The One That Got Away — The Bullitt ’68 Mustang GT Steve McQueen Hunted Has...
It doesn’t matter how hard we try, pop-culture will always steer our automotive culture into tangents we could’ve never expected — and for Ford, who knew that a simple Highland Green ’68 Mustang GT...
View Article2001 Corvette Z06 With 1,000 Wheel Horsepower
We’ve all been there—there was always that one girl (or guy) in high school you just had to have. You spent every class period staring dreamily down at your notebook, doodling, thinking what life might...
View ArticleCorvette’s Founding Fathers: Pt 2 Ed Cole, the Corvette’s Godfather
The Corvette is arguably the greatest enigma in Detroit history. Every car line has to carry its own sales weight. In 1957, 6,339 Corvettes were sold. That same year, Ford sold 21,380 Thunderbirds....
View ArticleA Quick Trip Through the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit
Take your blinders off, this is not a died-in-the-blue museum. The Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected automotive museums, curating some of the rarest and most iconic planes, trains*, and...
View ArticleJason Donnelly’s Collection of 1957 Chevy Drag Cars
We’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating: The absolute popularity of vintage Chevrolet cars is truly a global phenomenon. During our visit “down under” to Australia in 2017, Chevy High...
View ArticleFord Introduces the 3rd Generation Bullitt Mustang with McQueen Styling and...
McQueen’s Bullitt Mustang Is Back For 2019 Ford will celebrate the 50th anniversary of iconic movie “Bullitt” with a powerful special-edition 2019 Mustang Bullitt. This is the third generation Mustang...
View ArticleFord Drops a 700+ HP GT500 Bomb on NAIAS — Supercharged 5.2L V8
It was really only a matter of time until Ford-Shelby released a new GT500 to pickup the gauntlets recently thrown down by Chevrolet and Dodge, and Ford surprised the industry by teasing the upcoming...
View ArticleWeek To Wicked 2013 Mustang: Day 1
We’ve been talking about it for months and today is the day we begin our 2013 Week To Wicked Mustang build. To bring you up to speed, Wick To Wicked is a five day build, where we take a complete...
View ArticleA Long-Lost Drag Racing 1966 Nova Gets the Pro Touring Treatment
You could call Emory Johnson the master of finding the best in a tough situation. We could go on with a list of reasons but one sums it up perfectly: his Nova. Emory’s not shy about his modest...
View ArticleShelby GT500 Mustang Returns as the Most Powerful Street-Legal Production...
Just one day after introducing the 2019 Mustang Bullitt at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Ford dropped another bomb announcing the return of the Shelby GT500 as a 2019 model....
View ArticleBoss of the Barn, Part 6: Deciphering and Rebuilding the Engine in this...
As you may recall from the beginning of this archaeological restoration, the history of this Boss 9 is known and documented from March of 1973 until today. However, not much is knows about the car from...
View ArticleLearn How To Drag Race… In A Demon!
Dodge//SRT and the Bondurant School of High Performance Driving have joined forces to teach everyday drivers and car enthusiasts how to drag race. They are calling it the “Dodge //SRT Bondurant Drag...
View ArticleRare Shelby Prototype to hit the Stage at Barrett-Jackson
Next Friday, January 19, 2018, at the 47th annual Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction, this rare 2008 Ford Shelby GT convertible will cross the block as lot #1012. This Shelby GT is not only the...
View ArticlePatina, Paint & Great People: Meet the Odd Squad!
A unique SoCal car club is open to all comers. Since the day cars were made available to the general public, car clubs have been an important part of hot rod culture and helped to push the hobby ever...
View ArticleDan Gurney: 1931-2017
It seems as though more than a few of the performance world’s ground breakers have passed away recently and now unfortunately the list includes one more. Racing legend Dan Gurney died at 86 in Newport...
View ArticleAaron Kaufman Returns As His Own Boss, With His Own Show!
On March 5 at 10pm ET/PT on Discovery, Aaron Kaufman will return to living rooms across the nation at the helm of his new show: Shifting Gears with Aaron Kaufman. Last year Aaron opened his new shop in...
View ArticleWeek To Wicked 2013 Mustang: Day 2
We’re well into day two of the Continental Presents Mustang360 Week To Wicked build. During the first day we began the ROUSH Phase 2 supercharger installation by removing the front fascia;...
View ArticleWatch the 2018 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction LIVE at Motor Trend OnDemand
Need a new hot rod or musclecar? Binge watch all the coverage from the 2018 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction live on Motor Trend OnDemand Here! The post Watch the 2018 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale...
View ArticleShop Talk: Build a Muscle Truck
Former Editor Doug Glad first posited the theory to me at least five years ago: “Trucks are the new muscle cars,” he exclaimed as we were covering some car show somewhere long forgotten to me. I hadn’t...
View ArticleEnglishtown Drag Strip Closing
On January 16, the Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown New Jersey (known among racers affectionately as simply “E- Town”) told the NHRA that they will not be hosting any more drag racing...
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