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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.
A 1970 Buick GS 350 four-speed just sold for $19,900 with a Hurst shifter and ram air hood intact. It carries the most powerful small-block Buick ever built and a name almost everyone gets wrong – here’s the real story and what to check before buying one.
A 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger spent decades hidden in a garage before anyone heard its 340 run again. Chrysler rated the small-block at just 275 horsepower — enthusiasts have spent 50 years insisting that number is a lie. Here’s what happened when this rough, unrestored survivor finally came back to life.
This nearly-finished 1978 Pontiac Trans Am restoration wears the black-and-gold look every Bandit fan recognizes, but its real story is more complicated than the movie fame suggests. From the W72 400 under the hood to the WS6 handling package and the Y82 Special Edition trim, here’s what actually made this car an icon. Read on to find out what set a genuine survivor apart from the thousands of clones that followed.
The 1963 Studebaker Avanti R2 wrapped a Paxton-supercharged 289 making 289 horsepower in a Raymond Loewy fiberglass body, and Studebaker sold it as the world’s fastest production car. Hemmings’ Mike Musto asks whether the last new car out of South Bend was America’s first muscle car — or its most beautiful misfire.
A 1967 Mercury Cougar that spent two decades parked now carries a 504-cubic-inch Ford FE stroker making 750 horsepower with no turbo, blower, or nitrous. AutotopiaLA’s street ride-along shows why viewers can’t stop talking about the front end coming up on every gear change.
The 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 was not built because buyers wanted one. It existed because SCCA Trans-Am rules capped engines at 305 cubic inches and demanded that Ford sell street versions before it could race. That single requirement shaped the engine, the suspension, and even the name. Read on for the rulebook, the Cleveland-headed 302 underneath, and the championship that finally made it all worthwhile.
In 1967, Hurst had just 45 days to solve an impossible problem: GM had capped its intermediate cars at 400 cubic inches, but Hurst wanted a 455 in a 442. Their answer was to graft an entire Oldsmobile Toronado underneath it, creating a one-of-one front-wheel-drive muscle car nicknamed the ‘Fournado.’ It vanished for nearly 50 years before Jay Leno finally got to drive it.
Buick’s 1965 Riviera Gran Sport hid a 360-horsepower Nailhead V8 under one of Detroit’s most restrained personal luxury coupe bodies, backed by the tagline ‘the iron fist in a velvet glove.’ Fewer than 3,500 buyers ever checked the option box, making it arguably the rarest performance Buick of the decade. Read on to find out why this sleeper still flies under the radar.
AMC’s 1968 AMX was America’s only two-seat rival to the Corvette — built by chopping a foot out of a Javelin and priced $1,000 cheaper. Three V8 options, a 19,134-car total run, and 52 factory Hurst drag cars later, here’s why this forgotten muscle car still has some of the most devoted owners in the hobby.
A Northern California storage yard owner called MustangConnection1 to talk through what to do with four forgotten Mustangs, including a numbers matching 1969 Mach 1 with the factory 428 Super Cobra Jet and Drag Pack. Two more fastbacks and a loaded convertible round out the find. Watch to see exactly what has been sitting there, and why Mustang collectors online cannot stop talking about it.
Dodge spent two years insisting the V8 muscle car era was over, replacing the Charger’s supercharged HEMI with a battery pack and then a turbocharged six-cylinder. Weak EV sales and comments from Dodge’s own CEO have changed that story: a supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat V8 making more than 700 horsepower is reportedly locked in for the Charger’s 2028 refresh. Here’s what’s confirmed, what’s still rumor, and why the wait might be worth it.