The L88 427 was Chevrolet’s most brutal engine of the muscle car era, and it never once appeared on a factory Camaro order sheet. This 1968 SS/RS wears one anyway, the product of a dealer tradition that turned Corvette-only horsepower into a street-legal secret weapon. Here’s the real story behind an engine GM rated at 430 horsepower that everyone in Detroit knew made closer to 570.
A 3,770-pound BMW M2 CS just out-dragged Dodge’s newest six-cylinder Charger Scat Pack and the 670-horsepower Charger Daytona EV in a head-to-head sprint. The margin at the finish line was less than half a car length, and it had almost nothing to do with horsepower. Here’s how Hagerty’s drag race actually played out — and why the lightest car in the lineup came out on top.
The Triumph TR6’s sharp, squared-off styling looks like an all-new design, but German coachbuilder Karmann only reskinned the outgoing TR5 — the chassis, engine, and doors underneath stayed the same. Of the nearly 92,000 TR6s built through 1976, over 83,000 were exported to the US, where detuned carbureted engines made noticeably less power than the fuel-injected versions British buyers got at home. It’s a roadster built on borrowed bones that still became Triumph’s best seller.
A 1969 Chevy Nova rolled into Roadkill Garage as a bare shell — and rolled out packing more than 1,000 horsepower. Hosts David Freiburger and Steve Dulcich built the entire street/strip package from scratch, then hauled it straight to the track to see if the numbers held up. Fans are calling it one of the show’s best comebacks yet.
One word was all the original post offered about this 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, and it might be all that needs saying. Chevrolet built these by the hundreds of thousands and got outsold by Ford that year anyway, yet it is the ’57 Chevy that ended up on every poster and in every movie. The reason comes down to tailfins, a fuel-injected small block, and one number that changed how Americans talked about engines.
A California-built 1968 Mustang fastback spent four years getting reborn as a show-winning resto-mod — new 302 small-block, four-wheel disc brakes, and an Orange Glow paint job with matching seatbelts. Automotive historian Steve Magnante walks the build, and the car’s San Jose roots tie it straight back to the Bullitt-era Mustangs that made the fastback famous.
A pair of 88-millimeter turbochargers mounted directly in the grille of a first-generation Camaro is not a subtle build choice, and it is not meant to be. Turbos that size are reserved for big-block combinations chasing four-digit power, and everything behind them has to be built to match. Read on to find out what a setup like this actually commits a builder to, and why the first-gen body keeps getting chosen for it.
One classic car owner did everything right over a long winter in the garage — then found out a stuck parking brake could end a spring drive in minutes. We break down the real storage mistakes that quietly wreck engines, tires, and brakes on classic and muscle cars, using advice from veteran UK dealer Derek Mathewson and dozens of owners who have learned the hard way.
A black cherry 1970 Chevelle LS6 carries a VIN and trim-tag date stamp that place it at the very end of that year’s production run, fueling a claim that it may be the last LS6 ever built. With 450 horsepower and 500 lb-ft from its 454 big block, it briefly out-muscled the Corvette itself. Only 4,475 were ever made.
Redline Reviews takes an unusually honest look at a 2018 Corvette Grand Sport, calling out a cabin rattle most reviewers would gloss over while still framing it as the best-handling C7 built to date. A folding infotainment screen, real automatic-transmission feedback, and a subtle silver paint job round out a walkaround that’s aged better than most Corvette content from the same era.
A 1969 Yenko Camaro and a 1970 Ford Torino Super Cobra Jet squared off under strict factory-stock rules — no headers, no lightweight parts, nothing but what rolled off the assembly line. One car gave up 412 pounds and 75 horsepower on paper. The finish line told a much closer story than the spec sheet promised.
Filmed at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in Rosemont, Illinois, this walkaround features a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX in Bright Silver, powered by a 426 Hemi and four-speed manual, owned since 1980 by Jim Patterson. In the years since, the video has taken on new meaning for viewers who return to hear Jims voice and laugh one more time. Its a reminder that the best car stories are never really just about the car. Watch the full walkaround below.
One owner has kept a classic Mustang rust-free and running strong through eleven winters of storage. His method skips the habit most people swear by — and the reason why says a lot about what actually protects a muscle car engine, paint, and fuel system over a long layup.
The 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse keeps the naturally aspirated V8 flagship formula alive with a specially tuned 5.0-liter Coyote engine and an active exhaust system offering four distinct sound modes. This video from The Fast Lane Car walks through quiet, normal, sport, and track settings, letting the exhaust note speak for itself. The escalation had commenters cracking jokes about the neighbors. Watch to hear exactly how loud track mode really gets.