Scenes from Musclepalooza XXIV
Photos by author. Labor Day weekend may signal the unofficial end of summer, but around the Hemmings headquarters in Bennington, Vermont, the holiday also marks the second Musclepalooza event of the ...
Photos by author. Labor Day weekend may signal the unofficial end of summer, but around the Hemmings headquarters in Bennington, Vermont, the holiday also marks the second Musclepalooza event of the ...
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/pontiac/gto/1862969.html The GTO rolled into 1970 with some exterior changes that included a redesigned nose (which ended the run of the GTO’s option...
Ads courtesy of the Automotive History Preservation Society If you’ve ever noticed that sometimes the car in the ad looks a bit different from the car that you buy, you may find this blog entertainin...
Denver top sellers included this restored 1963 Corvette (L) and this restomodded 1957 Corvette (R). Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Conventional wisdom says that a restored-to-original-specifications...
1962 Chevrolet “Bubble Top” Bel Air. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. In 1962, full-size Chevrolet shoppers could order a 409-cu.in V-8 in a variety of Biscayne, Bel Air and Impala models, with a fact...
1966 Mercury Comet Cyclone GT brochure from the author’s collection. Most of us wouldn’t likely equate the Comet Cyclone GT with Russian spies, but it appears that Mercury wanted viewers of this film...
Brochure images courtesy The Old Car Manual Project. If you remember the 1970s, the saying goes, you weren’t there. For those that have forgotten the start of the decade that saw the death of the mus...
Early morning crowds check out some of the show cars on display. Photos by Hemmings staff. After a non-winter in the Northeast, followed by a wet and cold spring, summer descended on us full force ov...
Return of the North Woodward Timing Association? Photo by the author. It’s no secret that in the 1960s and ’70s heyday of the muscle car, Woodward Avenue, which flows northwesterly from Detroit to Po...
Upon being handed the keys to a brand-new performance car back in the late ’60s, what’s the first thing you’d have done? Lay a long strip of rubber all the way to your buddy’s house? Go straight to t...
Gazelle – bärenstark Der Impala begann seine Karriere unter nicht besonders begeisternden Vorzeichen: 1958 war er eine Sonderversion des Bel Air, eine Art Versuchsballon von Chevrolet, ein bisschen t...
Wade Kawasaki’s restored 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge. Post-restoration photos courtesy Coker Tire. Blame it on Facebook: after reconnecting with a high school friend on social media, Coker Tire president ...
If the Oldsmobile 4-4-2 is among the best-known muscle cars of its day, the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme SX may be among the most obscure. Built in 1970 and 1971 only, the SX package, code Y79, added a...
The Chevrolet Corvette has evolved into one of America’s most beloved performance cars, but by the strictest definition of the term, it isn’t a muscle car. Also realizing that visitors to the Nationa...
1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda convertible. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions, unless otherwise noted. For those who would say the market for muscle cars is waning, consider this: Nine of t...
Sure, I want all of them…but would that be sensible? Photo by author. When I was a teenager, I thought there was no such thing as owning too many vintage cars. They looked great, were easy to work on...
Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Built for NASCAR homologation purposes, Plymouth’s 1970-only Superbird proved to be a tough sell to consumers. By the mid-1970s, most dealers were d...
Murray Markwell and his motors If you're into Gearhead motor talk then this film was made for you.. "You can't beat those cubes" http://vimeo.com/21288679
Meet Murray Markwell, Australian Muscle Car enthusiast The next Bandit Films classic car mini-doc : Launched on Vimeo next Monday 21st March 3pm Australian Eastern Standard Time. This next film is re...