the open roadster body this truck wears. The result is a genuinely drivable classic built around one brand’s parts bin.

Jaguar XKE Series I-1961 to “68

by Ross Mills

Enzo Ferrari reportedly called it the most beautiful car ever made, and the Museum of Modern Art keeps one in its permanent collection, which is not something most sports cars can claim. The Series I E-Type ran from 1961 to 1968 on a 3.8 liter twin-cam six with triple SU carburetors, and the earliest cars have identifying details worth serious money. Read on for what separates a flat-floor car from everything that followed.

Red 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat with black rims on a street.

2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody – Redline: Review

by Wes

This Redline review puts the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody through its paces, tackling the question every 707-horsepower muscle car eventually has to answer: how do you actually put that much power down on the street without spinning the tires at every stoplight? The fix borrows parts straight from the Demon’s playbook. Watch the full review to see whether the Widebody package actually delivers.

Classic 1969 Ford Ranchero 428 Cobra Jet in blue and white.

Breakdown/Review: 1969 Ford Ranchero GT 428 Cobra Jet Video

by Wes

This 1969 Ford Ranchero GT hides a 335-horsepower 428 Cobra Jet Ram Air V8 under its Brittany Blue hood, wrapped in white GT stripes and chrome wheels courtesy of The Brothers Collection. One former owner of a nearly identical example says he used to beat 454-powered Chevelles with it. Watch to see what made this coupe utility a genuine muscle car in disguise.

A sleek black sports car driving on a mountain road under clear skies.

14 Things We Learned Driving the Amazing Three-Wheel Vanderhall Venice

by Kiril

The Vanderhall Venice is neither motorcycle nor car, and that ambiguity is exactly the point. Built around a turbocharged four-cylinder and a lightweight composite body on an aluminum chassis, this American-made three-wheeler trades a fourth wheel for a driving experience most sports cars cannot match. Read on to find out what actually separates it from the trikes of decades past.

A person stands in front of four colorful sports cars in a garage.

Dodge Advocates For Muscle Heaven With The Help Of The Fate of the Furious’ Cast

by Kiril

Dodge and the Fast and Furious franchise have been tied together since Dominic Toretto first tore the wheels off his father’s 1970 Charger. By The Fate of the Furious, that relationship had grown into a full co-branded campaign called Muscle Heaven, built around a fleet of silver-and-black Challenger SRT Demons. The timing was not accidental. Read on to find out what Dodge was actually proving with it.

Classic vintage car with hood open at a car show.

AMC Hurst SC/Rambler 1969 – 390 4 Speed

by Kiril

American Motors had no performance reputation, no factory racing program, and no money. So in 1969 it handed a compact Rambler to George Hurst, dropped in a 390, and sold the result for under three thousand dollars. Only 1,512 were built, every single one with a four-speed, and the thing ran quarter miles that embarrassed cars costing twice as much. The SC/Rambler remains the strangest bargain Detroit ever produced.

Buick Grand National 1987 plus “T” type and the GNX

by Ross Mills

Buick spent most of the 1980s making comfortable sedans and then, in its final year, built a turbocharged six-cylinder that ran a 13.2-second quarter and beat V8s that cost far more. The 1987 Grand National and the 547 GNX units that followed it were the last of the line, assembled in part by an outside performance house, and factory rated at a number almost nobody believed. Read on for what separated a WE4 from a GNX, and what a $35 option got you.

Two men discuss car steering wheel alignment in a workshop setting.

Understanding wheel alignment (On Cars)

by Wes

A car that quietly pulls to one side or wears through a set of tires years too early usually isn’t a tire problem at all — it’s an alignment problem hiding behind three angles most drivers have never heard of. CNET’s Brian Cooley breaks down camber, caster, and toe in plain language, and more than one viewer went out to check their own wheels after watching. Watch to find out which of the three you’re most likely feeling every time you drive.

Chevrolet Camaro SS -1969 images

by Ross Mills

The 1969 Camaro SS’s official order sheet topped out at a 375-horsepower 396, but a separate, little-known path let buyers get a factory 427 anyway — through Chevrolet’s COPO ordering system or through tuner dealers like Yenko and Baldwin-Motion. The rarest of those, the aluminum-block COPO ZL1, was built in tiny numbers and now ranks among the most valuable Camaros in existence. It’s proof the fastest ’69 SS wasn’t always the one on the brochure.

A sleek black sports car parked on the street with an open door.

Chevrolet Camaro 1979 Z/28

by Kiril

This 1979 Camaro Z/28 wears T-tops, flat black stripes and a Procharged small block sending more than 600 horsepower to the rear tires. The factory version made 175. That gap is the entire story of the second-generation Z28, a car that sold in record numbers during the worst period for American performance in living memory. Read on for how it managed that and why builders still start here.

A powerful blue car with twin turbos and a blower engine setup.

He calls it OVERKILL – We call it PERFECT

by Wes

Ben calls his 1976 Ford Cortina “overkill,” and it’s hard to argue: a twin-turbo, supercharged Ford Cleveland V8 stuffed into a compact Australian sedan, built specifically to chase his own personal best burnout time at Summernats. A mechanical issue cut the record attempt short, but not before the car vaporized its tires and earned genuine respect from a crowd that expected a lot less from a Cortina.

Dodge Coronet 1969 images

by Ross Mills

This 1969 Dodge Coronet Super Bee carries the rare A12 package, a 463-dollar option that swapped in a 440-cubic-inch V8 wearing three two-barrel carburetors for one strange mid-year run. Only 1,907 were built before Dodge moved on. Stock, these cars ran mid-13-second quarter miles, embarrassing plenty of pricier machinery on the strip.

A red Formula 1 car driving on a public road.

F1 CAR IN TRAFFIC!!!!

by Wes

Roadkill’s David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan take delivery of a 707-horsepower Challenger Hellcat, a 707-horsepower Charger Hellcat, and a 645-horsepower Viper GT straight from Dodge, then head for a motocross track with zero regard for what any of these cars were actually built to do. With guest appearances from Motor Trend, Dirt Every Day, and a professional drifter, this episode marked the start of Dodge’s sponsorship — and it shows exactly why the partnership worked. Watch to see 2,059 combined horsepower meet terrain built for dirt bikes.

Red vintage race car with white stripes in a showroom.

Devin Roadster 383 CID V8 3 Speed Automatic-1958-images

by Ross Mills

Bill Devin started out racing a modified Crosley on a car salesman’s budget — then built a modular fiberglass body mold nobody else in the industry had figured out. By 1958, his shop was shipping nearly 100 body shells a week worldwide. This particular roadster is one of only 16 built to this exact spec, running a 283 Corvette V8.

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