Muscle Cars Were Slow
I'm probably gonna get bagfuls of hate mail for this one - but the truth is that most of the muscle cars of the...
Retro-review: 1966-74 Dodge Charger
Pontiac's Tempest-based GTO had been on the market for two years when Dodge finally fired back in mid-1966 with an intermediate-sized, big-engined intimidator of...
A Trans-Am Retrospective
People often think of the Pontiac Trans-Am as a commonplace car. But in 1969, the very first year, only 697 were built - just...
Retro-review: 1967-’69 Chevy Camaro
Though nearly three years late to the field and playing catch-up from the start, the first Camaro more than made up for lost time...
A Tale of Two Bullitts
Smokey and the Bandit made the second generation Trans-Am an icon of the '70s - but it was Steve McQueen's attempts at getting...
Retro-review: 1974 Pontiac GTO
The original muscle car era lasted about a decade, from 1964 to 1974 - just before the industry-wide adoption of catalytic converters. After '74,...
1983-1988 Monte Carlo SS
If you were a kid in high school (or college) during the mid-late 1980s - and into fast cars - you probably have a...
Stu Monster and the summer of ’86
It was the summer of 1986 - and muscle was cheap.
My friend since elementary school, Stuart - whom we all called Stu Monster...
The Beauty of the Burnout
One thing I really like about old muscle cars is the freedom to do a burnout without having to beg a computer for permission...
Muscle Car Classics of the ’80s… Get ‘Em While You Still Can (Afford ‘Em)
Back around 1980, the now-legendary, much-coveted and Big Bucks muscle cars of the 1960s and early 1970s were just tired old cars; common sights...