Roadrunner with Richmond 6 Speed Transmission
A good friend of my father's has a modified Roadrunner with a 440. For performance and improved gas mileage he has a Richmond six...
Muscle Cars Were Slow . . . Part II
I wrote a column a couple years ago (see here) that mentioned an unspeakable truth: Relative to now - classic muscle cars were slow. Back in...
Lawyer Problem
My first word was car and much of my spare money growing up went into my MR2 to make it look nicer and go...
Retro Review: 1980-’81 Z28 Camaro
Arguably, the best second-generation Z28s were the first - and the last.
While the Z's sister car - Pontiac's Trans-Am - rose to the occasion...
Not Exactly Jay Leno’s Garage
I've got posters of Lamborghini Murias; I once got to drive a Pantera GTS - the 351 Cleveland howling inches behind my right ear....
Neglected Maintenance 101: Brake Work
There is a reason why Jay Leno has a crew of guys to take care of his fleet of classic cars - and yeah,...
Classic Muscle Car Performance Tire Options
It's easy enough to find new tires for an old muscle car.
Just not performance tires.
Not for the stock wheels, that is.
I own a '76...
Neglected Maintenance 101
Had it really been ten years?
No, longer than that.
I leafed through the maintenance log I keep for my '76 Trans-Am (I have one for...
Retro Review: Ford Maverick Grabber,1970-’75
There is an interesting species of near muscle car that came into being and briefly existed for a handful of years, beginning in the...
Retro Review: Plymouth GTX, 1967-1974
People who argue that it wasn't GM - well, Pontiac - that created the first muscle car (the 1964 GTO) arguably have history on...