While there’s nothing better than some great historic celluloid to get our little black hearts pumping, sometimes a video that’s nothing more than a pile of great old photos stitched together with a ...
It’s no secret that we’re losing dragstrips all across this great land. Why is that? Land values increasing? Housing developments being allowed to go up near tracks? People less interested in drag ra...
In the seminal film, “Pulp Fiction,” the question is asked of us: are you an Elvis man or a Beatles man? That might seem like no big deal, but the answer really does define your movement across and y...
This week’s newsletter theme is all about “back to basics.” We think it’s a good idea to dust this off every now and again. After all, it’s great to really push the limits of what we all consider “Mu...
This week, we’re all fixated on AMC muscle. They’re some of the most oft-overlooked cars of those glorious early muscle years, and we wholly dig it. And, so did land-speed racer Craig Breedlove, appa...
By the time you read this, our own Quain Stott and his epic Southeast Gassers Association will have made their prime-time cable debut on Discovery’s “Moonshiners.” Full disclosure: since we write the...
If you’re a regular getter and reader of the Muscle Machines weekly newsletter, you no doubt jumped in on (if not were entertained by) the discussion around the factory muscle that was heaped upon us...
This week, we’re donning the leather-elbowed cardigan, sitting down by the fireplace, lighting a pipe and getting all existential about…NASCAR. That’s right: we’re gonna go deep on the topic of “What...
2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE. Photo courtesy Chevrolet. Chevy’s top Camaro–the ZL1 1LE–will offer an optional paddle-shifted 10-speed automatic transmission starting late this month. The division is...
Look, we know. We know how miserable it is outside this week. We also know that even if your garage is attached to the house, there’s a literal snowball’s chance that you’re gonna be in it, anytime s...
It’s the end of January. If you’re anywhere east of, say, Arizona, it seems like it’s well below freezing and driving an old car is limited to the earliest year for factory seat heaters. But if you’r...
In 1968, the NHRA U.S. Nationals at Indy were recorded for a documentary produced by Hollywood’s Documentary Productions Inc. Not only is the hour-plus film an amazing capture of what drag racing was...
A little more than a decade ago, a certain Olds 442 was spotted for sale in Hemmings Motor News . Turns out, it was the long-lost ’70 442 “Goodyear Grabber” that none other than James Garner campaign...
When I first moved from the East Coast to California, I paid attention to the whispers of “hi-riders” I kept hearing at car shows in the East Bay region of the Northern California San Francisco Bay A...
Photography by author. The National Impala Association Convention held in Dayton, Ohio, this past summer offered an impressive display of high-quality feature opportunities for Hemmings Muscle Machin...
Photos courtesy Southeast Gassers Association, Caleb Sewell, Hoosier Racing Tire Quain Stott. Probably the best name in motorsports right now – not just because it’s the one behind the Southeast Gass...
If there’s a siren song that we’ll all dash our ship upon the rocks over these days, it’s the lure of the “barn find.” We’re all looking for one. Reality TV has placed its bet on them. The auctions s...
Now, here’s something you don’t see every day: David Bowie and Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in a side-piped and black panthered, hood-scooped Pontiac. But seriously, folks… What’s amazing about thi...
We might argue that one of the main reasons for the redesign of the Muscle Machines weekly newsletter was to not just celebrate the new look of the magazine, but to be a regular source of…well, alter...
The print says June 1970. And is there a better snapshot of what life was like for a dyed-in-the-seaweed-flames gearhead and muscle car freak than this? CHANGE. OUR. MIND. But seriously, just drink i...
If you saw our latest issue of Muscle Machine s, you’ll notice that the car on the cover is what the kids call a “WIP:” Work In Progress. And the great thing about a WIP is that, sooner or later, it’...
From the seller’s description: 1972 Plymouth Road Runner 340 4-speed . One of only 329 made with this engine/transmission combination in 1972. This car has the very desirable Air Grabber hood option,...
Aaron Kahan’s 1927 Ford Model T coupe is anything but bad news. Footage: @benkahan Since we’re celebrating one of the greatest annual drag racing events this week – the California Hot Rod Reunion – w...
The male of the species is always more colorful, but that’s because he’s competing for attention. Which is glorious. We look at a lot of cars in any given day. A lot of cars. And when it comes to mus...
A glorious evening at Famoso Dragstrip. Photo: Robert W. Morris, III This week, we’re celebrating the few days before the 27th annual California Hot Rod Reunion, while absolutely not celebrating the ...